Better Together Diversity Networking Lunch
summary
Code Nation runs volunteer-taught high school courses in HTML/CSS/JavaScript, a 1–2 year industry fellowship placed at companies like Salesforce, Google, and SeatGeek, and an alumni program that helps with LinkedIn, references, and job placement; 45% of participants identify as female, about 80% are Black or Latinx, average household income is ~$43k, and 74% continue into programming. Concrete failures like motion-sensor sinks that ignore darker skin illustrate product harm. Focus areas are access, skills, opportunities through pipeline interventions and corporate hosting.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Suzanne Axtell
- 1:45Andrew Moline
- 2:50Agenda
- 3:08Scale
- 3:52Diversity
- 4:49Inclusion
- 5:31Equity
- 9:11Problem
- 16:57Closing
- 17:24Questions
- 18:38Thank you
- 20:16Data Science
- 21:24Recruitment
- 23:24Question
- 27:09Conclusion
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