Putting The Spotlight On Blacks In Tech
Guess what. We’re not going to see that development in that African-American Steve Jobs if he’s not being mentored. You know, Steve Jobs was mentored by a lot of amazing people including one of the...
View ArticleCEO Series Special Edition : Powerful Women in Tech
To celebrate the empowerment of women, we here at SiliconANGLE drummed up a number of astonishing women in tech to impart their knowledge and wisdom of how they are changing the world. [ via...
View ArticleWomen Techies Build a Room of Their Own in SF
“If you work in a male dominated field its easy to end up with all male or mostly male friends,” said Heather Rivers, 27, a new member of the all-female organization. “It’s very nice to meet...
View ArticleShe++ and the Rise of ‘Femgineers’
Women—and minorities in general—are the greatest untapped brain trust of engineering potential. I’d hate to think that women are being excluded from such a rewarding career, and from an industry who...
View ArticleFacebook invests thousands to help school girls code
The social network is teaming up with charity Apps for Good to bring coding to 20,000 school children in 220 schools across the UK. [ via The Telegraph ]The post Facebook invests thousands to help...
View ArticleOutreach Program for Women Seeks New Linux Kernel Interns
“It’s not often that I’d get to say, ‘I volunteered at LinuxCon North America, spoke at LinuxCon North America, and met Linus Torvalds in three days!” said Nguyen, whose internship focused on Xen block...
View ArticleWal-Mart CIO’s Advice For Women In IT
In our culture, with the grass roots of being able to speak out on any topic, a mentoring circle lets people come together. I select them to come together. What I find is in 90 minutes, I am speaking...
View ArticleHow to hire and keep good women technologists
A problem women commonly face when they join the industry is feeling marginalized and discriminated against. They leave the workforce mid career. A report by the Anita Borg Institute noted that women...
View ArticleSix Developer Bootcamps Helping to Close Tech Gender Gap
It’s no secret that women are largely underrepresented in the software engineering field and the numbers don’t lie: women make up only around 20% of the computer programming world. In the US, plenty of...
View ArticleWill the Women in Tech Please Stand Up?
Unless you’ve been living under an internet-less rock for the last few months, you’ve probably noticed the huge increase in attention that the tech gender gap has gotten recently. The latest conclusion...
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