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The POCIT Weekly - Thurs, Sept 19th
ARTICLE 👨🏾‍💻

A Black Engineer’s Perspective on Why Diversity Matters in Tech

It’s no secret that our industry has no shortage of challenges when it comes to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. So if diversity matters to you, how do you find the companies that actually live and breathe it?​

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ARTICLE 🤐

When Employees and Managers Use Racial Slurs in the Workplace

The marketing manager, whom we’ll call Sally, was rapping a Cardi B song and said the word “nigga” three times without flinching. The co-founder stood right next to her and didn’t say a word!​

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JOBS 💰
Elevate Security: Software Development Manager,
Mode Analytics: multiple roles,
Achievement Network (ANet): Data EngineerData Engineer,
Wikimedia Foundation: Engineering Manager, Machine Learning,
TrussWorks Inc: User Experience Designer,
Pax: multiple roles,
New Context: multiple roles,
GoSquared: Front-end Developer,
The New Republic: FRONT-END DEVELOPER,
Integrated DNA Technologies: Bioinformatics Scientist II,
Pixar Animation Studios: Production Support Engineer,
Sticker Mule : Javascript Engineer,
Truss.works: multiple roles,
Netflix: multiple roles, 
Atlassian: multiple roles,
BetterUp: multiple roles,
Obsidian Security: multiple roles,
Flatiron Health: multiple roles,
AROUND THE WEB 🌍
Andela is overhauling its outsourcing model in Africa—and letting go of up to 400 developers [Quartz]

A mental health app for Black Women is carving out a safe place for honest conversation. [Mic]
Incredible Health’s Hiring Platform For Nurses Gets $15m Led By Andreessen Horowitz​​ [TechCrunch]
27 Year Old Black Founder Delane Parnell of PlayVS Raises a $50 million Series C Round! [Forbes]
TECHISH PODCAST 🎙️

This week's #Techish is a heavily requested episode! Abadesi & Michael discuss how to start & scale a podcast, whether you should even do one, the best way to build 'community,' and finding your niche in a super crowded market!
 

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NEWSLETTER SPONSOR 🙌🏾
New Context is an innovator in the security of data for highly regulated industries including energy, telecommunications, finance and government. We help our customers around the globe prepare for security orchestration, building critical infrastructure that works with emerging tech.

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