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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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Netflix Senior Software Engineer Terra Field, who is transgender, tweeted a viral thread about the Chappelle special. Soon after, Netflix’s trans employee resource group began organizing a walkout. Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images). NetflixWalkout. — Dana Herlihey (@danaherlihey) October 20, 2021.

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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

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Amazon Employee Warns Internal Groups They’re Being Monitored For Labor Organizing – Motherboard. Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911. Bezos Academy, funded by Jeff Bezos’ $2B ‘Day One Fund,’ launches first free school in Seattle area – GeekWire.

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WebVisible In Big Hiring Push In Los Angeles With New Office

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Irvine-based WebVisible , which helps small businesses place online advertising, said this morning it is in a big hiring push, and is immediately looking to hire over 75 employees across sales, IT, software engineering, and product design positions. The firm said it received more than 600 applications from that job fair.

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JS Saturday | Javascript Beginner to Advanced in One Day!

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Chander Dhall , a microsoft MP, anuthor, trainer, mentor, professional software architect/lead developer, INTETA speaker, open source contributor, community leader and organizer with years of experience in enterprise Software Development. Hattan Shobokshi , a Microsoft Community Contributor, Speaker and Senior Software Engineer.

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Silicon Beach Expands with Santa Clarita’s Startup Weekend Nov. 13 -15

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Santa Clarita Startup Weekend is a grassroots event, organized by five volunteers who currently live in the Santa Clarita Valley. This is a unique opportunity for software engineers, designers, and business-minded entrepreneurs to team up and build several startups in just 54 hours! 13 – Nov. Location: Dr. Dianne G.

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Menlo Ventures Karl Mehta Launches CodeForIndia.Org To Empower Citizens In India

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CFI is looking to enlist Indian-origin tech professionals, some who are software engineers from Microsoft, Google, eBay, VISA and Facebook among others to join other volunteers and organizations to give back to their community. The teams of volunteer individuals and organizations are not just in for hype.

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Gaining an Edge: Understanding Cyber Risk Appetite

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What organizations need to do is define the level of cyber risk they’re willing to accept in the context of their overall risk appetites. The first thing organizations need to do is broaden their definition of cyber risk and understand how much risk they’re willing to take. Defining Cyber Risk Appetite.