WHAT TO EXPECT?
• Community, equality, diversity, respect.
• What’s the problem?
• Why does it matter?
• What can I do?
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WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
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— Kayla Daniels, Laracon NY, 2014
“The industry I work in is not the industry I want to
work in.”
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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.
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IT’S TWO FOLD.
• Pipeline
• Culture
Lacking
Diversity
Being
Filtered
Out
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PIPELINE
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“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.”
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TWITTER
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FACEBOOK
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GOOGLE
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APPLE
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LINKED IN
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YAHOO
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BUT, ARE THESE THE PROBLEMS,
OR THE SYMPTOMS?
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LET’S GO FARTHER BACK
LEGOS!
HOW FAR BACK?
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Legos and other building blocks help build spatial
reasoning and problem solving skills.
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We are conditioning our youth, from a very
young age, in ways that most of us don’t realize.
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CULTURE
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TWO KINDS OF
DISCRIMINATION
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• Disgusting, deplorable, dangerous.
• Usually easy to spot.
• Death threats, rape threats, hate speech.
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• Insidious, ingrained
• Nearly impossible to spot
• Also, difficult to explain
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THINGS YOU HEAR AS
A GIRL DEVELOPER
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“You’re a developer?!
And a Girl?!
You’re a unicorn!!”
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“You’re the first woman I’ve worked with.
I’m impressed by how
competent you are”
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“You’re a pretty good coder,
for a girl.”
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“Girl’s don’t like to solve problems.”
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“Girls make great front end
developers, because they like to make
things pretty.”
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WHY DOES IT MATTER?
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WHAT DO YOU DO FOR
A LIVING?
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WHAT WE DO, IS MAGIC.
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YEAH, MAGIC.
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• Our jobs offer more flexibility than most.
• Very good pay.
• High demand.
HOW PRIVILEGED ARE WE?
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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
TELL OUR KIDS?
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I SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION AND
BI-POLAR DISORDER.
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#hackTheStigma
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YOU DON’T KNOW THE STRUGGLE SOMEONE
HAD TO GO THROUGH, TO GET
WHERE THEY ARE.
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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.
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IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
• Studies show this is more prevalent and more
intense in women and persons of color.
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WOMEN LEAVE OUR INDUSTRY AT
NEARLY TWO TIMES
THE RATE OF MEN.
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WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX IT?
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THIS IS NOT A WOMAN
PROBLEM.
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THIS IS NOT A MINORITY
PROBLEM.
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THIS IS NOT A MAN
PROBLEM.
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THIS IS AN EVERYONE
PROBLEM.
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WE ALL SUFFER FROM IT.
WE CAN ALL HELP FIX IT.
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ANTI-SOLUTIONS
• A lot like anti-patterns.
• Look or sound good.
• Don’t actually solve the problem.
• Might cause more harm than good.
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YOU DON’T NEED TO BE A
MINORITY TO EMPOWER
MINORITIES.
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• Advocacy, empowerment, encouragement.
• Achieve these things through earnest
engagement, not condescension.
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THE CODE MANIFESTO
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THE CODE MANIFESTO
• Values, not actions.
• Seven values
• Two major themes: Respect, Giving back.
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DISCRIMINATION LIMITS US
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#1
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• Immediately disqualifying more than half of the
population is nothing short of insane.
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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.
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BOUNDARIES HONOR US
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• Boundaries are healthy, and everyone’s are
different.
• Remember that, and if brought to your
attention, heed it.
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WE ARE OUR BIGGEST ASSET
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#3
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• 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.
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• Write a blog
• Answer a question
• Make a screen cast
• Give a talk
• Write an open source package.
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WE ARE RESOURCES FOR THE
FUTURE
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• Be mindful that you are the role models of
tomorrow.
• Make yourself a resource to help those that
come after you.
• 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.
OKAY
• Curiosity
• Passion
• Love for what you do
• Taylor Otwell Fandom
—(thank you, @cityzenllc)
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NOT OKAY
• Hate
• Anger
• BURN IT WITH FIRE
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• Some mistakes are just mistakes.
• We all need to be able to make mistakes.
• Hatred rarely inspires growth.
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#7
OPINIONS ARE JUST THAT:
OPINIONS
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• Contributed by @artisangoose
• “…encourages an environment where people
understand that every person is different, in
more ways than one.”
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SUPPORTING THE CODE
MANIFESTO ISN’T ENOUGH.
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LIVE IT. REMEMBER IT.
KEEP IT TOP OF MIND.
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OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO
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STAND UP
NO, LITERALLY
EVERY TIME
EVERY TIME.
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KNOW YOUR OWN BIAS
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OTHER INITIATIVES
• PHPWOMEN
• @phpwomen
• phpwomen.com
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OTHER INITIATIVES
• WeDiversi.fi
• By Gabi D’Avila.
• For Companies devoted to diversity.
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https://joind.in/11695
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@ kayladnls
THANK YOU
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POST SCRIPT:
Frank is still not famous.
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