Introducing Project Include
I&#x27;ve been out of the loop on this discussion -- when was it concluded that diversity is a critical thing for tech companies to focus on? The article makes some really strong recommendations are not backed up by anything in the text:<p>&quot;If you’re an early stage startup with little to no diversity, you are in trouble and need to fix it fast.&quot;<p>&quot;For everyone who has the vision and courage to push forward aggressively: What if your whole team spent 25 percent of their time on diversity and inclusion efforts?&quot;<p>&quot;Think about your biases  —  we all have them  —  and how they affect your actions and perspective. Then ask people to teach you even more, and pay them for their time to show that you believe diversity work is hard and valuable.&quot;<p>I agree completely there are issues with, say, gender makeup (10% in SV vs 50% female overall), but this is a pipeline issue and I don&#x27;t see tech companies having a very big impact here. A better, more direct approach would be to spend time explicitly promoting tech to girls in the K-12 system.<p>One final point: I decided to create a throwaway to post this because I am confident that I would be pilloried by people in these organizations if I were to bring up these points with my real name attached. There is not a healthy climate of discussion around this topic right now.