| I was one of the managers in Dare's team when he was hired at Microsoft. A very dynamic guy. Diversity hiring is challenging. Lots of pitfalls, minefields, and social cruft to get through. Here's my effort to improve things at Microsoft: http://www.industryexplorers.com You have to hit the whole pipeline, starting from k-12, and going all the way up through senior promotions. You have to think about which companies you do M&A work on, where you source in the world, and how you're going to engage with HBCUs and others. Most importantly, you have to take action, and not just talk and write about it. You have to change internal cultures. You have to recognize the biases and buzzwords such as "we don't want to lower the bar". You have to remind yourself that not too long ago, programming was something that very smart people, trained in many different things, engaged in as a side thing, not as a primary thing, and that's what's built our current industry. meh, it's a lot of work, and will take many more years of concerted effort. |