One, if we're at the point where we need a how-to guide for people to leave the technology industry, the industry has a really big problem. And I don't jsut mean its "toxic culture" as the article puts it. Women and minorities who make it into a technology career in the first place are probably twice as competent as others, simply because their work is judged twice as harshly [1] and there are no end of people eager to make their life harder, one way or another. So those companies that are losing their women and minority workers, are losing talent they really want to retain, over and beyond any diversity considerations.
Two, this is really not the time to leave a career in technology, not for minorities, not for straight white dudes. Right now, tech skills are in very high demand and it is quite possible to make a very lucrative career out of them. This is a unique opportunity for women and minorities to do vey well professionally through skill and brain power alone. It is adding injustice on top of injustice to allow yourself to be swept by the wayside when you have what it takes to get ahead. Despite the "toxic culture", the industry sorely needs competent technologists. If you are one, you should let nothing stop you from taking advantage of it.
Now is not the time to give up. You give up now, you're giving up on a brilliant future and a great career that you absolutely deserve. Don't allow that to happen. Not "for the good of the industry"- for your own interest.
We need a guide for surviving and thriving int the industry, in spite of its culture- not one for bailing out.
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[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-gender-matte...
These studies reveal that in many selection processes, the bar is
unconsciously raised so high for women and minority candidates that few
emerge as winners. For instance, one study found that women applying for a
research grant needed to be 2.5 times more productive than men in order to
be considered equally competent.