Be together, not the same

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BE TOGETHER not the same Anastasia Lopez Romain Piel

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We want more diversity Gender Ethnicity Sexual identity Sexual orientation Disability Age Origin of country Language Religion Political views

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Reason why people from underrepresented groups drop: • An unwelcoming work culture • Isolation • Unadapted working style • Work/life balance • Lack of advancement, lack of recognition source: https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/reports/hightech/

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Society Tech industry Community

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What is a community?

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1. Membership

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1. Membership 2. Influence

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1. Membership 2. Influence  Exchange of ideas “No, you should use a good old AsyncTask” “RxJava is the way to go”

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1. Membership 2. Influence  Exchange of ideas  Conformity “RxJava is the way to go”

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1. Membership 2. Influence  Exchange of ideas  Conformity  Diversity of ideas “RxJava is the way to go” “We’ve built our own solution, Agera, it’s pretty cool too!”

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1. Membership 2. Influence 3. Integration and   fulﬁlment of needs - High demand for Android developers - A trendy technology, billions of users - A very skilled community

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1. Membership 2. Influence 3. Integration and   fulﬁlment of needs 4. Shared emotional connection Open-source Google IO Google Developer experts Android weekly Meetups & Conferences Social medias Fragmented podcast Android dialogs Blog posts

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1. Membership 2. Influence 3. Integration and   fulﬁlment of needs 4. Shared emotional connection Community

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– Coraline Ada Ehmke “A community is people who share values, culture is the expression of shared values.”

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What can affect a culture?

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Privilege https://www.flickr.com/photos/30884177@N08/4791589714

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Bias

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Source: National Science Foundation, American Bar Association, American Association of Medical Colleges Credit: Quoctrung Bui/NPR Bias

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Empathy

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Empathy

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What is the norm?

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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% White Hispanic Black Asian Other US workforce US tech industry Source: 2010 US Census and 2014 EEO-1 US reports from the following companies: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Intel

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0% 25% 50% 75% 100% US workforce US Tech industry Men Women Source: 2010 US Census and 2014 EEO-1 US reports from the following companies: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Intel

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0 6 12 18 24 30 <20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-49 50-59 >60 Average Age Source: 2016 Stack Overflow developer survey http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016

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Source: 2014 E&T’s LGBT engineering community survey http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2014/07/never-good-to-carry-secrets.cfm I am open about my sexual orientation at work 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree Male Female Other 21.3% 13.1% 20.5% 17.6% 27.6%

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Why do we need diversity?

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So we stop feeling isolated Insert image of a lonely penguin

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So we diversify our ideas https://www.flickr.com/photos/morganmorgan/3687388665/

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So we build better products

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How can we support each other?

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Individually

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Individually

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Be receptive Individually

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Individually Read, learn https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielsilliman/4528823871

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Individually Acknowledge differences

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Help someone Be empathetic https://www.flickr.com/photos/ileohidalgo/15090035480

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Help someone Be empathetic

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Help someone High-ﬁves are awesome

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Help someone Become a mentor

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Help the community The code of conduct

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Help the community The code of conduct http://community-covenant.net/

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Help the community Amplify others’ voices https://www.flickr.com/photos/37825904@N06/8213377582

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Help the community Don’t label people https://www.flickr.com/photos/lenore-m/4600805014

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Help the community Be inclusive Not like that

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Help the community There’s no rockstar

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Help the community There’s no rockstar

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BE TOGETHER not the same

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Thank you! Anastasia Lopez Romain Piel _rpiel AnastasiaLopezD @ http://bit.ly/be-together-not-the-same-sources