[OC] My partner’s 2 months job hunt as a Product Manager (UK, 4 years xp)Submitted by fryd_rice_all_rise t3_123m7q0 in dataisbeautiful
Critical-Network-247 t1_je2eeg7 wrote
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What about the 20% of cases? How have you/your company factored in bias when deciding who's a creep?
Exatex t1_je3xzj5 wrote
answered to the question somewhere else what the rest is.
You can only combat bias in a proper way by trying being aware of it. That being said, we are working close together and especially in smaller companies, all team members tend to have one trait/character/interest that unites them, which is ok and important for a culture. If you are aware of biases, it is also okay to have a subjective opinion about someone and also let that be a factor that counts in the decision, again, as long as you are aware of your own biases. I think we are a pretty colorful bunch as a result, maybe sometimes even a bit much. For most startups, it is rather good if at the very beginning, the first founders and hires are very alike. That forms the culture in which you can start being more diverse.
I read a loooot of (meta) research about team diversity as there is lots of contradicting studies. It’s important to focus rather on a task related team composition rather than individual attributes.
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