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02 Jun Tech Leaders Confront the Lack of Diversity at Their Companies (Video)
Most of the tech industry leaders who showed up at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes this week were confronted with one of the most important issues facing Silicon Valley today: How diverse are your ranks? In the video below, watch Reddit’s Ellen Pao, Apple’s Jeff Williams, Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel and other speakers offer their thoughts on the topic and, in some cases, hard numbers on how many (or how few) minorities and women make up their ever-growing ranks.
02 Jun Opinion: Intel has it in for Silicon Valley’s white male culture
Intel Corp., the world’s largest computer-chip maker, is shaking up its workforce inside. In January, Intel INTC, +0.81% surprised Silicon Valley when Chief Executive Brian Krzanich announced at the Consumer Electronics Show a big effort — backed by plans to spend $300 million — to diversify its workforce. The company’s goal is that by 2020, its workforce will be less white and male-dominated and more reflective of the broader U.S. working population.
01 Jun Silicon Valley Diversity: Why Innovating With People Is As Important As Innovating With Technology
In the inaugural episode of Bay Area-based HBO comedy Silicon Valley, now in its second season, the CEO of Hooli (think: fictional Google GOOGL -0.26%) Gavin Belson stands in his sprawling, high-rise office with his spiritual advisor and peers out across the quad. “It’s weird,”...