Lean Out: The Struggle for Gender Equality in Tech and Start-Up Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B015JWUC92 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 557 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Excellent Collection of Essays Transformed Into a Far Superior Whole" according to Eric S. It's unfortunate that there's truth to the aphorism "Those that can do, those that can't teach," because serial entrepreneur (read: successful doer) Elissa Shevinsky's first outing as an author, "Lean Out," illustrates that she has the talent to be an excellent teacher, too."Lean Out" is a diverse, but structured, collection of essays and perspectives from women working in the tech industry generally, and Silicon Valley specifically. The col. Tarah M. Wheeler said Graduate-level seminar in women in tech.. This book is smart. Smart as hell. The editor has put together a collection of essays that truly describes the experience of women in tech for the college-educated crowd.I appreciated Katherine Cross's essay and love the multiple perspectives. I'd recommend this book for any women's studies class examining the role of wome in the sciences.. Great read for everyone interested in tech and startups. Purple Recluse I thought this was a great collection of essays. It made me acknowledge the depth of the problems and I was in despair. It offered alternatives for those who want out of the toxic culture and supported that choice. It ended with some real, concrete ways to try to address the problems and made me believe that hope exists.It also had a lot of advice that's good for all people, including straight, white, cis-males. One of the essays includes a
“I’ve left Silicon Valley, and now work remotely from home. Corporate manifestos by women who already fit in (or who are able to convincingly fake it) aren’t helping. All are fed up with the glacial pace of cultural change in America’s tech industry.Included are essays by anna anthropy, Leigh Alexander, Sunny Allen, Lauren Bacon, Katherine Cross, Dom DeGuzman, FAKEGRIMLOCK, Krys Freeman, Gesche Haas, Ash Huang, Erica Joy, Jenni Lee, Katy Levinson, Melanie Moore, Leanne Pittsford, Brook Shelley, Elissa Shevinsky, Erica Swallow, and Squinky. I adore everyone on my team, because I hired them myself.”. There is a high cost for the generation of young women and transgender people currently navigating the harsh realities of the tech industry, who gave themselves to their careers only to be ignored, harassed and disrespected.Not everyone can be a CEO; not everyone is able to embrace a workplace culture that diminishes the contributions of women and ignores real complaints. The very culture of high tech, where foosball tables and endless supplies of beer are de facto perks, but maternity leave and breast-feeding stations are controversial, is designed to appeal to young men. Edited and selected by entrepreneur and tech veteran Elissa Shevinsky, Lean Out sees a possible way forward that uses tech a