Here are some shout outs to the many impressive black women that did fantastic work in tech in 2016. Let’s face it: 2016 has been a rough year, and many of us are happily counting down the days for it to end. But while there have...
Dive Brief: The tech industry is making only slight gains in hiring women and nonwhites, reports CNET. Although there are many reasons for recruiting more women and minorities, economic opportunity alone is perhaps the most significant. A recent report by consulting firm Accenture showed that without...
What is Nashville doing to bring more women and minorities into its software development community? Whatever the answer, it could be more. "No matter what I list on my bullet list of things that the city is doing well, the answer is — it's not enough,"...
That's according to Leslie Miley, Slack's head of engineering, who addressed a crowd at the Tech Inclusion conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. He called Facebook's efforts to improve diversity "insulting." Hundreds of people assembled to listen and provide solutions for changing a technology culture...
Kimberly Bryant worked in medicine and technology for more than two decades and observed so little advancement in diversity that in 2011, she launched Black Girls Code, a nonprofit organization committed to educating girls of color within STEM fields. Bryant’s work with BGC has already...