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shawnhuckabay.info

16 February 2025 18:05

Perhaps the issue is that many of them *were* zero-sum, not merely that they were poorly marketed. For example, if you intentionally weight your resume stacks with minority candidates, you necessarily reduce the odds of non-minorities getting positions at your company.

Jack

tracewoodgrains.bsky.social

16 February 2025 16:02

New article from me. I'm very proud of this one—it took dozens of interviews and extensive trawling of the historical record. It should provide everything people need to know about the FAA's hiring scandal and the people who fought to bring it to light. www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-full-s...

Jack

tracewoodgrains.bsky.social

16 February 2025 16:02

If you're "hardly one to defend DEI," then you certainly wouldn't pick an indefensible hiring scandal as your hill to stand on. The FAA explicitly and knowingly lowered their standards in a safety-critical profession, using absurd means. That's bad. www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-full-s...

Jack

tracewoodgrains.bsky.social

16 February 2025 16:02

he's saying this because I keep replying to him with hard evidence of increased failure rates, but he's so set on a predetermined narrative that he doesn't want to interrupt himself to acknowledge that he's defending the indefensible

Mike Petriello

mikepetriello.bsky.social

07 January 2025 16:22

I don't think it's going to hurt businesses at all. I do think the inept leadership of the city actually using the money for good purposes is a valid concern. It's notable that our awful mayor hasn't even mentioned a huge policy change going into effect.