Women are leaving the tech industry because they are unhappy, don’t feel valued or lack access to opportunities. We need to create environments that retain and grow employees, regardless of what they look like on the outside, argued Kate Heddleston. During her QCon London…
Women are leaving the tech industry because they are unhappy, don’t feel valued or lack access to opportunities. We need to create environments that retain and grow employees, regardless of what they look like on the outside, argued Kate Heddleston. She provided a process that organizations can use if they want to create equal access opportunities in her QCon London talk.
Kate Heddleston spoke about the state of inequality in tech industry and how to improve workplace inequality at QCon London 2017. InfoQ is covering the conference with Q&As, summaries and articles.
A lack of diversity is a symptom, not the problem, said Heddleston. She made an analogy with coal mine workers who used canaries to check air quality. Heddleston stated that the tech industry isn’t working enough to solve the underlying problems; they are watching the canary die and bringing in more canaries.
Women who are working in the tech industry were mostly convinced by a brother, father, or male friend, said Heddleston. Very few started their career there because women asked them to join.
