To create the best possible future, we need everybody

At O’Reilly, we believe that true innovation depends on hearing from, and listening to, people with a variety of perspectives. We want our whole organization—including our online learning platform and the technology communities and companies who engage with it—to recognize, include, and encourage people of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, abilities, religions, sexual orientations, and professional roles. We’re not there yet.

We’re working to increase career opportunities in technology for people from underrepresented groups by actively recruiting speakers for our online events, signing up authors for books, videos, and interactive scenarios, and taking part in ongoing conversations about the value of diversity in the communities we serve.

Below are some of the ways you can get involved.

Become a content creator

Do you have something to say, teach, or champion? We’re always looking for potential authors, reviewers, and other content creators to work with. Apply yourself and encourage others to do so by emailing

Join the O’Reilly team

Our mission is to build a better future by spreading the knowledge of innovators. It’s a big job. Are you up for it?

Explore our open positions

Share your ideas

We value diversity in the communities we bring together, and we welcome your contributions to creating balanced representation of the richness of our collective human experience. Please share your ideas and best practices for how we can realize our vision by sending an email to

Know that it’s an ongoing process

We’re working hard to bring balanced representation of the richness of our collective human experience. We know there’s still much more to do, but here are some ways we’re already working to build a more diverse organization and experience.

  • In 2021 we established a corporate goal to increase the number of O’Reilly experts we sign to new projects who identify as members of an underrepresented community from 30% to 40%—a full 10 percentage points higher.
  • 43% of O’Reilly’s full-time workforce are women—well above average for the tech industry (which is 25%, per CIO). And our percentage of women in leadership roles at the director level or above is 49%. But we’re still working to improve these numbers.
  • We’re targeting 40% of our new hires in 2021 to come from underrepresented communities (and in tech that includes women).
  • We’ve created and filled the position of O’Reilly diversity lead, who directs efforts to improve the diversity of our talent ecosystem and elevate underrepresented voices in a myriad of ways on the O’Reilly online learning platform.
  • We forward any calls for proposals to relevant affinity groups with the message that we’re actively seeking diverse authors and presenters.