As engagement grows, KC Women in Technology gears up for 2017

By Tommy Felts | January 19, 2017

Imagine if the next Mark Zuckerberg was a young female living in Kansas City. Despite an interest and aptitude in technology, imagine she walks into a popular clothing store and seeing a shirt that reads: “I’m too pretty to do math.” Subliminal messages such as this are not an uncommon occurrence for many young women.…

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KCWiT diversifying Kansas City’s tech workforce with new program

By Tommy Felts | March 22, 2016

A Kansas City organization is working to update your mental picture that software programmers are guys hunched over a keyboard in a dark room speedily typing code. The change? Replace the man in the picture with a woman. Well, and the dark room — that’s not the most healthy environment for any programmer. [pullquote]“I wish…

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