New partnership can help more women enter tech careers, helping fill in-demand jobs
Women are vastly underrepresented in tech careers, and this new collaboration between Springboard and Women Who Code can help remedy that gap.
TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Parul Gupta, co-founder of Springboard, and Alaina Percival, CEO of Women Who Code, about equality in the tech industry. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.
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Karen Roby: Alaina, let’s talk first about just how underrepresented women actually are in tech. I think it may surprise some people.
Alaina Percival: Women are not a minority, so we’re half of the population. In the tech industry,
Springboard, Women Who Code join forces to bring more women into tech
Springboard, Women Who Code join forces to bring more women into tech
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Jan 21, 2021
These two organizations can help ease the gender gap in technology careers, bringing more diversity to in-demand fields, like AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity.
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But in
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The state of bullying at work
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