1)What occured during the same time as the beginning of the decline of women in computer sciene?

personal computers started showing up in U.S. homes in significant numbers.

2)Why does it matter that males had been playing on computers growing up?

idea that computers are for boys became a narrative

3)Review the data: Employee breakdown of key technology companies What three take-a-ways do you have looking at this data?

Within the companies who expanded their ethnic diversity, Asian staff accounted for the majority of the increase, while the ratio of Hispanic employees remained static.

Apple registered the biggest jump: 3% increase in Asian hires.

In the last 12 months, Facebook, Apple, eBay and Microsoft hired 1% more women.

4)When are diversity efforts most successful?

when they’re driven by a commitment from company leaders. And meaningful commitment requires leaders to understand why diversity matters.

5)Why do diverse companies perform better?

Given that diverse teams are smarter and more creative than homogeneous ones, it is unsurprising that a wealth of research shows a strong correlation between diverse organizations and positive financial outcomes.

6)Give an example of how a diverse company can serve a diverse user base or vise-versa.

When the employees of an organization better represent their users and desired users, they will build more effectively for those groups.

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