When Women Stopped Coding
What occurred during the same time as the beginning of the decline of women in computer science?
- The share of women in computer science started falling at 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?
- That will increase the male students who had grown up playing with computers at home to be instrested in the computers .
Employee breakdown of key technology companies
What three take-a-ways do you have looking at this data?
- Prioritize the audience’s understanding over the producer’s ease
- Consider reading time in meetings
- Don’t underestimate the audience
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.
- 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 vice-versa.
- When the employees of an organization better represent their users and desired users, they will build more effectively for those groups.
References:
@By Morning Edition /When Women Stopped Coding
@By Information is Beautiful /Employee breakdown of key technology companies
@By Joelle Emerson /Why diversity matters to your tech company