Diversify Tech #395

Connecting underrepresented people in tech to career opportunities

Author

Veni Kunche
July 07, 2026

Hi! Welcome to Diversify Tech's Professional Edition. This newsletter is for underrepresented people in tech; specifically curated for mid-senior level folks. Every Tuesday, we share jobs, events, and other career opportunities.

In this week's issue,
💼 Common Sense Media is looking for a Vice President of Engineering
📆 RightsxTech is hosting a panel on Building Tech for Bodily Autonomy & Reproductive Care
⭐️ We are giving away a ticket to RenderATL. Follow us on LinkedIn for the announcement.

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RESOURCES & ARTICLES

  • LWTSQUAD Summit Scholarship: Lesbians Who Tech is from Oct 5th - 7th in New York. To help break down financial barriers, they are offering discounted scholarship tickets for women and nonbinary leaders.

  • European Tech Companies That Sponsor Work Visas: 100 European companies that sponsor work visas

  • Managing Up: You did the work, you hit the deadline, you even flagged the risk weeks before it became a problem. And somehow your manager is still surprised. Managing up isn't about working harder, it's about making your work visible and being heard.

  • What is Prompt Injection: Prompt injection is one of the biggest security risks in AI systems today. This Short breaks down what prompt injection is and how attackers use it to hijack an LLM.

  • The Shifting Line Between CSS States and JavaScript Events by Daniel Schwarz: CSS has always had pseudo-classes that style things based on user interactions. Recent features, however, are blurring the line between what CSS "listens" for and how they are alternatives to what Javascript typically listens for.

  • Bosses Horrified as “AI Native” College Graduates Hit the Workplace: Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate.

COMMUNITY CORNER

  • Kate Violette is an Engineering manager who is currently dealing with a complex illness. Donate to help them beat Lyme disease!

  • Todd Libby, a web developer and accessibility advocate, is fundraising for their partner Paula Johnson's medical & recovery. Donate on GoFundMe!

  • Iheanyi Ekechukwu, a Software Engineer, has a sister who has leukemia and has relapsed. He is looking for donations to cover her treatment. He also requests people of African American/Nigerian descent to get onto the DKMS registry to help find a donor for a bone marrow transplant. Donate on GoFundMe. Sign up for a swab kit.