Reading Time: 7 minutes “I find that working for a remote-first company is a very ethical and humane approach to labor — it allows the employees to schedule work around the rest of their lives, instead of scheduling their lives around work.“ What do you do? I work in … Continue reading[MEN]TOR: Robbie McKinstry (he/him) – Research Scientist, HashiCorp
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Even [our] phrasing and linguistics have been molded by the lack of diversity in technology.“ What do you do? I work for an autonomous vehicle company, in effort in assisting our teams in mitigating risk by identifying security flaws in our product and services, for … Continue reading[MEN]TOR: Kevin Cody (he/him) – Lead Penetration Tester, Autonomous Vehicles Company
Reading Time: 4 minutes “We strongly reinforce the message that diversity and inclusion in the tech industry is a need-to-have, not a nice-to-have, especially when you consider how lives and livelihoods have been compromised because of algorithmic biases or negligence from non-representative product teams.“ What do you do? I … Continue reading[MEN]TOR: Kenny Chen (he/him) – Executive Director, Partnership to Advance Responsible Technology (PART)
Reading Time: 11 minutes “Survey your staff anonymously about their reflections and self-identity with your organization or if they even have an identity with the organization. Speak truth to the shortcomings of the organization and reflect on how this lack of diversity has occurred. Then create a plan and … Continue reading[MEN]TOR: Dan Foreman (he/him) – Associate Director of Professional Learning
Reading Time: 4 minutes “If it seems like only certain kinds of people are succeeding, find out why.“ What do you do? Management and communication help for businesses that want to grow. What keeps you passionate in the tech industry? Rule breakers who use tech to improve and reimagine … Continue reading[MEN]TOR: Scot MacTaggart (he/him) – Cofounder of KRNLS, Host of Pitchwerks
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Educate yourself on the issues, then create a strategy that fits your organization.“ What do you do? fivestar* develops custom software solutions that centralize workflows, optimize processes, and enable decision-making through real-time data and business intelligence. My focus is business development, account management, public outreach, … Continue reading[MEN]TOR: Lou Camerlengo (he/him) – President/Cofounder, fivestar*
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m always being asked by men in tech, “how can I attract more diverse talent to my team?” or “how can I make my company/team/department more inclusive?” in some form or another as if there is an easy five min fix. My high-level answer is … Continue readingHow Men Are Taking Action To Create More Inclusive Spaces In Tech
Reading Time: 6 minutes “Half-hearted diversity outreach is completely visible to most underrepresented people.” What do you do? Feature Team is a small Golang and Swift consultancy. We’ve got a couple of clients that we’re doing a fair amount of work for. As Managing Partner of Feature Team, I … Continue reading[MEN]TORS: C. Blair (he/him), Managing Partner – Feature Team, LLC