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Diversity & Inclusion in the Tech Industry

That Time When Women Stopped Coding

  1. What occurred during the same time as the beginning of the decline of women in computer science?
    • The share of women in other technical and professional fields kept rising.
  2. Why does it matter that males had been playing on computers growing up?
    • The idea that computers are for boys became a narrative.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-women-stopped-coding

Why diversity matters to your tech company

  1. When are diversity efforts most successful?
    • When they’re driven by a commitment from company leaders.
  2. Why do diverse companies perform better?
    • Diversity makes teams smarter and is linked to positive business outcomes.
  3. Give an example of how a diverse company can serve a diverse user base or vise-versa.
    • When the employees of an organization better represent their users and desired users, they will build more effectively for those groups. When YouTube’s almost entirely right-handed developer team built the iOS app without considering how left-handed people would use it, for example, 5% to 10% of videos were uploaded upside down as a result.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2015/07/21/why-diversity-matters-your-tech-company/30419871/