Forest Conner Shouts Outs

Over the weekend, the NY Times ran a piece discussing gender equality in tech and how there is a growing divide between men and women. Largely, there's a faction of men that feel that HR is being too aggressive and that women are ruining the tech world. I'm all for free speech and hearing a wide range of opinions but, clearly, this is bullshit. I am sure there are specifics that could be argued until the cows came home but to say that Women do not belong in tech is a grotesque statement. I can't imagine all readers of this site not agreeing.

In response, my co-worker Forest Conner took to Twitter with a 24 tweet response about all the amazing women he's worked with at VHX and Vimeo. It's far from comprehensive but I love the notion of actively calling out all of the women you work with to disprove the inane notion that there is a divide in skill level. Given that Forest and I work at the same place, I certainly agree with him.

If you have the inclination, take a moment to give some accolades. It's completely absurd that this would be necessary but there's no realm in which doing so is a bad thing.