Comment by busterarm

Also it's Google, so we should be looking to promote operating system authors who aren't white or male anyway.

Expecting hate for this, but I've been on the receiving end of company notifications (not at Google) where it was stated explicitly that the newly-opened distinguished engineer role was exclusively available to not-men.

(I'm generally-supportive of DEI efforts, but at sane companies those efforts wouldn't block qualified people from being promoted to their proper roles. Among the FAANGs, I have a lot more confidence in Facebook and Amazon's ability to operate sanely than I do Google. Prior evidence and all.)