Diversity and Inclusion
Source: Silicon Valley’s gender gap is the result of computer-game marketing 20 years ago
Source: Why diversity matters to your tech company
Gender Gap
- Big gender gap in tech
- In 2014, 70% male at tech companies
- Tech roles even worse– tech roles at Twitter 90% male
History
- Closer to parity in the 70s-80s
- 1984, 37% CS grads were women
- Why? Male computing culture
- Video games / computer marketing aimed to men
- Continues to widen the gap in education
- Male dominated college culture in tech
- Creates gap in the workplace
- Women 45% more likely to leave tech career
Why Diversity Matters
- Diverse teams are smarter and more creative
- Diverse companies perform better
- Companies are losing out on great talent
- Diverse companies can better serve a diverse user base
- It’s the right thing to do