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Unquantified Serendipity: Diversity in Development
Learning how to write software, architect infrastructure, and automate deployments is cognitively taxing. So much so, we probably spend a great deal of energy learning how to learn, learning how to retain, learning how to apply, learning how to be efficient, that learning how to be with each other gets lost in the mess. Straight to the point: Computer programmer. Software developer. Production Engineer. When you read these terms, a picture probably starts to form in your mind’s eye - a sort of default for what a person behind these titles looks like. Maybe also how they sound - what language do you expect them to speak? How do they speak it? Most likely, when you read those titles, you visualize a white male. He speaks English fluently with a local accent. If you pull up the photo behind an anonymized résumé, you might be surprised to find a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. Or perhaps you see someone who doesn’t speak fluent English, speaking instead with their native Mexican accent. A lot of the imagery that’s been produced for software developers intentionally or inadvertently reinforces this vibe - the notion that the default developer is a white male, even when history and globalization show that that’s probably not the case. Yet because this is the view when women and other minorities join our ranks, they are given advice that encourages them to behave socially and linguistically like white men. In this talk, I’ll explore how we can solve problems together as a diverse group, quite literally just by sharing space. I’ll discuss ways that we can be better allies to each other by fostering understanding, and highlight the positive impact of normalizing the appearance of minorities in the field.
Unquantified Serendipity: Diversity in Development
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- 2. @QuintessenceAnx /@logzio Why dowe hire people?
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- 4. @QuintessenceAnx /@logzio How doesserendipity factor in? Photo credit: photo Tanisha Meier, edit Max Felner on Unsplash
- 5. @QuintessenceAnx /@logzio What isthe current state of diversity?
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- 7. @QuintessenceAnx /@logzio Life isa series of experiences
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- 11. @QuintessenceAnx /@logzio Coach, don'trescue Photo credit Ravi Roshan on Unsplash
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- 13. @QuintessenceAnx /@logzio Support diverselearning styles Photo by Eliabe Costa on Unsplash Photo by NESA by Makers on Unsplash
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- 15. @QuintessenceAnx /@logzio Provide aChallenge Photo by Emily Reider on Unsplash
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- 19. @QuintessenceAnx /@logzio Do jobtitles matter? (yes.)
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- 22. @QuintessenceAnx /@logzio Additional Reading& Resources •Wichary, Marcin. “The Curious Case of the Disappearing Polish S.” Medium Engineering, 2 Feb. 2015, https://medium.engineering/the-curious-case-of-disappearing-polish-s-fa398313d4df •Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work by Deborah Tannen (2001). •Harvard Implicit Bias Test -- https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html •"The career advice you probably didn't get" - Susan Colantuono at TEDxBeaconStreet https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_colantuono_the_career_advice_you_probably_didn_t_get
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