Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
Search
funkatron
April 08, 2016
Technology
0
220
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
My slides from my presentation at The Combine 2016 #Combine2016
funkatron
April 08, 2016
Tweet
Share
More Decks by funkatron
See All by funkatron
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community 2023
funkatron
0
110
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
funkatron
0
300
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
funkatron
0
140
How We Changed The World With Open Source - WordCampMSP 17
funkatron
0
77
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
funkatron
0
57
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
funkatron
0
190
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
funkatron
0
70
Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community
funkatron
0
55
Grumpy and Funky Save the World
funkatron
0
130
Other Decks in Technology
See All in Technology
大規模なアジャイル開発の現場と技術負債 / Technical Debt
yoshiitaka
21
4.1k
初心者が行く!サーバレスWebアプリ開発の道
nagaharutogawa
0
460
AMLD 2024 - Build Your Own GPT
donlelef
1
260
現実世界の事象から学ぶSOLID原則
h0r15h0
25
11k
GraphQLに入門してみた
chiroruxx
2
130
KubeCon EU 2024 : Knative Maintainers Session
salaboy
0
380
実務への応用例から考える 変更に強いオブジェクト指向設計 / 20240324-ooc2024
bengo4com
9
5.6k
LLMプロダクト事業の立ち上げにおける挑戦
layerx
PRO
7
1.5k
オブジェクト指向宗教史
tanakahisateru
14
12k
検証からプロダクトへ: シームレスなLLM開発の ためのしくみ作り
nunukim
1
210
依存ライブラリはどこに?
takesection
0
120
大規模データとの戦い方
knih
1
480
Featured
See All Featured
BBQ
matthewcrist
78
8.7k
Building an army of robots
kneath
300
41k
How to Create Impact in a Changing Tech Landscape [PerfNow 2023]
tammyeverts
12
1.4k
RailsConf & Balkan Ruby 2019: The Past, Present, and Future of Rails at GitHub
eileencodes
124
32k
Visualization
eitanlees
135
14k
Become a Pro
speakerdeck
PRO
8
4.4k
Typedesign – Prime Four
hannesfritz
36
2k
The Art of Programming - Codeland 2020
erikaheidi
40
12k
Building a Modern Day E-commerce SEO Strategy
aleyda
15
6.3k
It's Worth the Effort
3n
180
27k
Docker and Python
trallard
33
2.6k
Happy Clients
brianwarren
91
6.3k
Transcript
STRONGER THAN FEAR MENTAL HEALTH IN THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY Ed
Finkler • @OSMIHelp • OSMIhelp.org The Combine 2016 • #osmi
WHO I AM
graphstory.com
AN INFORMAL SURVEY
MY DIAGNOSES
GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
ADULT ADHD
I TAKE MEDS
I SEE A THERAPIST
IT IMPACTS MY WORK EVERY DAY
SOMETIMES IT GIVES ME POWERS
SOMETIMES IT RUINS ME
HOW IT AFFECTS US
1 IN 5
DISEASE BURDEN
ECONOMIC COST http://www.fccmh.org/resources/docs/EconomicBurdenofMentalIllness.pdf ๏ Mental health conditions are the
second leading cause of workplace absenteeism ๏ Workers w/ depression lose 5.6 hrs/week Workers w/o depression lose 1.5 hrs/week ๏ Depression: $43.7 billion in absenteeism from work (200m days lost), lost productivity & direct treatment
MENTAL HEALTH IN TECH SURVEY RESULTS US Non-self employed
only; as of 9/13/2014 http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
Do you think that discussing a health issue with
your employer would have negative consequences? Mental Physical http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
Would you bring up a health issue with a
potential employer in an interview? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog Mental Physical
Does your employer provide resources to learn more about
mental health issues and how to seek help? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
SICK WORKERS DON’T WORK
CHANGE IS HARD
1. TAKE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID mentalhealthfirstaid.org
[email protected]
202.684.3736
2. TELL PEOPLE
3. MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CHANGE
WHAT’S THE UPSIDE?
MENTAL WELLNESS = BETTER EMPLOYEES http://www.taadas.org/publications/prodimages/A%20Mental%20Health%20Friendly%20Workplace.pdf
DEMONSTRATE YOUR VALUES http://www.taadas.org/publications/prodimages/A%20Mental%20Health%20Friendly%20Workplace.pdf
PEOPLE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU http://www.taadas.org/publications/prodimages/A%20Mental%20Health%20Friendly%20Workplace.pdf
I NEED YOUR HELP 2016 Mental Health In Tech
Survey: j.mp/osmisurvey2016 Videos, Slides, Resources: OSMIHelp.org
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING OSMIhelp.org • j.mp/osmisurvey2016