Lightning Talk: C++ and the Next Generation: How to Support Women and Families in Tech
summary
Conference data says 27% of the workforce are women and half of women leave by 35; concrete fixes include simple actions: send a welcome-back Slack, schedule a one- or two-hour catch-up, ask for input, and support tag-team childcare arrangements. One return-from-leave example notes three months off while hundreds of commits and feature changes happen, leaving returners lost; small rituals and explicit inclusion restore context, preserve institutional knowledge, and keep talent from walking away.
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