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Discussion on: A job ad that helps bring in a diverse talent to developer relations field

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First of all, before doing this, make sure it's legal. Only allowing women to apply sounds like discrimination to me, but you're better off checking with a legal professional in your jurisdiction how it would be considered in your location. Of course, making an ad that targets without excluding men is probably less problematic.

To be honest, I don't like it. I would consider it discrimination. A good female friend of mine (currently studying computer sciences) also dislikes the idea that her gender might get her a job rather than her skills, so my guess is that she would pass on your supposed ad for that reason.

That said, there's probably a lot of women who aren't like this friend of mine. And perhaps a little discrimination is necessary in order to get to a more balanced situation. I still don't like it, but perhaps it's not actually a bad idea.