Cloudheads

Cloudheads is an active community of technologists committed to showcasing underrepresented groups in technology, including but not limited to women, non-binary people, disabled people, neurodiverse people, indigenous people, and culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) people 🌈 We currently operate in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia’s two largest technology hubs 🌏 Who is Cloudheads for? Our community is for all those who share the vision of an inclusive workforce, but especially those who are also in technology careers, aspiring to be in technology careers, and curious about technology careers 🙋♂️🙋🏾🙋♀️🙋🏽♀️ Why is your focus on DEI in cloud, DevOps, platform, AI, and SRE? Because those areas are specialised, influential to the whole tech industry, and tend to be even less diverse than more general areas like software engineering. I want to learn more :) There are many useful resources. These are a good starting point. https://istechameritocracy.com/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/04/how-cognitive-diversity-and-disability-centred-ai-can-improve-social-inclusion/ https://womenlovetech.com/the-gender-pay-gap-in-the-ict-industry-and-barriers-women-face/ https://asm.org/Articles/2023/July/Disability-as-Diversity-in-STEM-A-New-Perspective What types of events can you expect? 🚀 FREE and paid events Technical talks by industry experts Talks on tech-adjacent topics (e.g. negotiation/influencing, career progression, personal branding) Hands-on workshops Study groups Panel discussions Lightning talks Lean coffee chats Speed mentoring sessions When are your events? We are trialing holding meetups on the first Thursday of each month, alternating between Melbourne and Sydney. There may be additional online or in-person activities in the future 😀 #cloudheads