Post by account_disabled on Nov 28, 2017 10:23:50 GMT
In your average year, the numbers are enough to deal with.
Since 2014, major tech companies have released diversity reports showing the industry's demographic lopsidedness in favor of white men. The percentages of women and minorities in tech are low, and the percentages in technical roles are even lower, often failing to crack 30 percent.
But colorful pie charts with sad numbers aren't where it stops. We're coming to the end of a bruising year in which scandal after scandal seemed to fly in the face of glossy efforts to create a diverse and inclusive future for the tech industry.
"If you build a brand on culture and it's revealed that your culture is toxic, you really do stand to take a hit," said Y-Vonne Hutchinson, founder of diversity-focused consulting firm ReadySet.
And so 2017 is leaving behind a pretty crummy aftertaste.
In February, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler wrote a post about her experience working at Uber, which included getting propositioned by a manager.
A few months later, venture capitalists including Chris Sacca and Dave McClure were outed as sexual harassers -- and even admitted to using their positions to take advantage of women founders. In a Medium post, McClure called himself a creep.
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Since 2014, major tech companies have released diversity reports showing the industry's demographic lopsidedness in favor of white men. The percentages of women and minorities in tech are low, and the percentages in technical roles are even lower, often failing to crack 30 percent.
But colorful pie charts with sad numbers aren't where it stops. We're coming to the end of a bruising year in which scandal after scandal seemed to fly in the face of glossy efforts to create a diverse and inclusive future for the tech industry.
"If you build a brand on culture and it's revealed that your culture is toxic, you really do stand to take a hit," said Y-Vonne Hutchinson, founder of diversity-focused consulting firm ReadySet.
And so 2017 is leaving behind a pretty crummy aftertaste.
In February, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler wrote a post about her experience working at Uber, which included getting propositioned by a manager.
A few months later, venture capitalists including Chris Sacca and Dave McClure were outed as sexual harassers -- and even admitted to using their positions to take advantage of women founders. In a Medium post, McClure called himself a creep.
For more you can check
demo video