Advancing #diversity in #tech and Winning Together
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Learner’s Guild’s Field Trip To SlackLearner’s Guild at Slack“Out of a great need we are all holding hands and climbing. Not loving is letting go. Listen, the terrain around here is far too dangerous for that.”— HafezDuring my last 2 weeks at Learner’s Guild, a coding school in Oakland, I was able to organize a few special events which marked my nostalgic and life changing time there. The most memorable was a field trip to #slack. The idea came from an awesome engineer, friend, and Girl Develop It Chapter Leader, Brenda Jin. Over coffee, our conversation led to gender and diversity issues in tech. She casually mentioned inviting my school for a tour and Q&A session. A month later, thanks to Jeunee Simon and Brenda, 50 learners from Learner’s Guild were headed for a half-day event at Slack’s (...)