On Oct 13, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Zack Maril <thewitzb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to know if selecting Clojure as my default/main programming language > means that I'll be forced to select from a fairly homogeneous group of > potential coworkers and miss out on the benefits of a diverse working > environment.
One of the reasons I started ClojureBridge - http://clojurebridge.org - was because of the lack of diversity in the visible Clojure community and I wanted to see if we could do for Clojure what RailsBridge did for the Ruby on Rails community. We have been running workshops successfully around the globe now for over six months. I've been very pleased with the amount of support ClojureBridge has received from the community, and that a strong team has emerged to run the organization (so my involvement is now fairly minimal). It will take time but I believe we can change the demographics of our community if we all want to do so. In particular, the demographics of your work environment depend almost entirely on your hiring process and willingness to train your employees so that's definitely an area where you can effect change if you have the will. Sean Corfield -- http://clojurebridge.org "ClojureBridge aims to increase diversity within the Clojure community by offering free, beginner-friendly Clojure programming workshops for women."
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