Diversify Tech #262

Welcome to Diversify Tech's Professional Edition! This newsletter is for underrepresented people working in tech. Every Tuesday, we share jobs, events, and other career opportunities.

JOBS

Software Development

• Senior Engineering Manager – Application Engineering, Urbanfootprint, Remote - US, $210,000 - $240,000 (salary + bonus)

Product

• Chief Product Officer, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Saint Paul, MN, $98,407 - $141,169

Data

• Business Intelligence Analyst, University of California Merced, Merced, CA (Hybrid), $75,200 - $95,000

• Analytics Engineer, University of California Merced, Merced, CA (Hybrid), $75,200- $106,800

Entry-level roles

If you're a student or just getting started in tech, our Early-talent newsletter will be most relevant to you! We share entry-level roles, internships and apprenticeships every Sunday. Join our Early-talent Newsletter!

SPOTLIGHT

Ronesha D. Dennis is a software engineer, coding instructor, and author. She started coding when she was around 11 years old by creating a fan website for her favorite artist.

Ronesha learned about computer networking in high school. However, she decided to study journalism in college and worked in public health after graduating from Howard University. Later on, Ronesha switched to software engineering and coding instruction. She taught coding to children aged 5 to 9 in Virginia, worked with high schoolers in Washington, D.C., and led a summer Black Girls Code session in Chicago.

She also worked with college computer science students and grew from a Junior Engineer to a Lead Engineer at a consulting firm, where she managed development teams and junior engineers. Ronesha completed her Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from Boston University.

Recently, she published the Coding with Cornell series for young readers aged 3 to 8+ and Python, the Relatable Way for adults who want to learn coding.

EVENTS

• Oct 25 Independent Community-rooted AI Research with Timnit Gebru

• Oct 25 Change-Making Mindsets for Mission-Driven Data and Tech

• Oct 25 - 26 Data Engineering And Machine Learning Summit 2023

• Oct 26 - 28 The National Diversity in STEM Conference

• Oct 26 ChatGPT: What’s the Fuss about?

• Oct 26 2023 Data Analytics & Decision Support Virtual Conference

• Oct 27 REFACTR.TECH 2023

• Oct 27 #CriticalUX | It Takes Courage to Bloom

• Oct 27 BDPA Tech & Career Talk

• Oct 28 Black Boys Code Atlanta - Introduction to Python

• Oct 31 Book Launch, Talk, and Meet-and-Greet: Dr. Joy Buolamwini, Unmasking AI

SPEAK

• Dec 1 - 2 Dakar Bitcoin Days. Apply by Oct 31.

• Dec 2 Michigan DevFest 2023. Apply by Oct 31.

• Dec 12 - 13 SharePoint Summit 12. + 13.12.2023. Apply by Oct 31.

• Nov 16 Devfest Silicon Valley 2023. Apply by Oct 31.

• Dec 14 HashiTalks: India. Apply by Nov 2.

• Dec 2 DevFest Kansas City 2023. Apply by Nov 2.

• Jan 1 - 31 90DaysOfDevOps - 2024 Community Edition. Apply by Nov 2.

• Nov 15 SKILup Day: Cloud Security. Apply by Nov 10.

• Jun 12 - 14 Render Atlanta 2024. Apply by Nov 13.

RESOURCES

• 👩‍🎨 Not A Designer by Saron Yitbarek is a bite-size design newsletter for those of us in tech who aren't designers but like building things that are visually great.

• ✍️ Accelerate Your Career, One Blog Post at a Time by Farhana Mustafa

• 📖 Request a no-cost Coursera account if you are unemployed New Yorker

• 🤖 The Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI (AIAI) Network is offering seed grants of up to $5000 to support projects and professional development that will help to expand the AIAI Network.

• 👩‍💼 Preparing for Showtime: The Job Interview by Kanika Tolver

• 🔎 Just Tech Fellowship is a two-year, full-time, remote fellowship supporting a diverse community of researchers and practitioners investigating the intersection of technology and social justice.

• ​Lauren Maffeo is offering a 30% discount for her book Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up. Just use the code “DTNEWSLETTER30” by November 11th!

NEWS

• This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI

• Defamation in the internet age: could a $400,000 Australian court ruling silence the notorious online forum Kiwi Farms?

• Workers training AI demand protections from Congress

• Hack Reactor Shuts Down Part-time Program - Popular coding bootcamp shutters program as parent company restructures in an uncertain tech market.