https://devsummit.aspirationtech.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Tiffany&feedformat=atomDevSummit - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T23:13:05ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.1https://devsummit.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Diversity_and_inclusion_in_hiring&diff=2651Diversity and inclusion in hiring2018-11-19T20:58:54Z<p>Tiffany: </p>
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<div>T: work on tech diversity and inclusion. We work on the leaky tech<br />
pipeline, from high school to internships. Want to make sure that people<br />
we work with know about places like design action. Want to learn how to<br />
sell cooperatives and radical places to people.<br />
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I'm sure there are things you need that don't require high-level<br />
development experience, ex. updating business cards.<br />
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Mission bit: local non-profit, teach coding to SF and Oakland urban<br />
youth inside schools.<br />
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Kapor center: trying to solve the leaky tech pipeline (http://www.leakytechpipeline.com/pipeline/pre-k-12/).<br />
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What's in the way?<br />
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Not enough skills<br />
Not a lot of available labor for training mentorship<br />
Not enough capacity to train<br />
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For groups that try to fix leaky pipeline, is there some sort of support<br />
for training.<br />
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T: December 7th, Kapor Center is having a [tech done right day][https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-tech-done-right-day-demo-night-tickets-52654754789]. You<br />
can pitch for money to help the cause of diversifying promoting ownership.<br />
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You all should be in touch with those doing tech workforce<br />
development in your region. We're problem solving around how to build a<br />
tech-focused learning in your region. Is there a way you can capitalize<br />
on what those people are doing. Maybe you can pilot having them staff<br />
the internship and management portion.<br />
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[Tech Hire Oakland][https://www.techhireoakland.org/]: Tiffany recommends East Bay tech worker collaboratives join the organization as a partner to access resources, apprenticeship program, programming opportunities, etc.<br />
[Year up][https://www.yearup.org/about-us/our-locations/bay-area/]: staff IT positions for org, but does the staff support for that<br />
person.<br />
[Techtonica][https://techtonica.org/]: focuses on women, non-binary, women of color, buy in model<br />
for company to have people for bootcamp model.<br />
[recurse center][https://www.recurse.com/]: East coast bootcamp.<br />
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sponsoring tech conferences often gives you access to resume databases.<br />
grace hopper conferences $$$$ but maybe as a group of radical groups.<br />
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[Tech Intersections][http://techintersections.org/]: local Oakland conference coming on January 26, 2019. Tiffany Price one of co-organizers. Looking into discounted sponsorship opportunity for nonprofits/worker collaboratives like Design Action Collective to get access to resume database and tabling opportunities.<br />
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Apprenticeship model?<br />
It doesn't solve the problem of the labor of the orgnanization but it's<br />
a great way to bring someone in for a little less money. It's a great<br />
way to learn about that business.<br />
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Mixed results from apprenticeships. underestimating the amount of work.<br />
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solution: try and take advantage of the outside ecosystem of pipeline<br />
systems.<br />
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Partner with one specific entity and try and get people through your<br />
business.<br />
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try to narrow the scope of what we are hiring for.<br />
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$$$$$$<br />
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There are some resources to get moeny to allow for development of<br />
radical hires.<br />
Coopers: USFWC and local affiliates.<br />
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bootcamp: average salary: high!<br />
how about us?<br />
not so high!<br />
that's a problem.<br />
we're sometimes 1/2 what corporate<br />
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T: places like Oakland and New York are unique in that they have a<br />
strong history of activism and social justice. Hack the Hood they take<br />
opportunity youth 16-24 and give them access to intro web development.<br />
They already have the social justice and activist piece. In your own<br />
tech ecosystems, who are those progressive organizations that you can<br />
draw from. Those are the young people you want access to. How can you<br />
target them?<br />
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Find organizations that are allowed with your values that have<br />
great inclusive orgs and see who you know.</div>Tiffany