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State of JS 2024 Outreach and Diversity Report
- The State of JS survey has been criticized in the past for not accurately reflecting the diversity of the web development community.
- This year, efforts were made to increase gender diversity by implementing new recruitment strategies with the help of a data scientist and researcher.
- Targeted outreach was carried out with 26 organizations supporting diversity and inclusivity in tech, resulting in 21 respondents, 2 of whom were women.
- Snowball sampling, where women respondents were asked to share surveys with more women around them, was the most effective outreach method, resulting in 69 extra respondents, 64% being women or non-binary.
- The survey managed to increase the number of women respondents from 4% to 6%.
- Efforts to improve survey timing and organization will be made for the next round of surveys in 2025.
- The author concludes that the effort is on the right path and plans to continue outreach and sponsor more creators to increase diversity and inclusivity.
- Organizations such as Codebar, which enjoyed a 54% women audience, are cited as an example of how to build diverse, inclusive developer communities.
- The author also encourages readers to check out the work of other researchers who specialize in studying the developer community.
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