Tech Talk
03 Jun CAN CODING BOOT CAMPS IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN THE TECH INDUSTRY?
The tech industry has a diversity problem. It’s been discussed time and time again. Not only is it important for companies to understand that they need to prioritize gender and racial diversity in order to thrive, (and that “more white women does not equal tech diversity”) but it is also imperative that people from marginalized groups are able to visualize themselves as computer engineers and are given the opportunity to learn the skills that will help them break into the tech industry.
03 Jun Is tech industry making progress on diversity?
SAN FRANCISCO — Last fall I wrote a guest column for USA TODAY: "Three questions about diversity in tech." The article was in reaction to the pervasive lack of diversity at technology companies. The three questions I asked were: What diversity initiatives are these companies launching? Will anything really change? What's next? Here's an update. What diversity initiatives have been launched?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.
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,”...