Google loves a good pedigree.
James Damore, the developer at the center of the huge anti-diversity manifesto controversy that got him fired from Google, is an educated person with a solid academic pedigree. According to his LinkedIn profile, he holds a BS in Molecular Biology, Physics and Chemistry from the University of Illinois and a Master in System Biology from Harvard.
After a couple of short internship with Princeton and Harvard, he spent over one year as Research Scientist at MIT. … [Read more...] about How Google Leadership Failed Women in Tech