Re Google Engineer Fired or Sexist Memo Isn't a Hero

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker () gmail com>
> Date: August 15, 2017 at 8:10:43 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () listbox com>
> Cc: hasan.diwan () gmail com
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re Google Engineer Fired or Sexist Memo Isn't a Hero
>
> On 8/15/2017 4:11 PM, Dave Farber wrote:
> > > *From:* Hasan Diwan <hasan.diwan () gmail com <mailto:hasan.diwan () gmail com>>
> > The action Damore was calling for in public is what got him fired,
> > not the views he held.
>
> Exactly, and what I just found out is that he apparently has a pattern of crossing that line:
>
>   James Damore Offended Fellow Students in Harvard Grad School Skit
>   https://www.wired.com/story/james-damore-google-memo-harvard/
>
>   "James Damore, the former Google engineer who was fired Monday after posting a missive criticizing the company’s 
> diversity programs, offended fellow Harvard graduate students with an off-color skit during a 2012 retreat, prompting 
> two professors to send an email apologizing for the performance..."
>
>
> And by the way, the article also notes:
>
>   "Damore left Harvard with a master’s degree in systems biology in 2013, and did not complete his PhD, the 
> university says... Until Tuesday, Damore’s LinkedIn profile included “PhD, Systems Biology.” Damore appears to have 
> changed the profile after WIRED reported that he had not completed the degree."
>
>
> d/
>
> -- 
> Dave Crocker
> Brandenburg InternetWorking
> bbiw.net



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