Business & Ally Edition #88

LEARN

Readings and events on tech, work and culture

Why companies’ obsession with “top talent” sabotages great hiring – and how to do better. by Jennifer Kim

​Remaining fearless as racism mounts against minority-led VC funds by Kimberly Bryant

​Women Upset, Say Pushy Men Dominated Major Women-in-Tech Event by Lindsay Dodgson

​Decoding racial bias in artificial intelligence - Jonathan Capehart is joined by Joy Buolamwini

​How to Tell If Your Content Is Attracting Qualified Candidates by Rhona Barnett-Pierce

​Questioning Data: Rethink Who Gets to Design The Future by Sherrell Dorsey

​Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with a Growth Mindset with Ruchika Tulshyan

ADVOCATE

Advocate for and support underrepresented people in tech

Kanika Tolver is planning her Fall and Winter 2023/2024 speaking engagement schedule. Some of her past clients include Pluralsight, Entrepreneur, BET, Warner Media, VMWare, HBCU Career Center, CompTIA, Tech Ladies, Blacks in Technology, LinkedIn, and many more amazing high-profile organizations. Please reach out to her if you are interested in having her speak at your organization!

Black Tech Weekend Detroit is looking for volunteers​

Diversify Tech is seeking sponsors! If you are interested in sponsoring this newsletter or our newsletter for underrepresented folks in tech. Get in touch with us to promote your business to 15K techies!

HIRE

These are folks from our community who are looking for jobs. If you are hiring, please reach out to them directly! You can find all of their details and more candidates here.

Software Engineering

Entry-level folks

• ​Mazine Sami Suliman, Software Engineer, No location preference

• ​Xica Felix, Software Engineer, New York, Tri-state area, remote

1-2 years of experience

• ​Elise Jones, Software Engineer, No location preferences, open to relocation

• ​Jacob Melendez, Software Engineer, Remote, Greater Houston , Woodlands TX, Conroe Tx

• ​Linda Thompson, Software Engineer, Remote

3-5 years of experience

• ​Abdul Ahmad, Software Engineer - Front End, DC, Boston or remote

• ​Annie Souza, Software Engineer / Web Developer, DC, NY, Remote

• ​Antonette Ortiz, Software Engineer, Remote

• ​Jazmin Feijoo, Software Engineer, Remote, NYC, LA

• ​Temitope Ogunleye, Web Developer, Remote

• ​Vanessa Osuka, Backend developer, Remote anywhere

6-9 years of experience

• ​Cecilia Goss, Senior Frontend Engineer, Senior Full Stack Engineer, Web Development, Security Development, Remote

DevOps

1-2 years of experience

• ​Charles Gitau Wairimu, Cloud DevOps Engineer, No location preference

Design

Entry-level folks

• ​Kristy Wenqian Deng, Designer (UX/UI/Product), Remote, Hybrid, California

• ​Sierra Lauren Coleman, UX / UI Designer, DC, Remote

• ​Zikai Meng, UX Designer, Product Designer, No location preference

1-2 years of experience

• ​Kingsley Ofoegbu, Product Designer, Remote

• ​Sophie Truong, Product Designer, Seattle, Remote

3-5 years of experience

• ​Dawn Hall, Product Designer, Remote

• ​Sierra Rackley, UX Designer or DesignOps Specialist, Remote

• ​Smriti Sundar, Product Designer, Remote, Toronto

• ​Sunny Manduva, Product Designer, UX Designer, UX Researcher , Remote and/or No location preference

Data

Entry-level folks

• ​Vaibhav Parmar, Power BI developer, Remote

3-5 years of experience

• ​Kymberly Ayodeji, Data Scientist, Senior Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Minneapolis

10+ of experience

• ​Gustavo Refosco, Data Analyst, Remote, Boston/MA, Cambridge/MA

Information Technology

10+ of experience

• ​Ashwaq Ahmed, Team Lead .NET, Architect, No location preference

• ​Devika Dhir, Program Manager, Chicago, Remote

Security

Entry-level folks

• ​Michelle L Wirth, Cyber Security Analyst, Upstate NY, remote

3-5 years of experience

• ​Marilia Henriquez, SOC Analyst, Texas, Remote

Business

1-2 years of experience

• ​Alan Brock, Customer Success Manager, Philadelphia, Hybrid, Remote

3-5 years of experience

• ​Cesar Romero, Customer Success Manager, Account Manager, Community Manager, Remote

10+ of experience

• ​Tameka Fooks, Program/Project Management , Atlanta, GA

Management

Entry-level folks

• ​Joshua Regis, Program Manager, Remote, Hybrid, Atlanta, or Austin

1-2 years of experience

• ​Carolina Rodriguez-Gomez, Mid-level and Manager Recruiter, Learning & Development, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, San Diego & Remote

• ​Ericka Hall, Learning and Development, Remote, Washington DC