Posts Tagged ‘startups’
Diversity in Tech: The Psychological Toll of Being Underrepresented
A “Unicorn.” This is how Gail* describes herself. “I was groomed for this type of work.” Gail’s parents were in tech long before tech was a thing. She describes that her mother and father made sure she was “well-spoken” and highly educated. She now works as a Data Infrastructure Engineer at a hot startup in…
The Bubble Burst Already Happening in the Silicon Valley
Living in the Silicon Valley and being surrounded by the never-ending list of startups, stories of raising rents, successful IPOs, companies struggling to meet aggressive expectations, and employees being poached for crazy high salaries and luxurious benefits means that the question of when or if the bubble will burst is often coming up in conversation…