Do college educated people of color with tech skills currently have trouble finding work in the industry, or is the problem that there simply aren't enough people like that?
You may be addressing the wrong problem.
You may be addressing the wrong problem.
Compared to similarly-educated, similary-skilled white people, my impression is, on average, yes. (Where "people of color" is taken to mean "from groups underrepresented in technology"; there are certain non-white groups for which I don't get the impression that this is the case.) Largely because of network factors.
> or is the problem that there simply aren't enough people like that?
That's also a problem. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Is that based on personal experience, data, or ?
Hiring systems, especially in tech, are largely based on referral models and the "who do you know who can do X?" approach. Despite the many benefits of this approach, one danger is that it often inadvertently leaves underrepresented ethnic groups on the sidelines.
Having the skill set is not always enough.
i ask because for a long time google said "we only hire from top schools" and then they looked at the data and found the school they hired from didn't really matter.
I'm just wondering if they're already working in technical jobs, and you're only moving them around.