Women Are Still Underrepresented In Tech. Here’s What Facebook Has to Say About It

How did we go from viewing computer programming as "women’s work" to peak tech bro culture? In the world of tech today, men greatly outnumber women, and the reasons for this inequality are to be found in stereotypes and biases deeply ingrained in our culture. But some of the world’s biggest tech companies are taking steps to fix the gender imbalance, in the belief that the people building the tech products of the future should be as diverse as the people using them. We talked to Rachel Burton, HR Director for the EMEA Engineering teams at Facebook, to learn more about the company's approach to fixing the gender problem. ► Subscribe for more tech & culture videos: http://on.mash.to/subscribe ◄ MORE FROM MASHABLE ‌• Video - https://youtu.be/6ElleCub6uM ‌• Video - https://youtu.be/jAu1ZsTCA64 ‌• Video - https://youtu.be/W8T6fYt9-tA  Subscribe to Mashable: http://on.mash.to/subscribe  Best of playlist: https://on.mash.to/BestOf  MASHABLE ACROSS THE WEB  Mashable.com: http://on.mash.to/1hCcRpl  Facebook: https://ift.tt/2I7KIYV Twitter: https://ift.tt/2IgAQIf Instagram: https://ift.tt/2I6suXD Mashable is for superfans. We're not for the casually curious. Obsess with us. #womenintech #facebook https://ift.tt/2Fwxsdu Mashable March 23, 2019 at 09:13AM