Apr 28
Local Optima: Girl versus Woman in IT
If you are a woman for whom the problem of bringing more female peers into technology is an active issue, then just as any person facing any problem must do, you need to figure out what you want, how to get it, and how you will measure success. You need to treat your assault on this problem as a “lean startup” and do experiments to find out what works and what doesn’t, enshrining your wins as a routine part of your daily operations, and pivoting when things do not work the way you want. […]
- Should we, as my colleague asked, stop moaning about men and just get on with striving to do our jobs well? Here my answer is an unequivocal “no.” No, we should not stop asking these questions. What does it mean that “Equal Pay Day” in the United States is in April? What is “Equal Pay Day” for those we actually know and understand who are women in IT? What can be done about it? What combination of local, state, and national action can we make? How can we involve the private sector? How can we own this problem and help ourselves, not just doing a good job, but getting the right attention for doing a good job?
an interesting combination: agile/lean + feminism. also, math, stackoverflow, and a bunch of links to click on. i’d only like this better if it also said that the ending to me3 was a disgrace or something :D
