My friend Lisa Hsu just wrote this piece to express the isolation and exhaustion she feels working in an environment without enough women. https://medium.com/@lisa.hsu/the-incredible-loneliness-of-being-an-only-c35ab7d85da2 I applaud her bravery in sharing her feelings. I have to count myself lucky that I feel nowhere near this level of strain. I think that is partly because I’m in…… Continue reading This is what breaking ground feels like
Thoughts on the Pipeline
As I outline here, we have a shortage of people in computer science in general, and especially a shortage of women and minorities. People usually break the shortages down into two parts: pipeline (getting people to enter the field) and retention (getting them to stay). CS has problems with both parts. There are many factors…… Continue reading Thoughts on the Pipeline
