A guest post by the FTC Rubies. Hello! We are the Rubies, an all-girls robotics team from Minneapolis, MN. Our team participates in FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), a robotics program for middle and high schoolers. In this program, our team builds an 18 x 18 x 18 inch robot and programs it to do specific … Continued
Guest post as part of our Women in Tech series. As I sit writing this blog post at 12:30 a.m., I am all too aware that time is truly the most valuable currency in life. But it’s not more time that we need to be successful in our careers. It’s having control over our time … Continued
Recently, I read through Inclusion Inspires Innovation, Apple’s latest update on their diversity efforts. I applaud their efforts. In our experience, building an inclusive team is harder than it sounds, and while they acknowledge they still have work to do on this front, I’m excited to see their efforts to promote a diverse workforce. To be honest, we … Continued
I often tell people I am an accidental tech founder. While I have always been entrepreneurial, I never imagined I would be founding a software company. In fact, as a middle schooler I remember perusing The Weekly Reader, a sort of introductory newspaper for adolescents, and reading a quote from Bill Gates saying he envisioned a … Continued
A former colleague of mine (male) used to receive emails from a professional association that hosted monthly events targeted toward women. The fact that he received these emails was entertaining enough, but then he would forward them to me with commentary: “WOW! Great event!” or “As a woman, you won’t want to miss this one!” and we’d … Continued
This question was posed as a candidate question for panel I spoke on earlier this month: “What are some actions organizations can do to help balance recruiting and hiring efforts for women in technology?” It was never asked during the panel, but I frequently get requests like this for what people and organizations can be … Continued
Before I became a programmer, I spent about a decade doing racial justice as both a policy researcher and working in inner-city communities of color running programs for youth. Doing this work, I often found myself pushing back against (well-meaning) dominant frameworks of thought that understood racism to be only about overt acts done with … Continued
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On the heels of a fantastic minnebar presentation by our very own Abbie Tuckner, as well as a slew of recent articles that have had the women of Software for Good talking, this week’s theme is…hard to define. The theme we discussed on Monday morning was around the concept of diversity in the workplace. Fostering women in technology. Inviting more people … Continued
“An event.” That’s what I kept repeating to myself. I’d be at an event. The truth: It was an unconference, a word so silly to me that I was embarrassed to even say it. I mean, it’s really just a conference, right? A conference without any speakers, preparation, or agenda. An unorganized conference. An unproductive … Continued