In an industry where black, Latina, and indigenous womyn make up less than 3% of the field, we know that walking through those code school doors, we will be outliers.

The tradition of privileging only technical skills triggers imbalance and inequality.

The rules never really change, but the potential for harm keeps escalating.

In computer science classrooms across high schools and universities, minorities are excluded and exit early in the pipeline.

Should industry be allowed to dictate our school curriculums?

While some code schools are intentionally predatory institutions, many more simply recycle the tired tropes and biased practices rampant in startup culture.

Command-based vs service-based management.

Hardware is too often ignored when it comes to improving inclusivity.

We need to question our “objective” and “technical” opinions about programming languages.

Myths about engineering management harm projects. This makes them annoying and expensive. They also harm people. This makes them dangerous.