Matt Corallo 🟠@TheBlueMatt
Valuable certainly, but “extremely valuable” to the point that he deserved jobs that others got? No. I know you (and he) have claimed that DEI is the reason other people might have gotten more funding/jobs/etc over him from several different organizations that claim is very wrong. From what I can tell there has never been a single hiring/funding decision in the history of the many companies funding Bitcoin Core contributors that considered anything except intelligence, commitment, and history of contributions.
The other day you tried to claim that I suggested anything but that but that claim was also wrong. At no point have I ever suggested, nor thought, that hiring decisions should consider anything but the above. I have stated, and do think, that it’s worthwhile for companies and groups funding bitcoin core contributors (and indeed, any company hiring) to reach out to people that might otherwise not apply for a job or program and encourage them to. Lots of research shows that when you do that you end up increasing the intelligence/skill of the people you end up hiring, not decreasing it - more applicants means more people to choose from.
