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On a side note, has anyone noticed a lack of diversity on the group photo on their careers page: https://openai.com/content/images/2020/04/openai-offsite-jul...

I remember coming across it not too long ago and felt unwelcomed/disappointed.

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I dunno - looks fairly representative of the Silicon Valley population demographic. Maybe not so much an issue with this company? I notice (as usual) under-representation of women. But that's endemic to the industry.

To an extent I agree that most startups are made up of Caucasians/Chinese males, I think one of the reasons I left tech professionally is because I didn't feel comfortable/enjoy the lack of diversity.

Has anyone noticed a substantial rise in people noticing skin colour ?

Define diversity?

fwiw my best friends are SE Asian (not Chinese), white, black, and Mexican. I didn't feel this photo is as equally representative of that diversity. I'm not making a case it has any obligation to do so, just noting that it impacted my decision to not apply here a while ago.

If it had people of different color of skin but all men, would that bother you (no women)? Or if it had different color of skin but all of them were Christian? ( no other religions) Or different color of skin but all Canadians would that bother you? (No other nationalities)

As a European I am much more used to diversity meaning national or religious diversity. Still getting used to this notion of it mainly been used in the context of skin color in US.

Its just code for too many whites.

1. Just apply and you will find out if you are welcome or not. Do not assume. 2. Asians are not diverse enough? There are plenty on the photo.

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