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30 Jan The Huge Diversity Disparity in Tech
It started with Google: After the company decided to release its employee diversity statistics last May, some nudging from activist groups helped led a slew of other tech giants to follow. Before long, Apple, Facebook, Twitter and others were all giving a look at their diversity—or rather, lack of diversity. But there’s a big difference between admitting the problem exists and fixing it.
29 Jan Maxine Williams: The face of Facebook on diversity
TRYING A TING: Facebook's Head of Diversity: Maxine Williams Maxine Williams is very visible on the Facebook campus. And not just because she's one of the few black people working here. With its ambitions encircling the globe, diversity has become a top priority at the giant social network. As global head of diversity, Williams is the one charged with making Facebook's workforce better reflect the demographics of its users.
22 Jan Nadella’s ‘karma-gate’ flap launched a discussion of diversity in tech: Here are 5 provocative responses
Freshly appointed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was fairly new to the national spotlight when he took the stage at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing event in October. That's when he suggested women shouldn't ask for raises, but rather "have faith in the system." Needless...
21 Jan Silicon Valley tech titans to attend Diversity 2.0 summit
SAN FRANCISCO -- Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson spent most of this year pressuring the technology industry into facing up to the glaring scarcity of women, blacks and Latinos at companies renowned as great places to work. Now comes Diversity 2.0 -- finding ways to reverse...
20 Jan Startups sell tech giants recruitment software to help solve Silicon Valley’s diversity problem
Silicon Valley’s engineers are using homegrown technology to fix their industry’s lack of diversity, honing software to find, recruit and retain women and minorities. Entelo Inc., Gild Inc., Piazza Technologies Inc., and newer startups such as Textio and PowerToFly Inc. are collecting data, analyzing information and...