Posts on the subject of diversity in the tech industry.
(Cover image courtesy of #WOCinTech, wocintechchat.com)

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  Let the Trolls Feed YouFebruary 28, 2023
  First, I’d like to celebrate!  As part of our stemverse initiative, we’ve started posting some social media articles celebrating diverse leaders in STEM, and sharing both non-fiction and fiction books … Read more
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  Announcing the stemverse soft-launchDecember 11, 2022
  Hi friends! I’m excited to share a side-project of mine, focused on increasing diversity in STEM. Some of you may have heard me talk about it, and now I’d like … Read more
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  Book Review: Bite-Size PythonNovember 17, 2021
  Bite-Size Python, by April Speight
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  Book Review: JinxedSeptember 6, 2021
  Jinxed, by Amy McCulloch IndieBound https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781728216379 Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1728216370/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45007889-jinxed My Review: ★★★★★ In this near-future world, cell phones have been made obsolete by robotic pets called baku who are part … Read more
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  I’ve got a date… to save the world.April 21, 2021
  Who’s got two thumbs and a date with a CTO? This gal!
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  Bloomberg QuicktakeFebruary 8, 2021
  Today I was on Bloomberg Quicktake to talk about my book Raven and how I wrote it to try to increase diversity in tech.
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  A first look at the impact of AP Computer Science PrinciplesFebruary 1, 2021
  The new Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles is making a positive impact on both gender and racial/ethnic diversity in computer science.
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  Racial diversity of the CS pipelineDecember 6, 2020
  Data about our progress regarding diversity of gender plus race/ethnicity in the computer science pipeline over the past decade.
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  2020 update: women in computer scienceSeptember 29, 2020
  Ever since I looked up the data a couple of years ago and found it to be far more fascinating than I expected, it’s been a bit of a hobby … Read more
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  We Need Diverse BooksSeptember 28, 2020
  Friends, an organization called We Need Diverse Books is trying to change the world so that all children can see themselves in the pages of a book. Their current fundraiser … Read more
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  Supporting Diversity in TechSeptember 7, 2020
  In which we all support young people who are pursuing tech careers! Hey friends, guess what – I got paid! Now I know it takes *months* for authors to get … Read more
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  Another reason to care about diversityJuly 25, 2018
  In addition to all of the traditional reasons for supporting diversity, I propose a new reason: that diverse teams will support each other better, resulting in a higher-quality work environment … Read more
• Engineering Diversity – Changing the Story to Change the EngineersJuly 10, 2018
  The way we talk about engineers impacts whether people try engineering, how confident they feel, and our perception of their competence.
• Fascinating stuff in our software pipeline numbersFebruary 22, 2018
  Our production of CS degrees has gone through a couple of boom-and-bust cycles, and we’re currently well into a third boom. Meanwhile, the percentage of women in CS peaked at its all-time high in our first boom and has declined with each bust since then.
• Podcast about developer stereotypesJanuary 31, 2018
  A podcast about how stereotypes affect who goes into software engineering…  Starring yours truly! https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/01/31/developer-stereotypes-with-sue-loh/
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  This is what breaking ground feels likeDecember 30, 2017
  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 … Read more
• Thoughts on the PipelineDecember 3, 2017
  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 … Read more