The Struggle to Stay Technical
summary
Fifty-seven percent of women leave tech and the transcript claims 57% of women leave with 97% never returning; research cited finds 88% of women receive critical feedback versus 59% of men. Concrete fixes tested include Google unconscious-bias workshops, SoundCloud’s 20% mentorship time and Rails Girls internships, and Travis CI’s required 25 days paid leave, all presented as reducing attrition. Reasons given are inflexible schedules, biased evaluations, being funneled into nontechnical roles, isolation, and daily microaggressions.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:41Lack of flexibility
- 4:13Biased evaluations
- 4:41Bias
- 5:25Less Technical Roles
- 6:16Other Women
- 6:31Isolation
- 7:37The Little Things
- 9:52Peter Thiel
- 10:46Culture
- 12:02WorkLife Balance
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