Compassionate Coding in the Classroom

Presented by April Wensel at The League of Amazing Programmers - April 25

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1. COMPASSIONATE CODING in the CLASSROOM April Wensel Founder of Compassionate Coding @aprilwensel COMPASSIONATE C O D I N G @compassioncode
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5. 65% startup failures are due to people problems Noah Wasserman, The Founder’s Dilemmas. 2012.
6. http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/ silicon-valley-has-an-empathy-vacuum http://onbeing.org/programs/anil-dash-techs- moral-reckoning/ @aprilwensel
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8. @aprilwensel http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Suicide-of-an- Uber-engineer-widow-blames-job-11095807.php
9. CAN WE DO BETTER? @aprilwensel
10. COMPASSION @aprilwensel
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12. @aprilwensel C O D I N G COMPASSIONATE
13. @aprilwensel http://www.slj.com/2016/04/ technology/of-coding-and- compassion/
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16. @aprilwensel 1. EMBRACE THE GROWTH MINDSET
17. @aprilwensel “I’m never going to be able to code.” “I don’t get it.” “This is too hard.” “I’m just not good at this.” http://www.slj.com/2016/04/technology/of-coding-and-compassion/
18. @aprilwensel http://webcom.colostate.edu/health/files/2016/07/ Screen-Shot-2015-11-27-at-11.37.21.png
19. “Regardless of what we discover, we understand and truly believe that EVERYONE DID THE BEST JOB THEY COULD, given what they knew at the time, their skills and abilities, the resources available, and the situation at hand.” –Norm Kerth, The Prime Directive @aprilwensel
20. 2. TEACH & MODEL SELF-COMPASSION @aprilwensel
21. CODING CAN BE STRESSFUL! @aprilwensel
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23. @aprilwensel SELF-COMPASSION
24. @aprilwensel •  Recognize that you’re going through a tough time •  Remember that everyone goes through tough times •  “Talk” to yourself as if you’re talking to a good friend
25. @aprilwensel 3. COMBAT BIAS WITH EMPATHY
26. System 1 System 2 •  Automatic •  Instinctual •  Emotional •  Unconscious •  Intuitive •  Reflective •  Deliberate •  Logical •  Aware •  Intellectual Daniel Kahneman. Thinking, Fast and Slow. 2011.
27. @aprilwensel STEREOTYPE THREAT
28. @aprilwensel PRIVILEGE
29. @aprilwensel h#p://www.techiesproject.com/
30. @aprilwensel #WOCInTech http://www.wocintechchat.com/
31. @aprilwensel 1. Embrace the GROWTH MINDSET 2. Teach & model SELF-COMPASSION 3. Combat bias with EMPATHY
32. “If it is not tempered by COMPASSION and EMPATHY, REASON can lead men and women into a MORAL VOID.” –Karen Armstrong compassionatecoding.com april@compassionatecoding.com @aprilwensel Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life