Men took over a job fair intended for women and nonbinary tech workers

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Tech workers said they saw unusually high numbers of men in a monster line for a career expo at a tech conference aimed at elevating women and nonbinary workers. @tamanana YouTube/Screenshot by NPR

@tamanana YouTube/Screenshot by NPR

An event meant to be a career-builder for women and nonbinary tech workers turned into yet another symbol of the industry’s gender imbalance after self-identifying men showed up in droves.

The Grace Hopper Celebration takes the name of a pioneering computer scientist and bills itself the

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