Tag: tech industry

Female Tech CEO Gets Company to 50-50 Women and Men

Click here to read at Medium.com.

Interesting fact: Nahm designed the interface for Periscope.

Below, Nahm speaks about Lever:

The Big Lie: Tech Companies and Diversity Hiring

Read the story at 42hire.com.

Map of concentration of black people in the US, 2010

Map of concentration of black people in the US, 2010

Cheryl Contee Writes: ‘What I’ve Learned Working As A Black Person In Silicon Valley’

Read her blog at The Huffington Post.

Cheryl Contee - Photo by Brian Solis

Cheryl Contee – Photo by Brian Solis

Black Men: Women’s Allies at Tech Companies

Read at The Atlantic.

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Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley Leaves Company Because Of Diversity Issues

Read at Techcrunch.com.

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The Uncomfortable State Of Being Asian In Tech

Click to read Tracy Chou’s article at Medium.

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#ILookLikeAnEngineer is a Big, Brave Challenge to Tech Industry Stereotypes

Read at GOOD.

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A great example? Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham, right, is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist.
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A (Silicon) Valley Grows in Algeria…

Read at Vice.com.

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Bird’s eye view of the Rahmania cyberpark construction site in Algeria

5 Remarkable Creations That Represent Africa’s Emerging Tech Industry

Click here to read at Atlanta Blackstar.

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Ghanian researcher Bright Simons presents on the limits of big data at the World Economic Forum.
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Reddit’s Interim CEO Ellen Pao: The Real Lesson of the Lawsuit Verdict

Read at TheCut.com.

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