Two items that came in within an hour of each other:.
Ken Ohrn: A photo used to illustrate an analysis of Vancouver’s tech scene in today’s Globe and Mail. .
.A good photo can sum up components of an idea, for better or for worse, in ways that are compelling and compact. … This photo is a good example. The embodied ideas are almost clichés, but overall it leaves a strong impression of the nature of the industry.
Youngish men (no women); madcap fun (!) at the foosball table – and bicycles.
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But in the place we aspire to be: “Silicon Valley’s Self-Feeding Cycle of Car Dependence“
From NextCity, via Tom Durning:
“Transportation is only a means to an end, not an end itself,” the report states. “As part of the larger picture, transportation should help shape great places and support a high-quality of life — not contribute to degrading these things.”
But in a place that relies so heavily on cars despite its next-century economy, the suburban myth that business will suffer from urbanized transportation is, Toeniskoetter says, “one of the hardest stories to overcome.”
Ugh, the bro culture of tech!
As a developer I skip applying for the unfortunate amount job postings such as ‘Python expert and foosball ninja’.
Overly gendered workplaces are uncomfortable regardless of which way they lean!
But bikes are good!!!
I only know 6 women working as developers versus dozens of men, but a mature company will have many others supporting the developers: product managers, project managers, QA, designers, tech writers, marketing experts, sales people, finance, office management, etc. A significant number of my colleagues, including my direct supervisor, are women. We’re also not a completely young group either. I’m old enough to be the father of the co-op students I interview and a half dozen others in my department are too.
We don’t have a lot of people cycling to work. Those living downtown walk and most of the others live in the suburbs and take a bus to SkyTrain or West Coast Express.