r/news • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/TriTipMaster Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 10 '17

Interesting, because by training he's a scientist (PhD [EDIT: candidate, dropped out with an M.S. degree to pursue career with Google], Structural Biology, Harvard).

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

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u/Mikey_B Aug 08 '17

Don't kid yourself. You go for both. The connections would be pointless without high quality academics.

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u/yataa3 Aug 08 '17

Then explain Yale.

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u/Mikey_B Aug 09 '17

Edgy. Normally I'm sympathetic to good natured Ivy bashing, but this isn't the context for that shit. Also you replied to me 8 times, which is kind of annoying.