60% OF WOMEN IN TECH HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY HARRASED

           
                                                       

ln the male- dominated technology industry, female staffers and workers of color say sexual misconduct, discrimination and retaliation are rampant – and that men in powerful positions are routinely protected while women are often pushed out of their jobs by harassment.

women are vulnerable to all kinds of abuse, ranging from lewd comments to unwanted propositions to groping to assault. But some say the problem is under-reported and particularly acute in early-stage startups where there are no HR departments. Their, young CEOs may choose not to fire or reprimand executives who are college friends they consider vital to the company, and when founders or CEOs commit offenses, it can be impossible for women to find justice.

More facts
A recent survey of more than 200 women in tech, 60% said they faced unwanted sexual advances, often from superiors. One in three women said they felt afraid for their personal safety, and 66% said they felt excluded because of their gender. Sexual harassment A whopping 60% of the women who participated reported experiencing unwanted sexual advances. Of those, 65% said that at least one advance came from a superior.

Revelation by a woman
One woman reported that the first time she traveled with a new CEO, he propositioned her. After she turned him down, she was never asked to travel with him again.
 "This impacted my ability to do my job," she says. 60% said they faced unwanted sexual advances, often from superiors.

Exclusion
Women report being left out of career-
advancing opportunities: 66% said they're excluded from important social and/or networking events. Nine out of 10 respondents said they've seen sexist
behavior at conferences and company
offsites. An example: One women said she was taken to Hooters for lunch. She also reported that a male manager had ordered only beer to drink at an offsite she attended while pregnant.

Unconscious bias
The numbers around unconscious bias are particularly high: 88% of those responding said they've watched a client or co-worker ask a male colleague a question that should have been addressed to them. More than 80% said that they've dealt with demeaning comments from male colleagues—or have encountered a client or co-worker who made eye contact with male colleagues but not with them.
                         
                   

NEW HOT IT JOBS employers are looking for desperately

Given that the IT job market is
in constant flux, with new technologies emerging so quickly that hiring managers struggle to define those positions -- let alone give them a title.IBM, for example, has a director of blockchains , and Ford Motor is among many companies looking for GPU cluster engineers. "At the same time, traditional IT jobs are morphing, requiring new abilities", says Tim Herbert, senior vice president and researcher at CompTIA. Network admins, for example, must learn cloud skills, and security specialists are using machine learning to defend their networks.

Here are some of the jobs will be hot in the not-so-distant future:

1.Cognitive computing engineer/ machine learning specialist:
IBM’s cognitive computing initiative, best known for Watson, the computer program that became a "Jeopardy" champion, has given birth to the cognitive systems engineer, a title whose responsibilities have yet to be fully defined.The demand for cognitive computing skills is gaining enough steam that institutions of higher
education are paying attention.The skills needed to succeed in cognitive computing go beyond the obvious knowledge key to any big-data-related specialty.

2.Blockchain engineer:
Bitcoin’s core technology, the blockchain, is proving the most intriguing to could-be
employers. More than 200 companies and open source projects are seeking to apply blockchain technology to applications such as trading platforms, secure identification cards, self-executing contracts, and many applications in
financial services. Promises a salary of $150,000 to $170,000 for an engineer with experience in Python, Bitcoins, and distributed systems.

3.GPU cluster engineer:
GPU computing improves application
performance by offloading compute-intensive portions of the application to the GPU, while the remainder of the code still runs on the CPU.That advantage is key to companies like Facebook,China’s Baidu,and Experian that deal with enormous data sets.The minimum skills needed include:1+ years [experience with] GPU, parallel programming toolsand language extensions etc.as well as a broad array of programming skills, among them C/C++,Perl, Python, Java, OpenGL, OpenCV, CUDA,MATLAB, and more.

4.Virtual reality engineer:
Virtual reality is no longer the sole province of game makers. That means someone with the right experience and skills can write a ticket to places as diverse as The New York Times, one ofthe first newspapers to begin using VR (and Google Cardboard).Here is the skills you’ll need: Objective-C, C++, Computer Vision, C, computer graphics, mobile application development, OpenGL ES, C#, OpenGL, DirectX, WebGL, and digital image processing. Samsung, for example, recently announced two new phones, but what drew more attention at the Mobile World Congress was its Gear 360, a camera for recording virtual reality videos for its Gear VR headset. it is clear that serious money is pursuing virtual reality technology and there will be opportunities for skilled IT workers to exploit.

5.Internet of things architect:
One billion, 2 billion, who knows how many billions of devices will be connected to the red-hot Internet of things?the IoT is top of mind for many
innovative companies .

6.Computer security incident responder:
Cyber security specialist has long been on the hot jobs list."security incident response professional"?  is the guy who can deal with the effects of an attack
or an exploit, and he needs a broad understanding of security information and event management .The increasingly sophisticated nature of cyber attacks and the ability to use new technologies such as machine learning algorithms to analyze, understand, and counter those
threats has fundamentally changed the nature of the job,which now requires the ability to cull evidence from a wide range of sources. Skills you’ll need in order to be considered include a knowledge of networking fundamentals (all OSI
layers), protocols and packet analysis, encryption and tokenization technologies, and experience writing PL/SQL or SQL scripts.Since this job is built on a foundation of conventional skills, you’ll also need information security certifications such as CISSP, SANS, CEH,
or related certifications