Diversifying the community

Presented in iOS Conf Sg 2023
https://2023.iosconf.sg/

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1. Diversifying the community Eleni Papanikolopoulou iOS Engineer @Skroutz @elenipapanikolo
3. Agenda ❖ What diversity/ DEI is ❖ Acknowledge the problem / root causes ❖ Statistical data about the underrepresented groups ❖ My own experience ❖ What can companies / individuals/Apple do to increase diversity
4. What is meant by diversity in a work team? Team diversity refers to the differences or variations between individuals in relevance with: ❖ Age ❖ Nationality ❖ Ethnicity ❖ Education ❖ Gender ❖ Religious background ❖ Sexual orientation ❖ Political preferences ❖ Cultural heritage
5. What is meant by diversity in a work team? Equity Diversity Inclusion D.E.I =
6. What is meant by diversity in a work team? Diversity Inclusion = D & I &
7. Why is diversity important? ❖ Different perspective ❖ More ideas on the table ❖ More effective problem-solving ❖ Better performance/productivity ❖ Better decision-making ❖ More creativity ❖ A diverse team can better serve the needs of a diverse customer base ❖ Employees want to feel included and respected
8. Why is diversity important? source: www.workable.com According to a McKinsey study
9. Acknowledge the problem
10. Underrepresented groups in the iOS community ❖ Women ❖ People of colour (African American, Asian, Hispanic etc) ❖ Women of colour ❖ LGBTQ+ (non binary, gender fl uid) ❖ People with disabilities ❖ Age minorities (Boomers)
11. Statistical Data ❖ Of fi ce of National Statistics: Women make up 31% of stuff in the technology industry. ❖ For software developers, web designers and data analysts the percentage drops to 18%. ❖ Coding Black Females: In the UK, Black women make up only 1.8% of the workforce and only 0.7% of them are working in technology. ❖ N26 stated that only 10% of the iOS team was non-male before taking action.
12. Statistical Data ❖ Globaldata.com: In Microsoft, African-American employees represented 5.6% and Hispanic & Latinx employees 3.7% at senior levels in 2021. ❖ Mercer.com: The 85% of US-based executives and 83% of senior managers are white. ❖ The 77% of executives and 71% of senior managers worldwide are male. ❖ Bloomberg: While Hispanics make up 18% of the US population, they only represent 8% of employees in big tech. African-Americans represent 13% of the population, while only holding 5% of big tech jobs. White Male
13. Women Representation at Apple
14. Women Representation at Apple 1.8% increase between 2018-2021 1.4% increase between 2018-2021
15. Gender representation at Apple In September Tim Cook told the BBC: “I’m worried about the lack of women in tech and there are no good excuses for it” “We cannot achieve nearly what we could achieve without a more diverse workforce” “I think the essence of technology and its effect on humanity depends upon women being at the table”
16. Ethnicity Representation at Apple
17. source: marathon.vc 27 companies employing a total of 1915 employees in Greece were surveyed
18. ❖ The House of Commons found that average weekly pay for female full-time employees in the UK was £558 at April 2021, compared to £652 for males ❖ Around 24% of the gender pay gap is related to the overrepresentation of women in relatively low- paying sectors, such as care, health and education. ❖ The position in the hierarchy in fl uences the level of pay: less than 8% of top companies’ CEOs are women. ❖ The profession with the largest differences in hourly earnings in the EU were managers: 23% lower earnings for women than for men ❖ Equal Pay Act enshrined in 1963 from the European Union
19. Acknowledge the problem source: www.workable.com
20. What are the root causes? ❖ Not enough role models/references ❖ Human mentality (feminine/masculin professions) ❖ Not enough computer science students ❖ Not a diverse talent pool ❖ Imposter syndrome ❖ Unconscious bias ❖ Lack of sponsorships ❖ AI bias ❖ There is a lack of real ‘know how’ in companies
21. source: www.workable.com
22. My own experience
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27. My own experience Being in a room/meeting full of male engineers: ❖ Pressure to prove you self. ❖ Pressure to be a role model ❖ Adapt to male discussions
28. What can companies do to make the iOS community more inclusive? ❖ More entry level positions ❖ Provide the equipment ❖ Use inclusive/gender neutral language in formal communication & job descriptions ❖ Track representation in the current workforce ❖ Train existing employees to code in iOS source: www.businessofapps.com 67%
29. What can companies do to make the iOS community more inclusive? ❖ Make diversity a priority in the hiring process: • Reach out to organisations such as Girls Who Code, Code.org etc • Make public statements that company is open to diverse candidates • Explore new candidate sources • Make data driven hiring decisions • Identify biases during the whole recruitment cycle and take action
30. What can companies do to make the iOS community more inclusive? ❖ Provide training to enable team members to overcome unconscious biases at their day to day work ❖ Create employee support groups for the disadvantaged employees ❖ Provide mentorship for career growth ❖ Employ a D&I Manager ❖ Be an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity)
31. What can we as individuals do to encourage diversity? ❖ Create software that addresses everyone ❖ Use more inclusive language in our daily meetings ❖ Change mentality ❖ Dismantle stereotypes ❖ Apply for jobs even when you don’t meet the criteria 100% ❖ Apply to speak in conferences ❖ Respect each others space
32. Organizations that support diversity in technology Girls who code Code.org She++ Women who code Women in Technology W rite/Speak/Code Litas for Girls Girl Develop it WeAreTechWomen AllW om en Women Techmakers Women who code | Mobile Girls in Tech She Code Africa SheCanCode GirlCon Coding Black Females Code First Girls Black Girls Code TechWomen
33. What has Apple done to encourage diversity? “Defamatory, discriminatory, or mean- spirited content, including references or commentary about religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, national/ethnic origin…” Updated the App Store Review Guidelines stating that apps should not include content that is: ❖ Using welcoming and inclusive language (e.g., prefer non-gendered words like “folks” to “guys”, non-ableist words like “soundness check” to “sanity check”, etc.) ❖ Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences ❖ Focusing on what is best for the community ❖ Showing empathy towards other community members Updated the Swift Code of Conduct to be more inclusive:
34. What has Apple done to encourage diversity? Mission: Create more pathways for a diverse group of developers, increasing the engagement and retention of those developers, and helping developers of all backgrounds establish leadership and technical expertise within the community. There is a special Diversity Section:
35. What has Apple done to encourage diversity? ❖ Women in Swift, Black in Swift, and Pride in Swift ❖ Virtual events and meetups for networking ❖ Community-focused blog in Swift.org ❖ Community showcase forum Created 3 speci fi c community workgroups:
36. What has Apple done to encourage diversity? Diversity in Swift workgroup (@diversity- workgroup) consists of the following people: ❖ Devanshi Modha (@devanshimodha) ❖ Holly Borla (@hborla) ❖ Kristina Fox (@kristina) ❖ Marc Aupont (@digimarktech) ❖ Paul Hudson (@paul_hudson)
37. What has Apple done to encourage diversity? In August 2021, Apple made an additional $30 million commitment to their Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. Last year, Apple launched a new App Store Foundations Program in the UK, which is speci fi cally intended to support women developers and founders.
38. What have big tech companies done to encourage diversity? Action to Catalyze Tech report Source: https://appleinsider.com/ DEI Innovation Summit
39. Special thanks 🙏 to Natasha Murashev (#NatashaTheRobot)
40. –Winston Churchill “Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.”
41. Thank you! ❖ https://resources.workable.com ❖ https://www.globaldata.com ❖ https://www.apple.com/diversity ❖ https://marathon.vc/blog ❖ https://www.bbc.com/news ❖ https://www.hackingwithswift.com/interviews Sources