Since the tech industry was rained by mostly white men when other races try to include them self in the field, they were turned down due to the skin of their color. This has been a problem for a long time, it has changed over the years, but the industry still lacks diversity. You’re probably wondering why should you care if there is no diversity a why is diversity important? Many companies tend to not want diversity in their companies because they feel like women or men of color in the industry is slowing the bar.

Most companies fail to realize that having a diverse team can bring people with different backgrounds will bring different perspectives, better alignment with users or customers, and improve better in problem-solving. When it comes to having different perspectives, having different approaches from everyone on your team, the team is less likely to get stuck in the same spots. We tend to think that we can be our targeted audience so we will automatically think we can understand our users. It can only be true to a certain extent if we have a diverse team our chances are easier to align with. Diverse teams bring a set of perspectives which can improve problem-solving and can go further than that. Diversity on teams and in tech is highly important!

Research has shown that diversity improves not just the overall team but can also cause each member of the team to produce better results. It will also improve an increase in customers empathy to allow better customer build, and more quality products. If many companies focus on diversity it will help increase the quality and size of the talent pool for who is more likely to get hired. If companies do not focus on diversity it will be a huge mistake to not improve on it!