[cebert]

If companies want to more diverse workforces, they need to invest more in education and children early on.

I help with interviews, and I want to work with motivated and talented individuals. I don’t care about their race or gender. Being in the software sector, an overwhelming amount of applicants are men. There’s a higher distribution of men where I work. I truly believe that this isn’t because there’s an effort to suppress women but that there simply aren’t enough women with software skills to hire.

If you want better diversity in the workplace, you need to invest in supporting minority groups early on. Firm’s investments here may not directly benefit them as these individuals may chose to work for different firms in the future. However, if firms truly believe in this cause being worthwhile the effect of their investment will be worthwhile.