Erica Baker

**Erica Joy Baker** (an haife ta a shekarar 1980)  injiniya ce a yankin San Francisco Bay Area, Babbar Jami'ar Fasaha ta Kwamitin Yaƙin Neman Zaɓen 'Yan Majalisa na Democrat, kuma an san ta da goyon bayanta ga bambancin ra'ayi da haɗa kai. Ta yi aiki a kamfanoni ciki har da GitHub,  Google, Slack, Patreon, da Microsoft .      Ta yi fice a shekarar 2015 saboda fara wani rubutu na ciki inda ma'aikatan Google suka ba da rahoton bayanan albashinsu don fahimtar bambancin albashi a cikin kamfanin.    Kara Swisher ta Recode ta kira Baker "mace da za a kalla" a cikin wani bayanin martaba a cikin C Magazine . 

## Ilimi
A Makarantar Sakandare, Baker ta ɗauki ajin shirye-shiryen kalkuleta,  tana koyon yadda ake shirye-shirye a cikin kalkuleta masu zane-zane na alama na BASIC akan Texas Instruments . Ta kuma koyi yadda ake rubuta lambar yanar gizo, tana ɗaukar nauyin nata a GeoCities . 

Baker ta halarci Jami'ar Miami kuma ta yi digiri a fannin Kimiyyar Kwamfuta .   Ta ce ita ce ɗaya daga cikin mutane biyu kawai Baƙar fata a cikin ɗaya daga cikin manyan azuzuwan ta, kuma ta yanke shawarar komawa Jami'ar Alaska inda ta sami digiri na Associate of Applied Science a fannin Fasahar Bayanai .

## Sana'a
Aikin farko na Baker shine a matsayin Mai Gudanar da Shafin Windows na Jami'ar Alaska Statewide Systems tana da shekaru 21.  Daga nan ta koma Home Depot na tsawon shekara guda, tana gudanar da ayyukan sadarwa da tallafin tebur na wayar hannu. Bayan haka, ta koma Wasannin Kimiyya don yin tallafin tebur. 

### Google
Baker ta yi aiki a Google daga 2006 zuwa Mayu 2015, a mukamai daban-daban, wanda ya ƙare da matsayin Injiniyan Amincewa da Yanar Gizo (SRE).   A watan Yulin 2015, bayan ta bar Google zuwa Slack, Baker ta bayyana a cikin jerin sakonnin Twitter cewa ta fara wani rubutu na ciki a Google don ma'aikata su bayyana bayanan albashinsu.  Dangane da rubutun, wasu abokan aikinta sun sami damar yin shawarwari kan ƙarin albashi. Baker ta ba da rahoton cewa wasu abokan aikinta sun aika da kyaututtukan takwarorinta don fara rubutun, amma shugabannin sun hana kyaututtukan takwarorinta.    Rubutun ya haifar da tattaunawa kan bambancin albashi na Google, rashin bayyana gaskiya a tantance albashi, da yuwuwar bambance-bambancen jinsi da ƙabila a cikin albashi. An ci gaba da sabunta rubutun har zuwa 2017, lokacin da aka ruwaito sabbin bayanai daga rubutun a cikin *[[New York Times|The New York Times]]* .  

### Post-Google
Daga watan Mayu 2015 zuwa Yuli 2017, Baker ta yi aiki a matsayin injiniyan gini da fitarwa a Slack.   A watan Fabrairun 2016, Baker, Megan Anctil, Kiné Camara, da Duretti Hirpa sun karɓi kyautar Crunchies ta TechCrunch a madadin Slack don Farashi Mai Sauri.  A watan Yunin 2017, *TechCrunch*, da *USA Today* sun ba da rahoton cewa Baker zai bar Slack don ya haɗu da Kickstarter a matsayin darektan injiniya, yana ba da rahoto ga Lara Hogan, sabuwar mataimakiyar mataimakin injiniya, kuma yana aiki a Brooklyn .   Duk da cewa rawar da ta taka ba ta shafi bambancin ra'ayi da haɗa kai a hukumance ba, Baker ta ce haɓaka bambancin ra'ayi da haɗa kai zai zama wani ɓangare na aikinta.  Duk da haka, a ƙarshe ta zauna a yankin San Francisco Bay kuma ta zama Babban Manajan Injiniya a Patreon .  A watan Janairun 2019, Baker ta shiga Microsoft a matsayin Babban Manajan Injiniya na Rukunin. 

A watan Maris na 2021, Baker ya shiga DCCC a matsayin Babban Jami'in Fasaha. 

### Aiki akan bambancin ra'ayi da kuma haɗa kai
Bayan ƙirƙirar takardar bayanai kan bayanan albashin Google sannan ta bar Google, Baker ta kasance mai fafutukar kare bambancin ra'ayi da haɗa kai a shafinta na yanar gizo da kuma wasu tarurrukan jama'a. Ta kasance mai goyon bayan #RealDiversityNumbers, wani yunkuri na Twitter don samun lambobi ga kamfanoni daban-daban game da riƙewa da adadin ƙararrakin da aka warware a waje da kotu. Baker ta soki kalaman shugaban kamfanin Salesforce.com Marc Benioff wanda ya nuna cewa ƙoƙarin haɗa kan ƙananan kabilu da ƙabilu yana ɗaukar matsayi na baya don kamfanin ya mai da hankali kan batutuwan jinsi.

Ta yi karin haske game da yadda fafutukar fasaha ke aiki a lokacin da ta yi Allah wadai da sakon Benioff a lokacin zanga-zangar Black Lives Matter, inda aka kama wani bakar fata wanda ke sanye da tambarin Twitter. Sakon nasa ya ce, "Eh, wannan tambarin @Twitter @blackbirds ne. Abin mamaki ne ganin fasaha a matsayin abin da zai kawo sauyi a zamantakewa. Girmamawa.", wanda ta amsa, "Cewa kowa zai iya ganin hoton wani bakar fata da aka kama saboda zanga-zangar adawa da kisan wani bakar fata da aka yi ba bisa ka'ida ba sannan ta amsa, 'Kai kalli tambarin Twitter', zai zama abin mamaki idan ya faru a wani wuri. Amma a fannin fasaha, ya yi daidai da darasin." 

Ta kuma yi Allah wadai da wani shirin bidiyo na Elissa Shevinsky, marubucin *Lean Out*, inda ta ce ya magance matsalar bambancin ra'ayi ne kawai a zahiri. Meredith L. Patterson ta yi suka ga kalaman Baker kuma ta zarge ta da cewa tana da rikicin sha'awa.  Baker, tare da Tracy Chou, Freada Kapor Klein da Ellen Pao, suna ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Project Include, wani kamfani da aka ƙaddamar a shekarar 2016 don samar da dabarun bambancin ra'ayi da haɗa kai ga kamfanonin abokan ciniki. 

### Bayyanar jama'a
An yi wa Baker hira da Davey Alba na WIRED a taron kasuwanci na WIRED na 2016.   A watan Janairun 2017, Baker ta kasance babbar mai jawabi a taron Women of Color in Computing da Kwalejin Mills ta gudanar.  A watan Maris na 2018, Baker ta kasance mai jawabi a taron Bond.  Baker kuma ta kasance mai jawabi a wani taron Berkeley Center for New Media da kuma taron mata a wurin aiki  *The Wall Street Journal* a watan Oktoban 2018.   Ta bayyana a shirin Jeopardy a matsayin mai gabatarwa a watan Fabrairun 2021. 

### Taimakon jama'a
Baker is on the board of directors for Girl Develop It. She is also on the advisory board of Hack the Hood and is a tech mentor for Black Girls Code.

### Kyaututtuka
Baker tana cikin jerin mata 100 da BBC ta sanar a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba, 2020.  Ta kuma lashe kyautar 2015 Level Playing Field Institute Lux Award. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Baker ta yi yarintarta a kan ƙaura, da farko a Jamus, inda aka haifi Baker yayin da aka tura iyayenta zuwa can, sannan New Mexico, Florida, da Alaska.  Iyayenta biyu suna cikin rundunar sojin saman Amurka. Baker ta fara rubutu tun tana ƙarama.  

Baker ya yi aure lokacin da yake jami'a a Alaska, amma ya ce bai yi nasara ba. 

A shekarar 2021, Baker ta auri mijinta na yanzu, American B Astrella.

Baker tana da sha'awar tarihin iyali, kuma ta shafe sama da shekaru goma tana bincike kan tarihin iyalinta. Fatanta ita ce wata rana ta taimaka wajen cike gibin da ke tsakanin sauran iyalan ' yan Afirka a Amurka .  

## Manazarta