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"Silicon Valley's most promising tech companies are proving what everyone already suspected \u2014 that tech has a diversity problem. \nPinterest is the latest tech company to unveil its employee demographics, which look similar to other companies in the area: mostly white, mostly male.\nSee also: 'You're Not A Princess' Ad Campaign Pushes Female Empowerment\nPinterest reports that 92% of its workforce is either white or Asian, a ratio similar to other social companies like Twitter (88%) and Google (91%). \nPerhaps more indicative of Silicon Valley's diversity problem: 79% of Pinterest tech jobs, and 81% of its leadership positions are filled by men. \n\nImage: PinterestThese numbers are not uncommon, but they do speak to a larger gender issue plaguing the tech industry. Women are not joining it in large numbers, and those that are aren't working in tech-focused or roles. Finding women in executive roles at major tech companies is also rare. \nA number of companies have shared employee demographics in the last two months. Google started the trend by sharing its numbers in late May, and since then other companies, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, have also opened up.  \n\"While we\u2019ve made some progress in diversifying gender at the company, we haven\u2019t done as well in representing different ethnicities, and we\u2019re focused on getting better,\" Pinterest Software Engineer Tracy Chou wrote on the company blog. \"We still have a lot of work ahead of us to make Pinterest a global company, as we build a global product.\"\nA few big Silicon Valley companies have yet to release their demographic data, including Apple. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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