In our first ever double interview Will & Mike chat to Rachael Grocott and Liz Hamburger from Triangirls, a community centred on for women and non-binary folk who work in tech.

We dive into some of the frankly shocking statistics around diversity and representation. We discuss why this is an issue and how others can be more proactive in making change happen.


Further reading:

• Tech gender split: https://hired.com/page/wage-inequality-report/candidate-pool-in-tech
• One-third of women older than 35 are still in junior positions: https://leftronic.com/women-in-technology-statistics
• Women earn 29% less than men: https://leftronic.com/women-in-technology-statistics
• Why women are leaving tech: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-more-than-half-of-women-leave-the-tech-industry/
• Women studying design: More about graphics but valid still: 70% of graphic design students at London’s internationally distinguished arts university, Central Saint Martins (CSM), are women, compared with 50% in the late 1990s. Yet the number of female graphic designers that currently feature in the curriculum is only 30%.https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/5-groundbreaking-ways-women-changed-graphic-design/
• Salary spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZK3x80Nt2J0fCMpyJB8Z5_v9tJx4M9OWm2o7GGk38Vc/edit#gid=63975680