Be together, not the same

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1. BE TOGETHER not the same Anastasia Lopez Romain Piel
2. Songkick
5. We want more diversity Gender Ethnicity Sexual identity Sexual orientation Disability Age Origin of country Language Religion Political views
6. 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/
7. Society Tech industry Community
8. What is a community?
9. 1. Membership
10. 1. Membership 2. Influence
11. 1. Membership 2. Influence
 Exchange of ideas “No, you should use a good old AsyncTask” “RxJava is the way to go”
12. 1. Membership 2. Influence
 Exchange of ideas
 Conformity “RxJava is the way to go”
13. 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!”
14. 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
15. 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
16. 1. Membership 2. Influence 3. Integration and 
 fulfilment of needs 4. Shared emotional connection Community
17. – Coraline Ada Ehmke “A community is people who share values, culture is the expression of shared values.”
18. What can affect a culture?
19. Privilege https://www.flickr.com/photos/30884177@N08/4791589714
20. Bias
21. Source: National Science Foundation, American Bar Association, American Association of Medical Colleges Credit: Quoctrung Bui/NPR Bias
22. Empathy
23. Empathy
24. What is the norm?
25. 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
26. 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, Apple, Amazon Tech
27. 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 Leadership
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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%
32. Why do we need diversity?
33. So we stop feeling isolated Insert image of a lonely penguin
34. So we diversify our ideas https://www.flickr.com/photos/morganmorgan/3687388665/
35. So we build better products
36. https://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianhon/4670385031/
37. How can we support each other?
38. Individually
39. Individually
40. Be receptive Individually
41. Individually Read, learn https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielsilliman/4528823871
42. Individually Acknowledge differences
43. Help someone Be empathetic https://www.flickr.com/photos/ileohidalgo/15090035480
44. Help someone Be empathetic
45. Help someone High-fives are awesome
46. Help someone Become a mentor
47. Help the community The code of conduct
48. Help the community The code of conduct http://community-covenant.net/
49. Help the community Amplify others’ voices https://www.flickr.com/photos/37825904@N06/8213377582
50. Help the community Don’t label people https://www.flickr.com/photos/lenore-m/4600805014
51. Help the community Be inclusive Not like that
52. Help the community There’s no rockstar
53. Help the community There’s no rockstar
54. BE TOGETHER not the same
55. Thank you! Anastasia Lopez Romain Piel _rpiel AnastasiaLopezD @ http://bit.ly/be-together-not-the-same-sources