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After Working at Google, I'll Never Let Myself Love a Job Again
Article In this article, Emi Nietfeld describes what happened to her at Google, a company she once loved.
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An anonymous response to dangerous FOSS Codes of Conduct
Article In this article, an anonymous writer pens a response to what he believes are Dangerous FOSS Codes of Conduct. He argues the...
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Exclusive: Here's The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google
Article In this article, a now infamous memo from a male Google employee (James Damore), titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,”, is...
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For Young Female Coders, Internship Interviews Can Be Toxic
Article In this article, it discusses a survey conducted by Girls Who Code where teen female engineers report that even their very...
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Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Black at Google’
Article In this article, a memo from a former Google employee is discussed. In the memo, the ex-employee criticized the internet...
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How Computer Science at CMU Is Attracting and Retaining Women
Article In this article, it discusses how CMU has attracted a higher rate of women in its computer science program than...
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Just Because You Always Hear It, Doesn’t Mean It’s True: Gender Difference Explanations For Disparities in Tech Are Not Supported by Science
Article In this article, NCWIT explains why gender differences are not supported by science, and how most disparities between men and women...
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Most computer science majors in the U.S. are men. Not so at Harvey Mudd
Article In this article, it takes a look at Harvey Mudd where more than half of computer science graduates are women.
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Nerdy Strutting: How to Put Women Off the Tech Industry
Article In this article, Judy Robertson discusses nerd-strutting, or "a style of interaction where people show off their knowledge by asking questions...
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Note to employees from CEO Sundar Pichai
Article In this article, Google CEO Sundar Pichai responds to Damore's memo.
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Political tension at Google is only getting worse
Article In this article, another former engineer has alleged that the company fired him over his political beliefs.
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Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far
Article In this article, it discusses how some men have recently spoken out about their feelings on gender equality in tech.
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Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber
Article In this article, Susan Fowler discusses her reasons for leaving Uber.
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Reflecting on Susan Fowler’s Reflections
Article In this article, Aimee Lucido reflects on the article written by Susan Fowler, discussing her negative experience with Uber.
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Sex and STEM: Stubborn Facts and Stubborn Ideologies
Article In this article, the authors discuss their thoughts on the "sex differences" in STEM.
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The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley 560
Article In this article, the author discusses the culture wars that have consumed politics in the United States and have now...
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The Empathy Gap in Tech: Interview with a Software Engineer
Article In this article, Claire Lehmann interviews a talented engineer who is "not neurotypical" and discusses the lack of empathy in the...
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The First Women in Tech Didn’t Leave—Men Pushed Them Out
Article In this article, Mims discusses the prevalence of sexism in the tech industry. In this article, hear female entrepreneurs and...
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The Secret History of Women in Coding
Article In this article, Clive Thompson recounts the history of women in coding, looking at many different female pioneers in the field.
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The Woman Bringing Civility to Open Source Projects
Article In this article, Coraline Ada Ehmke is featured as "the woman bringing civility to open source projects". Ehmke is the principal...
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Why Doesn’t Silicon Valley Hire Black Coders?
Article In this article, Vauhini Vara addresses the lack of representation of black coders at Google and why this occurs, looking specifically at...
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Why Tech Leadership Has a Bigger Race Than Gender Problem
Article In this article, the findings of a new study from Ascend Leadership that there may be an overrepresentation of Asians in tech—but...
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Why the STEM gender gap is overblown
Article In this article, Denise Cummins explains that although women are just as capable of performing in STEM fields as men, this...
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Why Women Don't Code
Article In this article, Stuart Reges discusses his opinion on why men and women are "different" and why these "differences" are responsible...