My friend Amy posted a link to Apple's PR page where executive bios are listed. I clicked on it and was shocked to see that everyone on the page was (I think) white and male. It was disappointing to see, and as a technology director in a girls 1:1 laptop school, it makes me wonder how Apple can evolve like that.
We know that women are underrepresented in both engineering and computer science in college and career-wise, to the detriment of those fields. One might hope that a company like Apple, with such a public persona, would work to make opportunities for women to advance. Perhaps they have, and no women have, but that seems unlikely. Apple, time to wake up, and enter modernity. I would love to hear from Apple folks who know me to be wrong on this one. Please, prove me wrong!
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January 30th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
The fact that this has drawn NO discussion is very revealing. In every industry the spotlight is on making sure fair representation in business happens. And for APPLE to posture as though it’s this hip, cool, latest & greatest, you would think women and people of color, among other groups, would have some presence in executive management. Good post!
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