Diversity

Women in Tech Losing Pay as They Gain Experience: Study

Nick Kolakowski, 

April 12, 2018

Women in tech lose pay as they gain experience, suggests new data from Hired. Yes, that seems a bit counterintuitive—in theory, pay should equal out as …

Can Blockchain Improve Tech’s Workplace Diversity?

Ariella Brown, 

March 22, 2018

Blockchain is expected to add over $3.1 billion in business value, according to research firm Gartner. But the value proposition could involve more than money: blockchain …

How Women-Led Entrepreneurship Can Fight Sexism

William Terdoslavich, 

March 16, 2018

Women can set the corporate culture on day one when they start their own firms. It’s not a complete solution to sexism in the tech industry …

Programming Languages Favored by Women Developers

Nick Kolakowski, 

March 8, 2018

HackerRank’s new survey of women developers reveals quite a bit, including which programming languages they know best. Java topped that list, with over 60 percent of …

More Women Pursuing Computer Science Before Becoming Developers

Nick Kolakowski, 

March 6, 2018

Women are more likely than ever to study computer science before moving into a career as a developer, according to new data from HackerRank. HackerRank surveyed …

Relatively Few Women Still in Engineering, Computer Science

Nick Kolakowski, 

January 12, 2018

Which STEM jobs feature the greatest percentage of women? Short answer: not the ones involving computers or engineering. The longer answer, fueled by some new data …

Tech Diversity Shows Signs of Improvement: Study

Nate Swanner, 

January 8, 2018

In the tech industry, there’s a considerable amount of controversy over the talent pipeline, specifically how it seems limited when it comes to candidates who aren’t white …

Gender Discrimination a Major Tech Problem: Pew

Nick Kolakowski, 

October 30, 2017

New data from the Pew Research Center suggests many women view gender discrimination as a major problem in the technology industry. Some 44 percent of women …

Women in Tech Face Opportunity Gap: Bustle, Dice Survey

Nick Kolakowski, 

October 19, 2017

A new survey by Dice and Bustle suggests that pay inequality in the technology industry is very real, and impacting women’s salaries and raises. Despite those …

More Women Execs Shrinks Gender Pay Gap: Study

Nick Kolakowski, 

August 11, 2017

Diversity within tech firms is very much in the news right now, thanks to the controversy at Google over a certain employee memo. Much of the …