[quote=deadzone]…But for Hi-tech, I don’t think it is as bad. Particularly for Silicon Valley I’m pretty sure there is a good representation of Asian/Indian at Executive level. But complaining about only 1 African American in a Hi Tech company is not genuine. African Americans make up a very small percentage of Engineering and Computer Science graduates and thus are not well represented at Tech companies for that reason. The underrepresentation of Asians at Executive level for Tech companies is for a variety of reasons. Unconscious bias may be one factor.[/quote]

True for Silicon Valley tech companies, because Silicon Valley companies tend to be much more at the cutting edge of the industry, and as such, much more open minded about qualifications, background, etc. And like I said, Bay Area companies tend not to care about someone that been around a few places if the motivation to move was ever increasing responsibilities… Again, back to my original point.

I was specifically referring to old school companies that have an old school style of management, old school style of hiring, and old school style of judging people’s credentials…..and those companies tend to be the older, larger companies here in San Diego…I would also venture to say, those companies tend all to have much lower total compensation packages that the rest of the industry…Defense contractors and government tech jobs and tech jobs in the public sector come to mind… I guess because they found their ideal employees who are comfortable staying there for a long and don’t mind that 2-3% annual raises and don’t mind working on projects that aren’t at the edge of of what is new and hot. again, nothing wrong with that. Just different strokes for different folks.