Apress | Crushing The IT Gender Bias: Thriving As A Woman In Technology (2019 EN)

Author: Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman
Full Title: Crushing The IT Gender Bias: Thriving As A Woman In Technology
Publisher: Apress; 1st ed. edition (April 24, 2019)
Year: 2019
ISBN-13: 9781484244159 (978-1-4842-4415-9), 9781484244142 (978-1-4842-4414-2)
ISBN-10: 148424415X, 1484244141
Pages: 177
Language: English
Genre: Educational: Information Technology
File type: EPUB (True), PDF (True)
Quality: 10/10
Price: 26.74 €


Conscious and unconscious bias, societal pressures, and discomfort with women’s ambition are issues that women are confronted with in any male-dominated setting, and tech is no exception. Statistically, women are a disproportionately small percentage of the technology industry. How did we get here, what is changing, and what can future generations of women in STEM expect?

In Crushing the IT Gender Bias, author Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman applies her two decades of experience in tech to these meaningful questions, plus many more. As a mentor and sponsor of women in the database and development communities, Pot’Vin-Gorman uses experience, visualizations of hard data, and industry interviews to describe the many challenges that women face in STEM. She then shows you how to inoculate against them. Small, positive changes like these are similar to a vaccine: they build individual immunity and thus create herd immunity to protect the most vulnerable. This shift is accomplished through increased representation of—and direct exposure to—successful role models in the industry.

You’ll get practical advice related to hiring practices, salary negotiations, and barriers to collaboration. After witnessing multiple female peers depart the tech world, Pot’Vin-Gorman has written Crushing the IT Gender Bias to make her voice heard and to start this necessary conversation productively so that women can thrive. Additionally, this book is for male professionals who desire to grow in their understanding and eliminate bias in their environments.
Do not be content with mere survival. Read this book, practice the techniques, and, most importantly, learn how to pay it forward. By arming yourself with knowledge and facing bias head-on, you can be the meaningful change that you want to see in the tech industry.



Features:
✓ Provides options to address challenging and career stalemating situations that are experienced by women as they are entering, achieving competency, and advancing in their careers
✓ Takes a grass roots and “pay it forward” approach providing women with not only success, but the desire and skill to mentor and sponsor other women in the future
✓ Incorporates real use cases, experiences, and advice from women in the technical world, providing steps toward success that is self-sustaining, shareable, and promotable

Who This Book Is For:
Women in any area of technology with a desire to make and lead positive change by eliminating conscious and unconscious bias along with strategically confronting the many issues facing women in a field dominated by cultural bias. The book appeals to those just starting a career through to seasoned professionals, and even to those entering the management tier. This book also welcomes men with a desire to grow in their understanding and eliminate bias in the world around them.

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