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She touches on this in the comments there, but I see this becoming especially problematic in exclusionary hiring practices.

You can go to an interview as an expert in a given language, but if you don't know what framework a company just happens to use, you'll lose the job and they might give it to a novice who does.

Also, I would be curious to know which conference she is referring to. I realize this is a pandemic problem, but if she would name some names it might get the ball rolling on turning things around.




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