Cohen: WP Engine's engineering management is 50% women
Jason Cohen · From Burn-Out to $100M in ARR with Jason Cohen, Founder of WP Engine · Jan 8, 2019 · at 20:55
Jason Cohen details the leadership composition and diversity practices at WP Engine.
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“Our executive team is majority female, for example. We have diversity in many areas in the business. Half of our engineering management are women, for example.”
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