Many companies preach about diversity, but do nothing of substance to address their issues.

“If this place is so good for women,” I thought, “then why are there only 4 of us on a team of 12 people?”

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.

Being trans brings an entire new layer of bias and discrimination to play in every interview.

Even though consequences are necessary to address the racism in technology, we have built a culture that refuses accountability.