“We’ve had D&I as an initiative for years.” Thank you, but I call your bluff. — I’ve been doing this whole “women in tech” thing for over a decade now. I’ve been the recipient of “D&I Initiatives” many times over by tech companies large and small. Women 2.0, in large part, can thank these well-intentioned dollars for at least part of its success. First, thank you…

An open letter to CES — Dear CES, In case you were wondering, yes, we’ve all seen this. You’ve heard that we’ve seen it, so I’ll cut to the chase. This whole thing is head scratching: You guys (and I mean that literally) are in tech. I hope that you’re not deaf, and assuming you aren’t…

A message to my fellow women. — Hey woman, By now, you’ve probably seen this panel, which has been making the rounds:

Yes, you heard me right. — Bear with me. Last night I sat out in my back yard and thought about hatred. I’d been watching footage of Charlottesville — which, if you haven’t watched yet, stop whatever you’re doing and watch now. I cried a little (I really hate hate), and the level of what…

Because it is. — If we in this community agree, in theory, that underrepresentation is caused by an uneven playing field, what do we do about those who are not aware of or willing to accept this, and are therefore not open to solving it? Don’t worry, I’m not actually apathetic to the Google…

At the moment, only about 12–15% of the engineers who are building the internet and its software are women. Here are a couple examples that illustrate why this is such a big a problem: Do you remember when Apple released its health app a few years ago? Its purpose was…

Incomplete thoughts to tech industry “upheaval” — Hi all, Seriously, what a week. I’ve been on the phone talking, lamenting, yelling, strategizing, mobilizing…my brain. There’s a lot to say, I can’t possibly get to all of it now, and a lot of it changes with every day. But here are a few things we are thinking about: Holy cow how much does culture matter? …

Why the recruitment space needs a better solution — About two weeks ago, we (Women 2.0) launched Lane, a tech recruitment platform for women technologists — developers, data scientists, product managers…. you name it (come sign up, we have some awesome hiring companies!). I’ve worked in the tech recruitment space before, and have been focused on women in tech…

Apparently getting data on gender pay discrepancies costs too much money. — Last Friday, Google officials testified in Federal Court that “it was too financially burdensome and logistically challenging to hand over salary records that the government requested in [its] discrimination case.” What does “financially burdensome” mean? Up to 500 hours of labor costs and $100,000. And by “up to” I actually…