Dissection of Gophers: The Golang Community ThCasse hhe Cassandra Salisbury 

Let’s dig in: - Who am I? - What’s up in the world of Go? - Understanding diversity - Tangible solutions! 

Who am I? @cassandraoid Head of Community + Communications 

Who am I? @cassandraoid Main Organizer 

Who am I? @cassandraoid Core team 

Who am I? @cassandraoid Huge Oakland Raiders Fan 

Why? Now you know who I am... - Why the interest? - Why this talk? 

What’s up in the world of Go? @cassandraoid 

Jan 2015: RedMonk ranks Go @cassandraoid 

June 2016: RedMonk ranks Go 1.5 years later... 

Interest over time: A 2 year snapshot @cassandraoid 

Diversity…. ‘Cause that’s why I’m here right? @cassandraoid 

What is the importance of diversity? @cassandraoid 

What is the importance of diversity? - Diverse teams are smarter and more creative @cassandraoid 

What is the importance of diversity? - Diverse teams are smarter and more creative - Harvard Business Review found compelling evidence that diversity unlocks innovation and drives market growth @cassandraoid 

What is the importance of diversity? - Diverse teams are smarter and more creative - Harvard Business Review found compelling evidence that diversity unlocks innovation and drives market growth - Diverse companies can better serve a diverse user base @cassandraoid 

What is the importance of diversity? - Diverse teams are smarter and more creative - Harvard Business Review found compelling evidence that diversity unlocks innovation and drives market growth - Diverse companies can better serve a diverse user base - Diversity attracts talent @cassandraoid 

What is the importance of diversity? - Diverse teams are smarter and more creative - Harvard Business Review found compelling evidence that diversity unlocks innovation and drives market growth - Diverse companies can better serve a diverse user base - Diversity attracts talent - Failure to hire and retain employees from underrepresented backgrounds causes companies to miss out on great talent, and subsequently, innovation. @cassandraoid 

...plus, it just makes you feel good to do the right thing... @cassandraoid 

Why does that matter to Golang? @cassandraoid We all want Golang to continue to progress, grow and thrive, We want to continue to be an innovative language. We want the best talent to participate, it doesn’t matter what that talent looks like. 

With that said... 

Where does Go stand in terms of diversity? @cassandraoid 

But we do have a few stats on women in Tech: @cassandraoid https://www.toptal.com/open-source/is-o pen-source-open-to-women 

and…. @cassandraoid https://www.toptal.com/open -source/is-open-source-open -to-women 

And... that 25-30% tech workforce are … not 100% clear.... @cassandraoid https://www.toptal.com/ope n-source/is-open-source-op en-to-women 

And… there’s things like this... @cassandraoid 

@cassandraoid 

http://money.cnn.com/interactive/economy/diversity-millennials-boomers/ 

Let’s talk about solutions. We’ve gone over why... What can you do? How do you do it? @cassandraoid 

What have other languages done? 

THEY BUILT A BRIDGE @cassandraoid 

Bridge Foundry Foundation www.bridgefoundry.org 

Meet GoBridge - We build bridges to educate underrepresented communities to teach technical skills and to foster diversity in Go. @cassandraoid www.golangbridge.org 

Meet GoBridge - We build bridges to educate underrepresented communities to teach technical skills and to foster diversity in Go. - Core mission: to enable minorities in tech to use Go as a tool to learn and teach programming and, ultimately, to empower underrepresented groups in tech to help increase diversity in the Go community. @cassandraoid www.golangbridge.org 

Meet GoBridge - We build bridges to educate underrepresented communities to teach technical skills and to foster diversity in Go. - Core mission: to enable minorities in tech to use Go as a tool to learn and teach programming and, ultimately, to empower underrepresented groups in tech to help increase diversity in the Go community. - We believe that, as each individual the Go community strengthens, the collective Go community will, in turn, strengthen as well. @cassandraoid www.golangbridge.org 

What does GoBridge do? - Facilitates chapters in local communities - Helps build workshop materials for locals to use in their own communities - Oversees the Go Forum - Serves as admins for Gopher slack ….and so much more... - @cassandraoid 

What can you do? Minimal Commitment Mid-level Commitment Rockstar Commitment - @cassandraoid 

Minimal commitment: (1-2 hrs/ month) 1. Get on Gophers Slack ….Go to channel “golang-newbies” and answer a couple questions. 2. Go to a Golang meetup, bring someone from an underrepresented group or talk to someone who is there. 3. Read a blog on diversity and educate yourself - then - advocate and distribute on social media. 4. Stand up for someone when you see a microaggression taking place, either in public or later with the aggressor. @cassandraoid 

Medium commitment: (3-4 hrs/ month) 1. Volunteer with GoBridge as a teacher at a workshop 2. Write a blog post to help newbies with Go 3. Have a meeting with your team about diversity and what it means to them, where can you improve? 4. Encourage your company to sponsor a GoBridge event and reach out to local organizers or GoBridge core team. Or or donate to the cause! @cassandraoid 

Rockstar commitment: (2 hrs/ week) 1. Start a GoBridge chapter in your community 2. Contribute to curriculum for learning Go 3. Organize a GoBridge workshop in your community @cassandraoid 

@cassandraoid 

Thank you! @cassandraoid Special thanks to my Netlify team for supporting the Go Community (and me!). To many of the women and under-represented people I asked to share personal experiences. To everyone who inspired me at Gophercon this past summer to develop this kind of talk. To Renee French for our amazing mascot! ...and of course to the organizers of GothamGo! 

Questions? @cassandraoid