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I’m surprised that this doesn’t get talked about more - I’ve worked with plenty of women, minorities, and immigrants at large tech companies, but I can’t recall a single person with a southern accent.

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I recently worked with a guy from the south who had a wicked accent. I could understand him because I spent time in the military and one gets used to all kinds of accents, but no one else could understand him. He was pretty smart and I’m sure he will do fine, but his accent definitely got some mean comments. I told a few people to knock it off because he didn’t deserve them.

Tech is brutal. Even Tim Cook suppresses it.

Nobody from the south would be caught dead in California? Mostly kidding.

Same for me, but even more than that I can’t remember ever speaking to someone with a southern accent outside of work.

Much more prevalent in public sector and regional tech.

The other obvious missing part is African Americans, especially for tech roles. I'd be shocked if more than 1% of SDEs at FAANG are African Americans. The biggest social elevator of the past few decades and they're completely cut off from it.

Definitely not "completely"

No, not completely cut off from the software tech elevator, you're right, just 90%.

Much better :-)

I wouldn't frame it as "cut off" as much as it is "unknown unknowns."

If you don't have family/close friends in this industry and don't have any resources or the wherewithal to help you/yourself break into it, then you're kind of SOL.

Downvoted: look around where you work, FAANG. Count the African Americans :-)

Truth hurts, I guess?

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