Tech Talk
11 Jun GENDER DIVERSITY INCREASED IN TECH FIELD, SAYS GOOGLE
The Mountain View, CA based tech giant Google Inc. has recently announced that the efforts to increase the diversity in the world of technology know a success. Related to the hires of last years in the field of tech, Google Inc. has reported that 21 per cent of the people who started working in the tech area in 2014 were women. And this is a proof that our society is moving, as gender diversity increased in tech field does not only affect a specific domain, but an entire civilization, regarding its morals and views toward women.
10 Jun New Cisco CEO Favors Diversity And Youth In Executive Team
New Cisco CEO, Chuck Robbins, unveiled his new executive team in a blog post today, and he’s favoring diversity and youth as he tries to sell Cisco to a new generation of customers. He’s got a challenge.
09 Jun Meet the Exec Pushing Google to Fix Its Dismal Diversity
GOOGLE ISN’T GETTING very far. This week, the search giant released its latest diversity report detailing the demographics of its 53,600 full-time employees at the end of 2014. There’s been little progress despite a year’s worth of initiatives. Women still hold roughly one-fifth of the company’s tech jobs and leadership positions. African-Americans make up 2 percent of the company and Hispanics 3 percent, both unchanged from last year.08 Jun Tech’s “Frat Boy” Mentality Hurts Diversity
Vivek Wadhwa wrote an editorial in the Washington Post condemning Silicon Valley's elite boys club that excludes women and minorities. Wadhwa, a fellow at the Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University, also disliked venture capitalist Tom Perkins comparing the plight of the San Francisco super-rich with Jews during Kristallnacht. The comment in the Wall Street Journal received such a negative reactions, his investment firm Kleiner Perkins tweeted that it didn't agree with what he said.