Dear Tech People
@DearTechPeople
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Holding tech companies accountable for diversity, one tweet at a time.
San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2018
this project is living proof of just how much a diverse and inclusive group of people can get done in a single day when we’re procrastinating doing our taxes
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“Titles have, in short, become meaningless.”
vox.com
How title inflation in Silicon Valley hurts diversity efforts.
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“Lack of minority representation is alarming because it’s poor people of color who end up bearing the largest share of climate change’s burden.”
linkedin.com
Large hotel ballrooms. Green and blue name badges.
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ICYMI - Men, do you notice how often you interrupt women? "Even when women have a seat at the table, men do 75% of the talking in the avg mtg." "Analysis of > 155k conf calls over 19 years found men spoke 92% of the time".
marketwatch.com
An analysis of more than 155,000 company conference calls over 19 years found men spoke 92% of the time.
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#CrazyRichAsians is headed for a monster opening, and it’s essential to look at why. A full 38% of viewers so far have been Asian—we’re COMING OUT for this film as we never have in cinematic history. But another 24% of viewers are black or Hispanic: *viewers are 62% nonwhite*.
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Even Axon now admits that facial recognition shouldn't be used in policing. Could lead to "technical failures with disastrous outcomes"
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Facial-recognition technology has been facing public scrutiny in past weeks, especially since an American Civil Liberty Union experiment using Amazon’s facial recognition erroneously matched members...
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Research Report Alert (Read and Share): Meet 105 Black and Latino Founders Who Raised $1mm+ in VC Funding ($2.7bn total). We spent months scraping the internet to show the pipeline exist. Check out the full report and tag any founders that we missed. https://t.co/8qts8zmUxE
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“People think [being Asian-American and Asian-Asian is] the same, but when you grow up without your face being a part of dominant culture, it changes things.”
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Early in your career, don’t choose the job where you’ll be happiest. Choose the job where you’ll grow the most. Investing in learning is the most important career choice you can make. #TuesdayThoughts
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Wow! have folks seen @DearTechPeople
https://t.co/u1ZBpIYnfW Someone from my career services office just told me about it -- tell your office about it!!! :-)
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How long before venture firms announce that they’ve hired their second female partners?
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Ok @karaswisher - here it is, two years after the original on @thebolditalic , the follow up to 'This is Your Life in Silicon Valley'. I admit - I stole some inspiration from @CaseyNewton's twitter feed for this one. I hope you like it!
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Google releases first diversity report since the infamous anti-diversity memo https://t.co/0jlCWikTJK by @meganrosedickey
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Thank you to #VizforSocialGood volunteers who made new & remarkable visualizations from our data. Shoutout to @MaryZamCode @liyang_w @edithmaulandi @mike_mainza @isaac_brilliant @chanjagg @kaorixtab—their work will be featured in various forms on our website & newsletter. 👏👏👏
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this is what the data says: asian americans are the least likely racial group to be promoted into silicon valley’s management and executive levels
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My first entry for #VizforSocialGood Thanks to @datachloe @DearTechPeople for a great project! https://t.co/fDiycV1Bk6
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Visualization created as part of the Dear Tech People project from Viz for Social Good.
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Late for #VizForSocialGood deadline but wanted to show Diversity in Tech findings. White male in one of 100 top tech companies? There's a 71% chance you're more likely to be in a leadership role than non WM colleagues. Female and non-white? Just 2% chance. https://t.co/hCeYzvLr66
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hi @datachloe, @datatechpeople, here's my first submission to #VizforSocialGood - congrats for the project!! https://t.co/sxTCeeLSKK
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Gender and race diversity in the top 100 tech companies #VizforSocialGood
@datachloe @DearTechPeople
https://t.co/I1BQoqUEA9
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