#women in tech
Typowriter…er, typewriter, that is
We all make typing mistakes, but in today’s world, a swift backspace rights all wrongs. In the typewriter era, you were stuck with your typos—until 1964, when the IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter was developed. Using the latest assembly techniques, IBMers created a magnetic tape system for storing characters, bringing about the first analog word-processor device. The power it gave typists to correct their mistakes was a game-changer.
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Women in Technology (WIT) recognizes Neera Mathur
How do you become a Women in Technology (WIT) Woman of the Year Award Honoree? Ask IBMer Neera Mathur, and she’d probably tell you there’s more to it than a passion for enterprise data solutions, which she has. There’s more to it than deep technical knowledge, business understanding, and strong communication skills, all of which she has. There’s even more to it than essential experience leading a core team of IT architects, IT specialists, business analysts, and software engineers—experience that she, of course, has. No, what Neera might say is that to achieve an honoree status like WIT Woman of the Year, you must constantly re-invent yourself and inspire the next generation. Neera might advise you to take an active role in the community, like she has, dedicating time to the self-empowerment of elementary and middle school girls to choose careers in tech. Or she might recommend leading volunteer teachers for Girls Who Code or mentoring students in the non-profit organization Cool Girls, as she has. Whatever Neera might say, we’re proud that we, at IBM, can not only say she’s one of us, but that she’s been a role model during her entire thirty-five year tenure at IBM.
See Neera’s nomination among other accomplished women in tech ->
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Worldie Helps Women and Girls With Technology! Our new logo update makes that even clearer!
We have a dark hot pink streak in the center, yet, it’s still all-in-one.
You could create an entire Tech company just on helping women with Tech.
We hope the internet changes!! Not only that -> we’ll make it change!
It’s like the Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman in 1970′s with the ratios. There are nearly no female founders and very few artificial intelligence/machine learning female coders - and those who are, struggle to compete by being removed from crowdsourcing sites, harsher reviews, and not getting hired - until we came along!
Wonder Woman uses the AI Robot Rover to save the plan…et!
Angie Chang, VP of Hackbright Academy, has spent her career building up women in tech and entrepreneurship. At hackbrightacademy women are taught to code in 10 weeks, leaving the program as software engineers. Angie is helping change the ratio of women in tech through her inspiring dedication and mentorship.
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If you want to understand why the new Lego female scientist kits are such a big step forward, compare them to earlier Lego efforts to capture the little-girls-who-like-to-build-things demographic. The absence of princess-y pastels and pixie preciousness (not to mention boobs, as in the “rock star” Lego figure above) is awesome.
For more on how the “Research Institute” line came to be, mentalfloss has the scoop here.
(All images via Lego)
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The companies in MoJo’s 2012 dataset: Apple, HP, Intel, Google, Cisco, Oracle, eBay, Facebook, Gilead Sciences, and VMware.
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Some of my many chapter illustrations for the book ‘Hello Computer’ by Linda Macaulay
'A story of a working-class girl who begins a life-long love affair with technology after seeing a computer for the first time in 1967’
Available for preorder now!
This was a lovely project that I dipped in and out of over a couple years while the writer chipped away at the copy.
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file this under the shit-load of under appreciated people who you never learn about in school
By fucking hand, bro.
you always hear about the first man on the moon but never this
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Taaz, 2018
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After a week of prep and on-campus set-up, today I finally got to meet my class of Girls Who Code! Last week I wanted to tell you that they were all inspirational, tenacious, enthusiastic learners and that Day 1 went off without a hitch, but the delightfully flawed truth of our first day makes me even more hopeful for an amazing summer with this perfectly imperfect group.
20 determined, resilient, capable young women joined my class today, and it is my job and my privilege to guide them to channel that passion into coding. I’m no expert in CS, but as an undergraduate student, I like to think I am earning my expert badge in the art of learning computer science.
I loved my APCS teacher and learned a ton in that class, and I will always be grateful that I had the opportunity to be introduced to CS as a high school student. However, because of the pace and breadth of the AP curriculum and the introductory nature of the class, my teacher was always quick to swoop in with guidance and explanations. When he wouldn’t answer my questions, typically my (brilliant) best friend could. And so I went to college with only that background in computer science - the subconscious assumption that when I struggled, someone would be there to explain, correct, and walk me through the “right” thought process.
I have spent my entire freshman year fighting and rewiring that instinct to reach for assistance when I cannot immediately solve the problem myself. I have spent this year learning to learn on my own, to seek out answers individually, to design and plan and build larger programs thoughtfully, and to solve problems not by having a TA walk me through them, but by bouncing ideas off my equally confused peers.
This is what I hope to offer my girls this summer. A space and an opportunity to learn how to learn computer science; an introduction to the world of tech coupled with the affirmation that they belong there; and a love of learning, exploring, playing, failing, innovating, and creating that they can carry forward to whatever careers await them.
I saw school as an obligation until I got to college. Now, I choose to be here, and I study things I love. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be a university student, to take several years just to focus on my education and personal growth, and to explore my passions. My girls are taking their summer to dedicate time to their education and personal growth and pursue their passions, and it doesn’t matter if they take time to get comfortable in class, or if we have to remind them to put their phones away, or even if they don’t always want to keep trying: they choose to be here, learning, and for that, they are amazing. Part of me hoped for a classroom full of eager, bright-eyed, obedient students who would follow every instruction and pursue every project at 110%. The class I met today was so, so much better: they were excited, grateful, rambunctious, tenacious, sleepy, nervous, silly, and brilliant. They were interested in things I love, and in things I know nothing about. I can’t wait to see what they can do.
If you’re a girl/woman in tech or interested in CS, reach out to me! I would love to use this platform to help the next generation of young women discover CS. Girls Who Code’s summer program is phenomenal, but the truth is, you don’t need to be part of a 7 week intensive in order to get started in CS, or become a girl who codes. You just need a lot of determination, a bit of willingness to fail, and a little silliness, to make something great.
I hope this dude is just a troll. Otherwise Google is in for one hell of a class action lawsuit.
Think of all the women whose careers got knocked off-course because of this shitbag or shitbags like him. We could use that talent. I sure hope they found equally productive jobs elsewhere.
When Adriana Gascoigne found she was the only woman at her Silicon Valley startup, she founded the nonprofit Girls in Tech to encourage girls and women to enter the industry.
Speaking to women at the time, there was a huge need for this. There wasn’t a place to call home, for women to come together, share ideas, collaborate, provide sounding boards for one another, get advice from each other. We needed to know that the tech industry is for everybody and that we can also succeed, regardless of the scarcity of women in the industry.
Technology as a whole—It starts from an early age. A decreasing number of women are getting computer science and engineering degrees. It was 36 percent a decade ago and now it’s dropped to 12 percent. That’s absurd. Thinking about all of the institutions that support tech and tech majors, STEM majors, organizations like Girls In Tech, how we’re producing curricula and trying to get more women in the tech industry—It’s astounding to read these statistics showing that dramatic decrease. But men dominate the tech field because they take the majority of the engineering roles. Women have product marketing roles and some design roles. But without engineers, you don’t have products.
How do we create more parity in the sector? That’s what we’re striving to do.
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The Vision Project, our joint initiative with UNRWA has been covered with a piece on Middle East Monitor.
The project has provided over two hundred blind and visually impaired children in Gaza with cutting-edge digital technology to help them access information sources, learning opportunities and creative initiatives. It also equipped visually impaired children in Gaza with “Voice Dream Reader” technology to supplement their education. As part of The Vision Project we also provided digital and equipment training to 33 UNRWA teachers.
Read the article and see more photos here.
Whitney Wolfe at Tinder headquarters before leaving her job this April. (Ashley Terrill)
Earlier this month, Whitey Wolfe, cofounder of Tinder, filed a lawsuit against Tinder and its majority owner IAC/InterActive Corp on charges of sexual harassment and discrimination.
Tinder is a smartphone dating app that shows users a brief profile of a potential partner. Users swipe right or left depending on their opinion of the profile. If interested, they can message and meet in person. The app, commonly used for casual sex and hookups, is wildly popular in the US and globally, sparking Twitter accounts like Tinderfession.
Wolfe’sallegationsare plenty: Mateen took away her title as co-founder because it ‘makes the company seem like a joke’ and 'devalues’ it, CEO Sean Rad dismissed her complaints as 'annoying’ and 'dramatic,’ and Mateen called her 'whore’ at a company event.
Wolfe was an instrumental part of the company’s success: She came up with the name Tinder and orchestrated a marketing plan that took the user count from a few hundred users to 1,500. “I credit you 100% with the growth of Tinder,” said Joe Munoz, who developed the app, to Wolfe, “and I think that sending you around the US to visit sororities was absolutely the best investment we could possibly have made on the marketing side.”
According to the lawsuit, Wolfe was designated as co-founder at an internal company meeting in November 2012, around the time Mateen joined the company. However, “when Tinder-related articles appeared in more traditional business outlets, Wolfe’s name was often nowhere to be seen. When she would ask why only her name of the five founders was absent they would tell her 'you’re a girl.’”
Rad sent a memo to employees and suspended Mateen. “However, as many of you know, Whitney’s legal complaint is full of factual inaccuracies and omission,” he says. “We did not discriminate against Whitney because of her age or gender, and her complaint paints an inaccurate picture of my actions and what went on here.”
Whether or not her allegations are true, sexism in tech fields is hard to deny. Twitter had no women among its top officials until the fall of 2013. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recalled a conversation she heard between two men in the industry: “The other said he, too, would hire more young women but his wife fears he would sleep with them and, he confessed, he probably would,” reported the LA Times. According to Catalyst, only 5.7 percent of employed women in the US work in the computer industry.
Having women in high-level positions at tech companies helps not only women, but the company as a whole. “Diversity benefits research, development and innovation, the heartbeat of Silicon valley. It also increases profit, something Twitter sorely needs,” reported the New York Times.
Granted, there aren’t many women in tech to go around. “There is definitely a supply-side problem,” said Adam Messinger, Twitter’s chief technology officer. Added Rick Devine, chief executive at TalentSky, “The issue isn’t the intention, the issue is just the paucity of candidates.”
Some refuse to believe that. Kelly M. Dermody, an attorney, said “despite the tremendous success of a few women in tech, the sad truth is that it is an industry plagued by gender stereotyping and bias.”
Was Wolfe’s story one of an office romance gone wrong, or a symptom of a sexist company and field as a whole? “In the meantime, please bear this in mind: where lawsuits are concerned, both sides of the story are rarely told at once.” said TechCrunch. “We’ve heard quite a bit from Wolfe, but Tinder and IAC haven’t had a chance to formally respond in court with their side of the story.”
We will support and protect women online at Worldie. Basically, anything you see from the other social networks today (all that discrimination) wouldn’t happen here.
I understand it’s a balance, but we are egalitarian, not utilitarian. Each person matters. We also want to rescue people if needed. All of that distress, going no where? We will create a better world. It’s the social cause.
http://about.worldie.com/socialprojects
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Also, I deleted the criticism I had when I was hired AT a S.M. back in Nov. Honestly, it’s better to be positive anyhow, but I will show you again the HUNDREDS of screenshots on Worldie’s Pinterest :)… I still have the Google folder, guys!
Also, I am totally cray cray wild GOOD!
I defend Amber Heard online “Oops I did it again,” irritate Hollywood even though I hardly know anyone and they’re Boomers - it’s a totally different crowd now and worse lol over the past 30 years (NDAs started in the 90s and there’s no safety, openness. E.g., venues). Also, pretty sure I got Nicole Arbour (She retweeted EPVP!!) verified indirectly on Twitter by complaining about “Fake Hot Girl” (that’s right, it never grew up from Hot or Not, except now they’re playing around with LIVES…)
I’m completely stoked about Victoria Project and strategic partnerships for that. I bought shares to donate to 2 organizations, and I may be able to oversee it, but I’m also cray cray WILD, so it can be hard to deal with I guess? But I’m wildly good for a reason and maybe it can be learned from ;)… It was paused back in 2019 for reasons… I really hope it continues. Literally EVERYONE WANTS UPDATED RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS (Technology)! Seriously! Even though we all have to self-fund it seems…
Change the World… Forget 1 in 1 million, I am 1 in 5-10 million…
Worldie’s female developer (#WomenWhoCode) is the best ever. I’m so happy, even an application is in reach this year possibly. I joke that we’re like the United Nations of Social Media, except we’re of all social statuses, so that’s different (UN is a bit selective and blocked off from victims, e.g.)… I literally think we’re unstoppable pretty soon… Then, I am starting an MBA program to “Swim” more.
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