Month: March 2022

Why I Believe There Aren’t Many Women or Minorities in Tech – Part 2

I started the class full of hope despite the dire expectations the instructor level set. “The class average is 65, and around half will drop out before the end of the quarter. Many will attend to the end and fail anyway.” About a third of the class was female, primarily Asian. It makes sense to …

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Why I Believe There Aren’t Many Women or Minorities in Tech – Part 1

I ran a poll on LinkedIn, and companies want to know how to get more diverse candidates into their pipelines. Most of what I read so far has been partnering with HUBs, diversity associations, and non-profits and asking diverse employees to refer people they know.   Later, I hope to provide a summary of some of …

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Throw Away Thoughts and Rent-free Reflections on Bias

It started simple enough. One of those new Year, new you calls from a performance coach peddling their services. As someone interested in continually getting better, I decided to join. The messaging was pretty standard about the importance of mindset and best practices.   Midway through, I found myself feeling triggered. She spoke of a specific …

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