TGIF! It’s a long one today. This week, the news was all about “brogrammer” culture and gender (in)equality. We took a deep dive into articles and videos exploring this ongoing conversation in the industry.
Check back at the end of each week for our Friday finds.
Here’s what we’re reading – February 9, 2018
- Read: Since #MeToo, the Number of Men Who Are Uncomfortable Mentoring Women Has Tripled by Valentina Zarya for Fortune. This week, in response to a study from her foundation, LeanIn.Org, Sheryl Sandberg launched #MentorHer, a campaign to encourage men (and women) to mentor women. Learn why she thinks mentorship is key, and the other (male) tech leaders supporting this movement.
- Watch: The Makers Conference – The Importance of Mentoring Women. In related news, Sheryl Sandberg, and Laphonza Butler, President, SEIU Local 2015, were interviewed by David Smith, author, Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women.
- Read: How We’ll Win from Quartz. This compilation of reporting from Quartz is a year-long exploration of the fight for gender equality. This week we dove into several inspirational, powerful, and thoughful pieces:
- The founder of Girls Who Code: “When you get a taste for being brave, it’s hard to stop”
- Silicon Valley engineer Erica Joy Baker wishes people would stop telling women that they’re strong
- Silicon Valley engineer Tracy Chou: Stop saying that diversity means lowering the bar
- The one change that would actually help women: “Fund them, back them, pay them.”
- Read: ‘You Get Sexual Advances 24/7’: What It’s Really Like to Be a Female Engineer In Silicon Valley by Emily Chang for Fortune. Chang’s book, Brotopia, released this week. In this exclusive excerpt, we hear from a dozen women engineers who share their experiences and some of the harsh realities of being a women in tech.
- Listen: What will it take to change Silicon Valley’s bro culture? Bonus, listen to Emily Chang speak with Kai Ryssdal on his podcast for Marketplace.
- Read: In ‘Brotopia,’ Silicon Valley Disrupts Everything but the Boys’ Club by Jennifer Szalai for The New York Times. A review of Brotopia.
- Listen & Read: The Tech Industry’s Gender Problem Isn’t Just Hurting Women by Kristin Houser for Futurism. Highlights from Freakonomics six-week podcast series interviewing CEO’s and leaders of top tech companies and what they reveal about what life is like as a female leader in the tech industry.
- Read: The Plight of Working Women, as Seen by the Woman in the Corner Office by Robbie Myers for The New York Times. This book review of That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together takes a lens to the effects of gender perspective on gender imbalance in the workplace.
- Read: How This Millennial Founder Built A Global Mentorship Community For Women In Tech by Kate Talbot for Forbes. Learn how Sarena Bahad, founder of Women in Tech, Inc, created a global community of support for young women and diversity in tech, by leveraging the power of Instagram and Snapchat.
- Read: I Accidentally Built A Brogrammer Culture. Now We’re Undoing It by Michael Litt for Fast Company. This thoughtful piece from the Co-Founder and CEO of Vidyard dives into how a “brogrammer” culture can happen without realizing it, and what efforts and actions are happening to correct it.
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