Resources for Underrepresented People in Tech

Prerequisites

• Networking (Career)
• Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias

Motivation

• “The hidden history of women in tech” TED talk by Megan Smith, the third CTO of the U.S.

Directions

If this is your first time looking at this list of resources for underrepresented people in tech, spend 30 minutes looking at resources that appeal to you. Sign up for as many as you like! The stronger your network is each time you start job searching, the more opportunities you will have.

Resources

Mailing Lists, Google or Facebook Groups, and Slacks

• DevChix
• Tech Stack’d — an online community for underrepresented adults who want to advance their careers in tech
• Lesbians Who Tech - Mailing List
• QTPOC Facebook Group — - group for marginalized techies dedicated towards building community and elevating each other
• SistaCircle: Black Women in Tech - Facebook
• Systers - Mailing List
• Tech Ladies
• We All JS - Slack - A friendly, active community for technical questions
  
• Queer Code
• Women in Technology - Slack
• Women Techmakers
• Women Who Code
• Slack group of female founders and women in tech space
• Ladies Storm Hackathons - These are several city/area specific LSH groups that you might want to check out (Bay Area, Seattle etc.).
• SWE
• Lean In CS&E Student Chapter
• Women Who Go
• Moms In Tech - Facebook
• Girl Develop It - Slack

Meetups and Events for Women & Non-Binary Engineers

• Queers in Tech {under-represented}
• Women Who Code - Networks
• Django Girls
• Girls Who Code
• Google Developers Group - Various States
• Women Techmakers
• Mozilla Open Source Community
• IEEE Women in Engineering
• Bay Area Women in Technology
• Empowered Tech
• Girl Develop It - Oakland
• Girl Develop It - SF
• Bay Area Level Up: Diversity in Tech
• Node School- Oakland
• Node School - SF
• PyLadies
• PyLadies San Francisco
• SF Mature Women in Tech
• Tech Workers Coalition
• Transcode SF (LGBT)
• Write Speak Code - SF
• Women Who Code - SF
• See more choices here.
• CODECHIX

Conferences

• Tech Inclusion
• Grace Hopper Conference
• Write/Speak/Code
• Girls in Tech
• Lesbians Who Tech
• Tech Intersections — an affordable conference for people of color with gender identities that are underrepresented in tech
• Forbes Women’s Summit
• Global Women in Tech Awards
• DevPulseCon
• Google I/O Conference
• Facebook Developer Circle - Various States
• Girls in Tech SF

Hackathons and Competitions

• AngelHack
• Facebook Hacker Cup
• Hacktoberfest
• 1 Million Women To Tech
• Google Kickstart
• Cisco Internship Program

Mentorships, Internships, and Apprenticeships

• /dev/color — a non-profit organization that aims to advance the careers of Black software engineers
• LearnITGirl - Global
• WooTech
• TechGig
• Intern Supply
• Apprenticeship.io
• LinkedIn
• Internshala
• Lets Intern
• Intern Supply
• Techgig
• Twenty19

Open Source Programs

• Google Summer of Code - Global
• Rails Girls Summer of Code
• Hacktoberfest
• Google Code In
• Hacktoberfest

Job Boards

• Power To Fly: Remote Engineering Jobs
• Women Who Code Job Board
• Tech Ladies
• Van Hack
• Indeed

Scholarships

• Outreachy
• Udacity Scholarship
• SWE Scholarship
• WeTech
• Google Women Techmakers

Supplemental Materials

• Resources for Job-Searching Women
• The List: Crowdsourcing Women In Tech Programs & Events in the Bay Area