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Kits for Teaching Kids to Hack Electronics
PARENTS, LISTEN UP: Put your kids in engineering and computer science classes. A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report says “software development skills continue to be the most in-demand” STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) related jobs in […]
Cybersecurity needs transformational leadership from women
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Biggest pay gap in America: Computer programmers
Women and men can change this. Life is sweet for computer programmers. Companies crave their coding skills and will do anything to attract and keep them — from $100,000 signing bonuses, salaries in the $100,000 to […]
This Company Is Making It Cool For Girls to Become Coders
Research shows there’s disconnect in the pipeline that funnels women to tech and it happens very early on. It turns out that 74% of girls actually express interest in technology in middle school, but only 0.3% of […]
The 3 Things Sheryl Sandberg Says Men Should Do To Support The Growth Of Women In Tech
The numbers of women in tech are plummeting: women were 35% of CS majors in 1985, but only 18% today. Women are missing out on high-impact, flexible, well-paid, and exciting careers, and the industry is missing out […]
Twitter COO Adam Bain: Companies that focus on gender inclusion in the workforce perform better
Twitter COO Adam Bain says companies that are focused on inclusion perform better. He shared his thoughts in HeForShe’s first gender parity report, published on Friday to coincide with the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting […]
10 Ways #TechInclusion15 Schooled Us All on Diversity & Inclusion in Tech
Writer Mandela Schumacher-Hodge attended #TechInclusion15 http://techinclusion.co. “A new conference — one I just left about an hour ago — was different. In fact, it was like nothing I’d ever seen before. Over the past two days, 350 conference attendees and 500 […]
How Silicon Valley is trying to fix its diversity problem
Silicon Valley, the home of the California tech industry, has long been criticized for its lack of diversity. Almost two years after major companies, led by Google and Intel, started to publicize their diversity numbers, […]