Reverend Jesse Jackson has been advocating for diversity in tech since 1999. Since then, the percentage of people of color and technical women have actually declined. Leslie Miley, engineering leader, joins me to take a step back and ask the hard question of “Is This a Lost Cause?”
Show Notes:
- About Leslie: https://twitter.com/shaft
- “Tech's Invisible Workers”: http://www.siliconvalleyrising.org/TechsInvisibleWorkforce.pdf
- Steve Job's “Here's to the Crazy Ones”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVW-jLRLE8
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Reverend Jesse Jackson has been advocating for diversity in tech since 1999. Since then, the percentage of people of color and technical women have actually declined. Leslie Miley, engineering leader, joins me to take a step back and ask the hard question of “Is This a Lost Cause?”
Show Notes:
- About Leslie: https://twitter.com/shaft
- “Tech's Invisible Workers”: http://www.siliconvalleyrising.org/TechsInvisibleWorkforce.pdf
- Steve Job's “Here's to the Crazy Ones”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVW-jLRLE8
Episode 2: "Where Do We Start" Part I feat. Rachel Williams from Yelp
Legacy Code Podcast
17 minutes 28 seconds
9 years ago
Episode 2: "Where Do We Start" Part I feat. Rachel Williams from Yelp
Enough talking about the problem! How do we change the status quo? Rachel Williams, Head of Diversity from Yelp, joins me to talk change, honing in on people managers, and why.
Show Notes:
- Follow Rachel at @heymsrachel
- Essentialism: http://gregmckeown.com/essentialism-the-disciplined-pursuit-of-less/
Legacy Code Podcast
Reverend Jesse Jackson has been advocating for diversity in tech since 1999. Since then, the percentage of people of color and technical women have actually declined. Leslie Miley, engineering leader, joins me to take a step back and ask the hard question of “Is This a Lost Cause?”
Show Notes:
- About Leslie: https://twitter.com/shaft
- “Tech's Invisible Workers”: http://www.siliconvalleyrising.org/TechsInvisibleWorkforce.pdf
- Steve Job's “Here's to the Crazy Ones”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVW-jLRLE8
