Episode 010 - Raise your glass to women in tech

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• Episode: Episode 010 - Raise your glass to women in tech
• Website: Front End Happy Hour
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• Duration: 00:57:18
• Published: 2016-07-13 05:32

In the technology industry we’re continually trying to grow the diversity of people who are working in the space. Most recently there have been a lot of great efforts made to increase the number of women in tech. In this episode we are joined by two talented women working at large tech companies in the Bay Area, Lisa Burgess (Uber) and Mars Jullian (Netflix). We discuss what it’s like to be a women working in tech and talk about ways we can help foster a more inclusive industry. Items mentioned in the episode: Apple diversity report, Netflix diversity report, LinkedIn diversity report, Google diversity report, Facebook diversity report, Thoughts on Gender and Radical Candor, Vague Feedback Is Holding Women Back, Textio, State of Girls and Women in STEM, Unconscious Gender Bias Guests: Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Lisa Burgess - @_lisaburgess Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Lisa Burgess - Sift Dessert Bar Lisa Burgess - Shiny Mars Jullian - 99% Invisible Mars Jullian - Invisiblia Mars Jullian - TED Radio Ryan Burgess - High West Rendezvous Rye Ryan Burgess - Snak the Ripper - From the Dirt Augustus Yuan - Blameless Post Mortems Jem Young - Ava Jem Young - Music for Programming Jem Young - Women in tech for the past 50 years! Derrick Showers - High West Silver Whiskey Derrick Showers - WWDC iOS 10 Derrick Showers - Mr Robot Brian Holt - Project Include Brian Holt - elk-cli