tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post8292878402029258240..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: "Lack of women in London's refuse collection sector 'disappointing'" Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-35184956730686029342015-06-15T22:12:15.921+01:002015-06-15T22:12:15.921+01:00http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jun/15/urba...http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jun/15/urban-common-radical-community-gardensRandomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445772572707818311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-57532302489941556732015-06-15T22:06:28.634+01:002015-06-15T22:06:28.634+01:00What a load of feminazi crap. No mention of the s...What a load of feminazi crap. No mention of the simple fact that boys are more interested in computery stuff than girls and there just aren't the tech women out there to hire. Instead of going on as if it was some huge male chauvinist pig conspiracy, Baroness Fox and the others should be trying to get more girls to go for careers in tech industries.<br /><br />Another trend this piece highlights is the "enthusiasm is for the workers" meme. It's OK for management to know little and care less about what the company actually does, we don't want them getting interested in that sort of thing, their job is to manage and enthusiasm might cloud their objectivity. Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-74682485100825769352015-06-15T18:13:19.995+01:002015-06-15T18:13:19.995+01:00Let's say you're a tech startup. Two found...Let's say you're a tech startup. Two founders create the company in a garage. They show the idea to some venture capitalists who like it and offer them a little money. The founders realise they're going to need a team. They hire some people to work in the company. Let's say one of those people is an infrastructure guy. He's in charge of looking after the half dozen servers the company is running on... making sure they're patched, secure, backed up and keep running.<br /><br />The company expands. Some more VC money comes in. The head of infrastructure now has 60 servers to look after. He gets an extra guy working for him.<br /><br />The company expands again. You've got 600 servers. Infrastructure gets more people and budget. Then 6000 servers, some more people and more budget again.<br /><br />If the head of infrastructure can do the job as the company expands, why would you replace him with someone else? If it's too much for him and he leaves with stress, maybe his deputy takes over and is head of infrastructure when it's as big as Google. So, the guy on the board in charge of infrastructure is employee number 5.<br /><br />And the problem as far as women are concerned is that they generally don't join startups. They join tech companies when they're already well-established and mature. They might eventually be on the board, or even as CEOs, but the problem with tech companies is that they don't generally have long lives. Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-47938147435628316232015-06-15T16:20:23.896+01:002015-06-15T16:20:23.896+01:00Anyone know what the big merit of "diversity&...Anyone know what the big merit of "diversity" is apart from the fact that it's flavor of the decade to be replaced shortly with some other near vacuous word with a semi-scientific ring to it?Ralph Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443857766263185665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-72260637014807929162015-06-15T16:18:47.016+01:002015-06-15T16:18:47.016+01:00Yes and I suspect that the number of women emptyin...Yes and I suspect that the number of women emptying rubbish into dustcarts are at an even lower level...<br /><br />For some reason I suspect that the number of women shovelling shit down the local sewerage plant is also disappointingly low too..Budvarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01411709142357622721noreply@blogger.com