Girls in Tech closes its doors after 17 years

Re:Girls in Tech closes its doors after 17 years by csande17 on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @10:42AM (#40927449)

For what it's worth, Girls Who Code -- an organization more directly focused on improving the "pipeline" through training programs aimed at K-12 and college students -- seems to be thriving, with over $20M in donations from a variety of tech organizations in 2023: https://girlswhocode.com/2023report/

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Re:Girls in Tech closes its doors after 17 years by darth_avocado on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @11:44AM (#40928187)

Our company actively partners with girls who code for that exact reason. Our rather empty post covid office space gets transformed into summer boot camps for middle and high schoolers every year. It is a very productive way to improve the K-12 pipeline.

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Re:Girls in Tech closes its doors after 17 years by shmatt on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @11:55AM (#40928278)

this deserves to be much higher than a sub-sub-sub-sub comment

the fact one DEI organization failed doesn't mean DEI failed. They could be mis managed just like any other non profit

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Re:Girls in Tech closes its doors after 17 years by arduanika on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @03:01PM (#40930228)

Agreed, I didn't know the difference and at a glance thought it was Girls Who Code that folded.

It could be that as the "vibe shifts" away from DEI and the funding gets smaller, we'll see a culling where only some orgs survive, hopefully the best ones. "When the tide goes out..."

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Re:Girls in Tech closes its doors after 17 years by pedalpete on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @06:44PM (#40932219)

Thank you. I was confusing these as being the same organization, and I thought Gils Who Code is doing quite well.

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