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The POCIT Weekly - Thurs, June  27
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How to Avoid Terrible Tech Companies
"Being a token is not lit. If you accept a company’s small gesture of tokenism employment without having any allies within the company, you are going to want to die in approximately six months. Believe me...."

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Black People Have Always Been UX Designers: Space-making is an iterative design process
"Most black people know what it means to be excluded from different facets of society. This treatment has enabled us to identify with hardship and build the single most important skill in user experience design — empathy. Empathy is the key to designing products that users need and want.​"

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Tech Impact: Data Consultant for Social Change,
Mode Analytics: multiple roles,
Marie Forleo International, Inc.: Customer Happiness Representative- Seasonal,
Modern Tribe: WordPress Customer Success Specialist,
HubSpot: Growth & Automation Marketing Manager,
Netflix: multiple roles, 
Atlassian: multiple roles,
HubSpot: multiple roles,
BetterUp: multiple roles,
Obsidian Security: multiple roles,
Flatiron Health: multiple roles,
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AROUND THE WEB 🌍
Netflix and Ava DuVernay say ‘When They See Us’ was viewed by 23M+ accounts

Kapor Capital adds Career Karma [CEO: Ruben Harris] to their portfolio.

An interesting article in the Atlantic as to why tech’s discriminatory culture might never change

London-based YSYS launches a tech pre-accelerator for 18-24-year-olds, run by CEO Deborah and Kwaku
Nick Caldwell Is The Brains Behind Looker, The Data Analytics Company Acquired By Google For $2.6B [Black Enterprise]
Barbershop Management Platform Squire Raises $8M Series A Round​ [TechCrunch]
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