Tech Talk

11 Jun

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.
09:58 / Diversity / News / Tech Talk
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09 Jun

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.
09:45 / Diversity / News / Tech Talk
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08 Jun

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.
09:08 / Diversity / News / Tech Talk
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