It's something that every technology company says they want to address -- diversifying their workforce. So why is the industry so full of white and Asian men? This week, Bloomberg Technology's Ellen Huet and Aki Ito follow Mitchell Lee, the co-founder of a young startup called Penny, as he tries to hire someone who doesn't look like your typical Silicon Valley programmer. The process raises some surprising challenges and poses plenty of uncomfortable questions.
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To contact the authors of this story: Aki Ito in San Francisco at aito16@bloomberg.net, Ellen Huet in San Francisco at ehuet4@bloomberg.net.
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