Readings: Diversity & Inclusion in the Tech Industry

Reading

The time when women stopped coding

• What occurred during the same time as the beginning of the decline of women in computer science?

  • roughly the same moment when personal computers started showing up in U.S. homes in significant numbers.

• Why does it matter that males had been playing on computers growing up?

  • by the time women got to college, men were ahead of them

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Why diversity matters to your tech company

• When are diversity efforts most successful?

  • when they’re driven by a commitment from company leaders. And meaningful commitment requires leaders to understand why diversity matters.

• Why do diverse companies perform better?

  • Given that diverse teams are smarter and more creative than homogeneous ones, it is unsurprising that a wealth of research shows a strong correlation between diverse organizations and positive financial outcomes.

Give an example of how a diverse company can serve a diverse user base or vise-versa.

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