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no more unicorns
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I'm going to tell you a story
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I have an awesome career working on some great projects.
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why is my community telling me I don't belong?
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THIS IS IN MY HOUSE. My community.
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So I looked up. I looked around. I saw a lot of nothing.
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What didn't I see? Women.
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Pipeline problem?
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Google: 17% 1998: 27%
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Yahoo: 15% 1994: 28.5%
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Facebook: 15% 2004: 22.2%
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Twitter: 10% 2006: 18.6%
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our industry is regressive.
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the future! uh...
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Yay. I'm a unicorn.
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More like this.
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Community panel at Node Summit 2014
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the Node.js project should recruit women.
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Let's figure this out.
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How did I become a unicorn?
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stubborn & oblivious
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"Girls don't program computers!"
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Stubborn: Screw you; I'm going to do what I want.
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Oblivious: Sorry didn't notice. Too busy writing this module.
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Not everybody wants to be that thick-skinned.
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People shouldn't have to be that thick-skinned.
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Determined & empathetic.
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Girls don't program computers!
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Determined: I'm going to do what I want.
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Empathetic: Who else has that guy driven off?
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That was my wake up moment. What about you?
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how you act is what your values are
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Do you truly value diversity in our profession?
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Hiring managers!
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if your team looks like this it's because you didn't try.
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RIP You only worked on easy problems
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be determined It's easier than you fear
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Step one: say it matters “We care deeply about making tech a more inclusive and diverse place.”
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Step two: enlist your team's help
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Step three: hire somebody who doesn't look like everybody else
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But Ceej, I can't do that. I can only hire the best.
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Your hiring process sucks.
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You're not diverse. You need to be.
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A terrible secret about our culture: men over-state women under-state
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hot tip: that candidate is undervalued
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This is the npm team. Not perfect, but better.
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Okay, guys. Your turn.
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let's move beyond not being horrible
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you're scared of losing something.
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I need you to do something that I can't do.
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The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.
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stop bad behavior when you see it
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my fellow unicorns
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56% leave by mid-career
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You can be great at this.
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Apply for that job. it is so not over your head.
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Stay determined. I need company. (Yes, I'm selfish.)
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my resolution: 2014 is the year I help other women.
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If I did it, you can do it.
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my new look
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Join me.
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@ceejbot github/ceejbot/no-more-unicorns