Episode 4: “Is This a Lost Cause?” feat. Leslie Miley, Engineering Leader

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English - April 18, 2016 20:42 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Previous Episode: Episode 3: "Where Do We Begin?" Part II feat. Marvin Stickel from Pandora

Reverend Jesse Jackson has been advocating for diversity in tech since 1999. Since then, the percentage of people of color and technical women have actually declined. Leslie Miley, engineering leader, joins me to take a step back and ask the hard question of “Is This a Lost Cause?”

Show Notes:

- About Leslie: https://twitter.com/shaft
- “Tech's Invisible Workers”: http://www.siliconvalleyrising.org/TechsInvisibleWorkforce.pdf
- Steve Job's “Here's to the Crazy Ones”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVW-jLRLE8

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