Andrew Williams reflects on diversity at Apple

Interesting blog from Andrew Williams, reflecting on his interactions with Steve Jobs about diversity at Apple.

Two years later, I wonder if Steve would be happy with the progress made at Apple and other major computing companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Twitter. The issue of diversity in engineering and computing goes way beyond just finding students in college. It starts when they are born, nurtured, educated in their families and communities. If children are not valued and exposed to technology, engineering, and science when they are young and encouraged throughout their developing years, they will not be equipped to meet the opportunities of meeting a Steve Jobs or a Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO, in the cafe to talk about issues of engineering, computing, and diversity.

via Andrew B. Williams, Ph.D. – Out of the Box: Building Robots, Transforming Lives – Marquette University – Blog Large.