Reading-Notes

Reading Notes

Consider the history: That Time When Women Stopped Coding

What occurred during the same time as the beginning of the decline of women in computer science?

Home or personal computers were on the rise.

Why does it matter that males had been playing on computers growing up?

It gave them a leg up on the women who hadn’t grown up with computers.

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Review the data: Employee breakdown of key technology companies

Ask the question: Why diversity matters to your tech company

When are diversity efforts most successful?

When female representation is in top management.

Why do diverse companies perform better?

According to Scott E. Page, professor of complex systems, political science and economics at the University of Michigan: “Diverse groups of people bring to organizations more and different ways of seeing a problem and, thus, faster/better ways of solving it.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2015/07/21/why-diversity-matters-your-tech-company/30419871/

Give an example of how a diverse company can serve a diverse user base or vise-versa.

If a potential user doesn’t feel represented they won’t use the product, how else to help them feel represented than by employing a person of the same background or race or even handedness to know how to help make the user feel seen.

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