Aseem Sharma

Excellent article. After working in the Information technology sector for over 7 years, I see that somewhere the reason surrounding inclusion is also cultural. In India, the growth of IT sector empowered women by making them financially independent, broadening their perspectives, giving them an opportunity to travel globally and become professionally sound. In spite of this, the number of women relative to men in projects is very low. A significant number of women also leave their job for a few years after marriage and that , as a result, acts as a deterrent to their hiring in the first place. My view here is restricted to the Indian I.T sector and I am just highlighting one of the causes of this imbalance based on my experiences in one particular cutlure. Technology industry on a whole needs to be more flexible and inclusive in creating working patterns suitable to women. With an advent of a lot online platforms that teach women how to code along with corporate policies that zero in on inclusion, I do see a positive change coming up the geek world.
Thanks again for this insightful article!!!

Great article Georgia. With respects to your third point, having a specialized prototype focused on a specific user segment can also motivate users to get involved in the project beyond providing feedback.
Also, understanding the context is critical if the the project needs to leverage the feedback to the maximum. Can you please throw some more light on interpretation of the context of the feedback and your experiences with regards to the same?
Thanks again for writing this insightful article.