Those are what recruiters bring in...those are the resumes you see (just based on names)

Company I'm at is pretty damn diverse and for example was offering health benefits to same sex couples since day one. It seems like it is easier to find Female Engineers in the North East for some reason....

It's almost impossible to afford a good education. The loans are daunting. We don't prepare kids for school then we make it almost unattainable. So if you are a woman or a minority, or in a rural area, an engineering degree can seem like a dream.

That doesn't excuse these companies. There are women and minorities out there that would love these jobs. Older people especially. But more often than not, the target advertising and the HR people don't go to those areas when advertising or recruiting

I did two years of telecom at a community college and jumped right into the field-

They don't offer the same class anymore but they are out there-

Here is one that would get you in the door at my company for various positions- Same College I went to 20 years ago

http://www.jeffco.edu/academics/programsdepartments/computer-information-systems#.VZQMNRtVhBc

cannot be indentured

simple as that

I'm in college right now and my Computer Science classes are at least 90% male and most minorities are foreigners.

From a faculty standpoint, I see few women and fewer POC in those programs. The "why" behind that is another story, but we don't graduate many female or minority CS majors.

Where I work there's a lot of volunteer opportunities at elementary schools to get kids excited about engineering. You have to get to the girls before the "girls aren't good at math" crap starts.

I started working towards a computer science degree this year (with the goal of software engineering. Social services is solid work, but the pay is no good if I want to stay in the Bay Area).

Anyway, my classes are mostly white and asian men.

A friend is taking one of those Java "bootcamps" that are becoming popular. Again, mostly asian and white males. (Although, these bootcamps can run upwards of $15k to attend, so there's definitely a bias there).

"Can't find the numbers" is a lame excuse. And, if they're not doing all they're hiring in their home country, then of course it's going to be hard to open enough positions to fulfill their promises.

Convenient, huh?

if you are black, white, brown, orange, purple, anything.

Which is interesting when discussing racial demographics in tech.

But, yes, these companies can and should do better.