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What are specific Things to do to build more diverse technical teams?
- 1. Start at the junior high school level in poor neighborhood by helping schools to teach minority kids how to code.
- 2. Help set up computer labs in junior high school in poor neighborhoods so that kids who cannot afford the equipment can use the lab.
- 3. Start coding challenges with prizes in those high school neighborhood and make the kids feel confident about their abilities.
- 4. Get successful minorities entrepreneurs to host the kids and give them tours of their companies and offices and projects to inspire them.
- 5. Give internships to minorities kids starting in high school.
- 6. For the kids in senior high school who missed early adoption to coding, speed them up with after hours coding classes to prepare them for college.
- 7. In college, make the minority kids feel welcome. Try to make them part of all activities ( computer related or not).
- 8. For the kids in senior high school who missed early adoption to coding, speed them up with after hours coding classes to prepare them for college.
- 9. In college, make the minority kids feel welcome. Try to make them part of all activities ( computer related or not). Help find internships from top IT firms (Google, Apple, IBM, etc.) for minorities.
- 10. When minorities start working after college, welcome them in the team and trust them. Don’t just invite certain kids to dinner and golf. It makes minorities feel unappreciated and unwanted.
- 11. Give minorities the same opportunity of advancement at work with other employees.
- 12. Inclusion, inclusion, inclusion in every aspect of the company is the key.
- Assess the progress of your efforts and adjust. Make sure that team leads or managers are open minded people and make it a priority for them to build diverse teams, because in the long run, it will be a win win for the company
