The Code Manifesto: Empowering Our Community

Slide Deck from Talk given at Laracon EU Aug 2014

Transcript

1. THE CODE MANIFESTO Empowering our community CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
2. WHOAMI Kayla Daniels @kayladnls PHP Developer Mommy Foodie CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
3. WHAT TO EXPECT? • Community, equality, diversity, respect. • What’s the problem? • Why does it matter? • What can I do? CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
4. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
5. — Kayla Daniels, Laracon NY, 2014 “The industry I work in is not the industry I want to work in.” CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
6. IN A NUTSHELL Our industry is grossly lacking in diversity. ! The minority members in our communities are often filtered out through disrespect or overt aggression. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
7. IT’S TWO FOLD. • Pipeline • Culture Lacking Diversity Being Filtered Out CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
8. PIPELINE
9. “Figures from the Computing Research Association Taulbee Survey indicate that less than 12% of Computer Science bachelor's degrees were awarded to women at US PhD- granting institutions in 2010-11.” CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
10. TWITTER
11. FACEBOOK
12. GOOGLE
13. APPLE
14. LINKED IN
15. YAHOO
16. BUT, ARE THESE THE PROBLEMS, OR THE SYMPTOMS? CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
17. LET’S GO FARTHER BACK LEGOS! HOW FAR BACK? CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
18. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
19. Legos and other building blocks help build spatial reasoning and problem solving skills. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
20. We are conditioning our youth, from a very young age, in ways that most of us don’t realize. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
21. CULTURE 21
22. TWO KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
23. • Disgusting, deplorable, dangerous. • Usually easy to spot. • Death threats, rape threats, hate speech. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
24. • Insidious, ingrained • Nearly impossible to spot • Also, difficult to explain CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
25. THINGS YOU HEAR AS A GIRL DEVELOPER
26. “You’re a developer?! And a Girl?! You’re a unicorn!!” CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
27. “You’re the first woman I’ve worked with. I’m impressed by how competent you are” CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
28. “You’re a pretty good coder, for a girl.” CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
29. “Girl’s don’t like to solve problems.”
30. “Girls make great front end developers, because they like to make things pretty.”
31. WHY DOES IT MATTER?
32. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
33. WHAT WE DO, IS MAGIC. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
34. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
35. YEAH, MAGIC. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
36. • Our jobs offer more flexibility than most. • Very good pay. • High demand. HOW PRIVILEGED ARE WE? CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
37. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TELL OUR KIDS? CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
38. INVISIBLE MINORITIES CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
39. I SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION AND BI-POLAR DISORDER. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto #hackTheStigma
40. YOU DON’T KNOW THE STRUGGLE SOMEONE HAD TO GO THROUGH, TO GET WHERE THEY ARE. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
41. IMPOSTOR SYNDROME • The feeling that you’re faking it. • Any successes you have had are due to luck. • You don’t really know what you’re doing. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
42. IMPOSTOR SYNDROME • Studies show this is more prevalent and more intense in women and persons of color. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
43. “WORTH IT” SCALE CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto PROS CONS Magic! Passion! Learning! Problem solving! Disrespect Exhaustion Harassment Self Doubt
44. WOMEN LEAVE OUR INDUSTRY AT NEARLY TWO TIMES THE RATE OF MEN. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
45. WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX IT?
46. THIS IS NOT A WOMAN PROBLEM. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
47. THIS IS NOT A MINORITY PROBLEM. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
48. THIS IS NOT A MAN PROBLEM. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
49. THIS IS AN EVERYONE PROBLEM. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
50. WE ALL SUFFER FROM IT. WE CAN ALL HELP FIX IT. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
51. ANTI-SOLUTIONS • A lot like anti-patterns. • Look or sound good. • Don’t actually solve the problem. • Might cause more harm than good. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
52. • Shiny Unicorn Syndrome • Kiddie Gloves • “Girl-ify” Programming. • Quotas are bad, mmkay? ANTI-SOLUTIONS CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
53. YOU DON’T NEED TO BE A MINORITY TO EMPOWER MINORITIES. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
54. • Advocacy, empowerment, encouragement. • Achieve these things through earnest engagement, not condescension. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
55. THE CODE MANIFESTO
56. THE CODE MANIFESTO • Values, not actions. • Seven values • Two major themes: Respect, Giving back. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
57. DISCRIMINATION LIMITS US CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto #1
58. • Immediately disqualifying more than half of the population is nothing short of insane. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
59. This includes discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, nationality and any other arbitrary exclusion of a group of people.
60. BOUNDARIES HONOR US CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto #2
61. • Boundaries are healthy, and everyone’s are different. • Remember that, and if brought to your attention, heed it. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
62. WE ARE OUR BIGGEST ASSET CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto #3
63. • None of us were born masters of our trade. Each of us has been helped along the way. Return that favor, when and where you can.
64. • Write a blog • Answer a question • Make a screen cast • Give a talk • Write an open source package.
65. WE ARE RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto #4
66. • Be mindful that you are the role models of tomorrow. • Make yourself a resource to help those that come after you.
67. RESPECT DEFINES US. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto #5
68. • Treat others as you wish to be treated. • Make your discussions, criticisms and debates from a position of respectfulness. • Ask yourself, is it true? Is it necessary? Is it constructive? • Anything less is untolerated.
69. REACTIONS REQUIRE GRACE CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto #6
71. OKAY • Curiosity • Passion • Love for what you do • Taylor Otwell Fandom —(thank you, @cityzenllc) CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
72. NOT OKAY • Hate • Anger • BURN IT WITH FIRE CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
73. • Some mistakes are just mistakes. • We all need to be able to make mistakes. • Hatred rarely inspires growth. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
74. #7 OPINIONS ARE JUST THAT: OPINIONS CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
75. • Contributed by @artisangoose • “…encourages an environment where people understand that every person is different, in more ways than one.” CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
76. SUPPORTING THE CODE MANIFESTO ISN’T ENOUGH. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
77. LIVE IT. REMEMBER IT. KEEP IT TOP OF MIND. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
78. OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
79. STAND UP NO, LITERALLY EVERY TIME EVERY TIME.
80. KNOW YOUR OWN BIAS CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
81. OTHER INITIATIVES • PHPWOMEN • @phpwomen • phpwomen.com CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
82. OTHER INITIATIVES • WeDiversi.fi • By Gabi D’Avila. • For Companies devoted to diversity. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
83. https://joind.in/11695 codemanfesto.com @ kayladnls THANK YOU CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto
84. POST SCRIPT: Frank is still not famous. CODEMANIFESTO.COM @codemanifesto