The Pivotal Effect

A quick metaphor that might help you explain your tech job at the dinner table.Thanksgiving is almost upon us, which means it’s time for all the great holiday staples: falling leaves, pumpkin pie,...

Future List 2017The Most Forward-Looking People in ITWe wanted to make a list that wasn’t about titles, industry, or how much a person under an arbitrary age has accomplished. In fact, we wanted a...

This iteration of our interview series featured a conversation with Susan Fowler, Editor-in-Chief of Increment.It's time again for "3 Answers, 1 Question", a series of brief chats to peer into...

How Circular Board used Pivotal’s processes to build Alice, a machine-learning, digital startup advisor to womenIn early 2016, our team at Circular Board launched the world’s first digital...

There are a lot of people who want to change their career later in life. They want to do more challenging work, earn more money, and have a better lifestyle. Given the growing need of technical...

#PivotalVoices is a series where we talk about how and why people came to technology. This week we feature Judy van Soldt, a product manager in our San Francisco office.“I was trained as a...

Pivotal circles back on its first year to make diversity and inclusion part of our everyday work—here's how we're doing.

Many of us think of a career as the period between college graduation and retirement. We’ve bought into the myth that taking a pause is considered a career killer because to truly be successful,...

I’m a *huge* proponent of working for an early stage startup, having already done it three times in my career.

With women in science, technology, engineering and math fields still hovering below 30%, Pivotal’s Keith Martin takes an important look at the root of the problem in child education and attracting...

Since 2012, Pivotal has teamed up with Girls Who Code to encourage young women to pursue computer-related degrees and careers. In today’s world, too many young women are forgoing a career in...

Pivotal, with its mission to transform how the world builds software, attracts some of the best and brightest talent across the world. This week, our own Cornelia Davis, director of platform...

Last week at the inaugural Cloud Foundry Summit, now run by the new Cloud Foundry Foundation, we had a unique opportunity to gather and discuss gender diversity. 125 women attended a luncheon that...

Last year, two young women went to the Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program and came out with a viral video game with an unexpected message to de-stigmatize menstruation. The aim of the program...

Last week at the Women2.0 City Meetup in NYC, I asked Fran Hauser a question: What was the worst thing that a startup could do when working with her? Fran thought about it for a second, and...