What I've Learned Working as a Black Person in Silicon Valley

I'm considered a relative rarity in the world of high tech: I'm a black woman. An August 2015 article in The Verge on diversity at major internet-driven companies cited research showing that at Google and Facebook, only 1% of employees are black women. At Twitter, this percentage was almost 0% -- only 14 people out of over 2500 employees. You might wonder, what is that like? And if I'm a person of color or a woman -- or both -- how is it possible to survive and thrive in an environment where you...