This is true in "big tech", too - think FANGMAN. I saw more than one summer of 30+ summer intern cohorts that were less than 1/3 male, with a total of <=2 white guys. Diversity reports bragging that women were paid >100.0% as men, across the company, that people of color were paid >100.0% as white people, across the company. Hiring practices that would result in candidate sets on interview loops that were 75%+ women, 50%+ people of color, etc.
I'm not offering any criticism of the practice, and I don't know anyone who would say some composition re-balancing wasn't long overdue. Just clarifying that this is absolutely a systemic practice in big tech, not just media / academia / hollywood / "culture industry".
sort of agree. Maybe its because im in a more niche engineering field, but i have worked closely with lets say ~25 engineers. 0 have been women. I keep this stat running in my head as its quite absurd, but its been my experience. A majority are non-white though.
I'm not offering any criticism of the practice, and I don't know anyone who would say some composition re-balancing wasn't long overdue. Just clarifying that this is absolutely a systemic practice in big tech, not just media / academia / hollywood / "culture industry".