# Diversity in Tech — Sylvain Kalache

URL: https://www.sylvainkalache.com/topics/diversity-in-tech

My writing, talks, podcasts, and projects about Diversity in Tech.

## Selected work

- [Legendary Songwriter Savan Kotecha Joins Holberton School Board to Increase Tech Diversity](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/legendary-songwriter-savan-kotecha-joins-holberton-school-board-to-increase-tech-diversity.md) (2020-07-13; Forbes): Savan Kotecha, songwriter behind hits for Ariana Grande and The Weeknd, joins Holberton School's board of trustees.
- [Priyanka Chopra Jonas Joins the Holberton School as an Investor](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/priyanka-chopra-jonas-joins-the-holberton-school-as-an-investor.md) (2019-07-02; Forbes): Actress and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas invests in Holberton School, backing its mission to democratize tech education.
- [Six Ways to Diversify Your Workforce](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/six-ways-to-diversify-your-workforce.md) (2019-03-06; Forbes): Actionable strategies for building a more diverse workforce — from pipeline programs to inclusive hiring practices.
- [NE-YO Wants to Make Silicon Valley More Diverse](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/ne-yo-wants-to-make-silicon-valley-more-diverse.md) (2018-09-29; TechCrunch): Grammy-winning artist NE-YO teams up with Holberton School to tackle Silicon Valley's diversity gap through education.
- [How the Best Managers Find Hidden Tech Talent](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/how-the-best-managers-find-hidden-tech-talent.md) (2018-07-01; CIO): Strategies for engineering managers to discover and recruit talented developers from non-traditional backgrounds.
- [Apprenticeships could solve tech's diversity problem](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/apprenticeships-could-solve-tech-s-diversity-problem.md) (2018-01-15; VentureBeat): How apprenticeship models borrowed from traditional trades could create more diverse, accessible pathways into the tech industry.
- [Silicon Valley sucks at training software engineers — and why it matters](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/silicon-valley-sucks-at-training-software-engineers-and-why-it-matters.md) (2017-11-01; VentureBeat): The Bay Area leads the world in software but has failed to build scalable, accessible pipelines for the next generation of engineers.
- [Holberton, a Two-Year Tech School, Emphasizes Diversity](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/holberton-a-two-year-tech-school-emphasizes-diversity.md) (2017-06-07; The New York Times): How Holberton School's two-year software engineering program is building a more diverse pipeline of tech talent.
- [What do Ubuntu and NE-YO have in common? A Coding Summer Camp!](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/what-do-ubuntu-and-ne-yo-have-in-common-a-coding-summer-camp.md) (2017-05-30; Linux.com): How a coding summer camp brought together Ubuntu, Grammy-winning artist NE-YO, and aspiring young engineers.
- [NE-YO Invests in Holberton School to Diversify Tech](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/ne-yo-invests-in-holberton-school-to-diversify-tech.md) (2017-05-30; Fortune): Grammy-winning artist NE-YO backs Holberton School, investing in a new model of tech education focused on diversity and access.
- [How the Rooney Rule Is Changing Tech Hiring](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/how-the-rooney-rule-is-changing-tech-hiring.md) (2017-04-18; Fortune): Applying the NFL's Rooney Rule to tech hiring — requiring diverse candidate slates to address the industry's representation gap.

[All work](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/index.md)