Diversify Tech — Resources for underrepresented people in tech 👩🏾‍💻

Diversity in tech resources are scattered across the web and there is truly a need for a hub that interested parties can turn to, finally we have one!

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Finally a one stop shop for a number of helpful resources around events, hiring and everything in between.

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Not exhaustive but will be in time I hope.

Hi everyone 😊, This is my first time launching on Product Hunt! I’m excited to share Diversify Tech with the community. Diversify Tech is for people like me who are underrepresented in tech. It is also for all of us in the tech industry who want to make it a welcoming and inclusive place. 💡The idea sparked when I went to a conference on a scholarship this year. I met so many like minded people and learned so much. I wanted others like me to have the same opportunity. There are so many resources and opportunities like this but they are shared within closed networks. People who are not already part of a certain network may never hear about them. I want to put them out in the open so that they are easier to find. ⚡️I started with a simple list of tech conference scholarships in June. Since then I shared over 150 scholarships. 🚀 In October, when @marie_dm_ of Women Make organized the Just f*ing ship it in 30 days challenge, I took the opportunity to grow the site further. Now, underrepresented people in tech can - Find scholarships to tech conferences & bootcamps - Find resources that help them speak at events & - Join the #ChangeTheRatio campaign to be featured if they are looking for a job Employers can - Share their jobs and talk about their efforts in diversity and inclusion - Find people who are looking for jobs & - Find resources to help them hire diverse candidates Tech Conference Organizers can - Find diverse speakers to speak at their events & - Share scholarships and discounts to their events Allies can - Offer discounts on their products & - Refer employers to post jobs and find potential candidates I’m just getting started and I’m excited to see where this leads. 💜 Thank you to @geschehaas of Dreamers // Doers, @mijustin of Mega Makers, @marie_dm_ of Women Make and the Women Who Code DC community for being amazing and providing so much support. Thank you to @tcodinat for the awesome gif and video. Thank you to @patio11 who pointed me in the right direction and advised me to focus on increasing diversity in tech. We met only for 30 minutes but you had an impact 😊 A huge thank you to @robwalling & @singlefounder for offering scholarships to MicroConf and @citadelgrad for being a great ally and sponsoring my ticket of the conference this year. You all sparked this idea. Finally, thank you PH for reading and I welcome your feedback. Now, let’s Diversify Tech!

It's a non-self-aware attempt to force tech into being inclusive in a clearly discriminatory and exclusive way. It's hypocritical in nature but blissfully and seemingly unaware of that fact.

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Tries to be progressively useful.

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It manages to discriminate against individualists who aren't aligned in groupthink or have widely diverse viewpoints.

Tech needed this! Congrats on the official launch and securing some of your first paid sponsorships Veni! 🎯

What a great resource, it covers such a wide array of topics!

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Love the UI, easy to navigate

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none

This is the future of Diversity & Inclusion; something I have witnessed change lives. I recommend this resource to people on nearly a daily basis.

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Incredibly easy to use, beautiful design, comprehensive curation (things you don't see elsewhere!)

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none at all!

This really tackles all areas (scholarships, job boards, conferences, speakers, deals, etc, etc) and is beyond actionable. Again, how did I not know about this before?

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How did I not know about this before?

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None that I know of

First launch!? 👏 Nice work, @venikunche. How are you selecting which resources to highlight?

Great Initiative Veni. Congratulations on the launch. Would love to connect with you and learn more :)

I am subscriber and I’ve personally benefited from this resource. I was able to attend my first ever tech conference on scholarship and it was an amazing experience. Thank you, @venikunche.

There are so many different resources - job postings, events, scholarships, deals! It's really useful in a wide variety of ways.

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So many resources!

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none :)

Wow, great job @venikunche! You're an inspiration. Congrats on such a successful PH launch! The industry really needs this.

Love that this launched today! I was able to attend a conference because of a scholarship I found on diversifytech.co, so I'm definitely a big fan. Go check it out!

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A welcoming and easy to navigate interface with TONS of resources.

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None so far :)

Excited to see Diversify Tech launch! Thoughtful curation of resources and information of value to folks at various stages of their career

So excited to see this officially launch!

Pros:

+ Beautiful Interface

+ Amazing resources

+ An important mission

+ A super inspiring founder

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None

Hi and cheers to the intentions! I'm wondering what similar initiatives you looked at, and how you found this wasn't overlapping with other efforts. Or how you are thinking about allying with, say, SVRising or other labor efforts? Also... asking for a friend, who is me... would ageism fall into the purview of this effort?

Congratulations @venikunche! This is a brilliant resource for organisations wanting to make a positive difference with diversity in tech, and for talented individuals who really can make that happen with the support you've put together.

Congrats Veni!! Obviously this is much needed, so thank you for doing it! 💜

I had a really bad experience working with this company. Impolite and unpleasant, with an unfair approach to firms hiring. I wouldn't recommend.

Awesome job Veni! Such an important topic and it's great to see you launch! 🚀