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Some people were upset by our recent viral “Black Girl Magic at Google” post.
So after careful consideration we decided... to do it again
POCIT
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POCIT
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The leading media and career platform the underrepresented in tech. 👩🏾💻👨🏾💻
Resetting the algorithm.
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Joined August 2015
- Black employees at Google make $20K less on average than their white coworkers, a leaked spreadsheet obtained by the Insider reveals. The data also show Black Googlers make less in bonuses and equity than their white colleagues.
- No Black Influencers Make it Onto Tiktok’s Highest Earners List Despite Their Huge Following zpr.io/m7D6EPfXTqKv
- Grammy-nominated artist Bryson Tiller plans to take break from music to focus on video game design. "I just want to take a hiatus because my No. 1 passion is video games. I'm a designer in my spare time. I've been designing a game for the past three years."
- Airbnb has announced Google’s Senior VP of Research, Tech and Society, James Manyika, is joining its Board of Directors to help the platform leverage AI. The Zimbabwean-born AI expert was also recently named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people in AI
- “take care of yourself. There are no prizes for pulling all-nighters and running yourself into the ground working 80 hours a week, no one’s going to hand you a trophy for that. ” buff.ly/2y2nMCL
- “I created a whole new LinkedIn account with the same credentials but with a stock photo of a white guy. Seven out of the ten applications I applied to responded back. That’s when I realized how biased things can really be. ” buff.ly/2JSmRZu
- Congrats to Malik Majette for securing a Software Engineering role at Google a month before graduation 🙌🏾
- .@lyft investor @chamillionaire talking post IPO, about why his sole focus isn’t just personal wealth.
00:00 - The Power Of Tech: Afrobeats Artist Davido Raises $600K Using Social Media For Orphanages Across Nigeria
- “A black woman in tech who has raised over $1 million for her company is considered a unicorn.” buff.ly/2OOLutz
