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attrition

Large sculptures of dandelions beneath a bridge, surreal in a fading light.
Issue 41 by Emily Cobbs on September 6th, 2016
I still can’t see myself in role models or dream jobs.
Two women of color pair program at a standing desk in an office environment.
Issue 40 by Tiffany Mikell on August 17th, 2016
A growing number of tech educational programs don’t center our lived experiences or the things that motivate us as learners.
Photo of brightly-colored marbles, suspended in air over a field.
Issue 32 by Dr. Nicole Forsgren & Jez Humble on February 4th, 2016
Two ideas conspire to drive underrepresented groups from the field: the belief that innate ability and brilliance are required to succeed; and the belief that certain groups of people do not have that innate brilliance.
A woman sitting and facing snow-covered trees, pictured through a 4-pane window.
Issue 27 by Anonymous Author on September 17th, 2015
I look around and I see my friends building technologies that make life easier for abusers. I am overwhelmingly sad thinking of all the people whose lives have been made orders of magnitude more hellish carrying ever-connected computers on their bodies.
A rusty, curving pipe along a river.
Issue 24 by Seonaid Lee on July 21st, 2015
How did we become so invisible, irrecoverable stats in dreary headline after dreary headline? And what would be possible if we weren’t?
Photo of a peapod, cracked open to show numerous brightly-colored peas: pink, orange, blue among the green peas.
Issue 23 by Livio De La Cruz on June 30th, 2015
If you’re someone who identifies strongly with the techie stereotype, then all of these myths about the tech industry and its predictable culture make it sound like a promised land that was built just for you.