Yeah, that's great and all, but the fact is, the percentage of female engineers is very low to begin with, and in today's environment where talented and available engineers is incredibly low, you simply don't have the luxury to pass on qualified applicants in the hopes that someone who meets your "diversity quota" will show up.
I look for the following when hiring:
- Aptitude: Can they do the work?
- Attitude: Are they excited about what we do and the position being offered?
- Flexibility: Are they prepared to step outside the "role" and help out in areas that we don't have fully covered?
- Creativity: Are they going to come up with innovative solutions to the various problems we'll face going forward?
- Intelligence: Can they learn new things quickly? Things have a habit of changing fast in a startup.
- Maturity: Can they behave professionally towards everyone else and keep the work environment a safe, healthy place?
If an applicant meets these criteria, we don't stop to see what "group" they belong to; we snatch them up with all speed before someone else does!
I look for the following when hiring:
- Aptitude: Can they do the work?
- Attitude: Are they excited about what we do and the position being offered?
- Flexibility: Are they prepared to step outside the "role" and help out in areas that we don't have fully covered?
- Creativity: Are they going to come up with innovative solutions to the various problems we'll face going forward?
- Intelligence: Can they learn new things quickly? Things have a habit of changing fast in a startup.
- Maturity: Can they behave professionally towards everyone else and keep the work environment a safe, healthy place?
If an applicant meets these criteria, we don't stop to see what "group" they belong to; we snatch them up with all speed before someone else does!