Jesse Jackson To Take On Silicon Valley's Lack of Diversity

[Poitier]

There aren't enough people majoring in STEM anyways.

Look at the graduation rates for blacks in STEM fields.
I saw the GA Tech rolls online a few months ago for that year's graduating class. All the black students majored in the easier fields.

Whose fault is that?

And GA Tech is of the best engineering schools in the country.

I'm not disagreeing but saying that those who do should work for an employer is deceptive and not some generalization that should be held as true.

People can take chances in their early twenties. It's much harder to take a entrepreneural chance when you got a wife and kids, mortgage, car note, etc

Most app developers have experience and formal educations. Do your research. Posting a story about a single 15 year old doesn't mean much.

The open source community has existed for decades and a sizable portion of developers have been nerds without formal educations. Does it help? Sure.

 

[theworldismine13]

Yeah but Apps are the easiest to exploit and sadly most Blacks aren't getting in on it. Not even the few with the technical knowledge.

there are very few blacks that have the technical knowledge to make apps, that is what im trying to tell you

and apps is not the bulk of silicon valley, silicon valley is called silicon valley because of SILICON microchips, hardware companies like HP and Intel are the bulk of silicon valley not apps

but again, im not telling anybody to get into anything, people should follow their passion, i think the important thing is for black people to graduate from high school and that there be a cultural shift in academic attitudes, for example people need to stop being obsessed with the fact that gates and zuckerberg dropped out of college and ignoring the fact that they dropped out of prestigous schools and that they dont hire college dropouts in their companies

 

[theworldismine13]

I'm not disagreeing but saying that those who do should work for an employer is deceptive and not some generalization that should be held as true.

People can take chances in their early twenties. It's much harder to take a entrepreneural chance when you got a wife and kids, mortgage, car note, etc




The open source community has existed for decades and a sizable portion of developers have been nerds without formal educations. Does it help? Sure.

breh stop with the obsession of lack of formal education, you dont know what the hell you are taking about

black people are not going anywhere without formal education, stop suggesting otherwise

 

[Poitier]

breh stop with the obsession of lack of formal education, you dont know what the hell you are taking about

black people are not going anywhere without formal education, stop suggesting otherwise

When did I suggest that we would?

I said the open source community has prospered with a sizable portion of people without formal educations. You chose to infer.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Lets talk about what black kids are majoring in, then:

nikkas wanna run from facts in here...

If I had a GT ID (can't reveal my friend), i'd show you how the minorities pick the easier majors in general.

Industrial Engineering is NOT the same as fukking mechanical or computer.

 

[theworldismine13]

When did I suggest that we would?

I said the open source community has prospered with a sizable portion of people without formal educations. You chose to infer.

breh, im trying not to be an a$$hole, but stop taking out your ass, you dont know anything about silicon valley and you dont know anything about the open source community, just stfu, talk about things that you know

 

[Poitier]

breh, im trying not to be an @sshole, but stop taking out your ass, you dont know anything about silicon valley and you dont know anything about the open source community, just stfu, talk about things that you know

Ok

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I'm not disagreeing but saying that those who do should work for an employer is deceptive and not some generalization that should be held as true.

Goddamn it dude...what the fukk are you ramblign about?

You can't just have a degree and start a business without it. Otherwise, you're just a fukking amateur. Most of these technical positions REQUIRED INNATE KNOWLEDGE to even learn what to make a business from.

You can't just start shyt with a degree in chemistry without putting it to use!

People can take chances in their early twenties. It's much harder to take a entrepreneural chance when you got a wife and kids, mortgage, car note, etc

You seem to hide behind this word without knowing what it means.

The open source community has existed for decades and a sizable portion of developers have been nerds without formal educations. Does it help? Sure.

This doesn't mean anything. Most Open Source projects are hobbies, not lines of employment.

 

[theworldismine13]

Ok

yeah, im cracking up here you talking about the open source community is doing well without formal education, what the fuk does that even mean

that is a completely meaningless assertion

who told you that "the open source community" is doing well? and how are you defining the "open source community"? how are you defining well? you obviously dont know what you are talking about, cuz it would be news to a lot of people in the "open source community" that they are doing "well" without formal education

you are obviously listening to the hype of apps and open source and made some false conclusions from it

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

there are very few blacks that have the technical knowledge to make apps, that is what im trying to tell you

and apps is not the bulk of silicon valley, silicon valley is called silicon valley because of SILICON microchips, hardware companies like HP and Intel are the bulk of silicon valley not apps

but again, im not telling anybody to get into anything, people should follow their passion, i think the important thing is for black people to graduate from high school and that there be a cultural shift in academic attitudes, for example people need to stop being obsessed with the fact that gates and zuckerberg dropped out of college and ignoring the fact that they dropped out of prestigous schools and that they dont hire college dropouts in their companies

Precisely Gates had a fukking perfect score on his SATs and went to some of the best schools in the world.

BEFORE Harvard.

The average person ain't built for that.

 

[Poitier]

You seem to hide behind this word without knowing what it means.

No, I live in the real world where people actually live and have to support their families. Telling people to work until they have a family and then start a business is ass backwards.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

No, I live in the real world where people actually live and have to support their families. Telling people to work until they have a family and then start a business is ass backwards.

Dude...what are you talking about???????

Are you 12?!

Thats not what anyone is saying!

This is the most obvious fukking thing in the world!

We're saying that most businesses worth a damn fill a niche created by people who learned about the field they wished to change.

 

[Poitier]

yeah, im cracking up here you talking about the open source community is doing well without formal education, what the fuk does that even mean

that is a completely meaningless assertion

who told you that "the open source community" is doing well? and how are you defining the "open source community"? how are you defining well? you obviously dont know what you are talking about, cuz it would be news to a lot of people in the "open source community" that they are doing "well" without formal education

you are obviously listening to the hype of apps and open source and made some false conclusions from it

Ever heard of "Linux"?

 

[Poitier]

Dude...what are you talking about???????

Are you 12?!

Thats not what anyone is saying!

This is the most obvious fukking thing in the world!

That's your exact assertion, unless you think time stands still for you to graduate college and then work for an employer all while avoiding building a family?

We're saying that most businesses worth a damn fill a niche created by people who learned about the field they wished to change.

Who is in opposition to this?

 

[theworldismine13]

Ever heard of "Linux"?

yeah, i have, what's your point?

did you read what i wrote before that there is a difference between IT and R&D? do you understand the difference between software and hardware? and that the bulk of silicon valley deals with hardware?