Co-authors: Shalini Agarwal, Joel Young, Ali Mohamed, and Yi Shen Earlier this year, we kicked off our inaugural REACH program, which brings in software engineers from non-traditional tech backgrounds to apprentice at LinkedIn for six months. Our goal is to provide an entryway into a full-fledged engineering job for talented people that might otherwise be...
Women in Tech Articles
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- engineering culture,
- Women in Tech,
- Diversity,
- REACH
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For many years, we in the tech industry have faced persistent challenges to meet our demand for software engineering talent. One hard to ignore aspect of this problem is that some people have a clear path into tech jobs, while others do not. A degree in computer science or prior technical job experience without employment gaps is often a prerequisite for...
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- engineering culture,
- Women in Tech,
- Diversity,
- REACH
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On Friday, Feb. 2, it was my honor to speak at Stanford University’s Stanford Women in Data Science Conference 2017 to a live audience of 400 women in data science and a live-stream audience that spanned 25 countries on 6 continents hosting 75 WiDS events. What a movement! The event featured data science leaders from academia, industry, non-profits, and...
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- data science,
- engineering culture,
- Women in Tech
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Coauthors: Elysa Stein, Julie Norvaisas “Oh, I can tell you stories! Age and gender bias. Sexual harassment is still so common. We’ve...
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- Women in Tech,
- events,
- grace hopper celebration
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LinkedIn held a meetup to meet and mingle with local women in engineering on Wednesday, Nov. 2 in the Empire State Building. It was a...
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- engineering culture,
- Women in Tech
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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to join my peers from LinkedIn’s Women in Tech team at this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration of...