THE
HUMAN ELEMENT
BURNOUT OF A CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
THE LOSS OF JOY
QUIT
WHY I LEFT SOMETHING I LIKED DOING?
INEQUALITY
PROBLEM DIVERSITY
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David Rotman The gap between the wealthy and everyone else is largest in the United States. The richest 1 percent of the population has 34 percent of the accumulated wealth; the top 0.1 percent has some 15 percent. http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/531726/technology-and-inequality/
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David Rotman The technology-driven economy greatly favors a small group of successful individuals by amplifying their talent and luck http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/531726/technology-and-inequality/
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Garann Means I think we need some professionalism. I don’t think we necessarily need the classic picture of professionalism, but I think we need to be willing to define professionalism. I think that’s our real problem is that we refuse to define it for our own industry. http://s3.amazonaws.com/hanselminutes/hanselminutes_0370.pdf
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Garann Means Garann Means became a programmer for similar reasons. After 13 years, she quit too, citing a hostile and unwelcoming environment for women. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-women-tech-20150222-story.html
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Jan Lehnardt We are privileged. Privilege is when you don’t see a major problem with the world around you. http://writing.jan.io/2013/08/16/lets-start-a-revolution.html
I WASN’T SURE
A PROBLEM IF WE HAVE
Problem with diversity? It’s what life looks like. We cannot do much.
That’s not us. I feel totally fine. Btw. did you see my new apartment?
Diversity? You meant that new MVC framework?
I TRIED TO UNDERSTAND IT THOUGH
HENRI
TAJFEL
MINIMAL
GROUP PARADIGM
GROUP A
GROUP B
PARTICIPANT 1
PARTICIPANT 2
PARTICIPANT 5
PARTICIPANT 3
PARTICIPANT 4
PARTICIPANT 7
PARTICIPANT 6
PARTICIPANT 8
GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP A
GROUP B
IN-GROUP
FAVORITISM
IN-GROUP
OUT-GROUP
SOCIAL
IDENTITY THEORY
POSITIVE
DISTINCTIVENESS
You should have made it in JavaScript!
AwesomenessConf last year? Totally awesome!
Oh, beer is over.
Did you see the recent Zeldman’s article?
Those Java programmers... LOL
Why doing it in Ruby? Do it in JavaScript!
$100k per year with IE7? Do I look like a crazy man? No way!
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PREJUDGEMENT unjustified, typically negative, attitude toward an individual or a group.
EXPERIMENT #2
MARK
RUBIN
MIGRANTS
unintelligent attractive
friendly
RATING GROUP MEMBERS honest
rude aggresive
LIKERT
SCALE
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
DISAGREE SOMEWHAT UNDECIDED
AGREE SOMEWHAT
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
MIGRANT
MIGRANT
MIGRANT
MIGRANT
MIGRANT
MIGRANT
MIGRANT
MIGRANT
WHAT IF WE
REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM
MY OWN
COMFORT
ZONE
I don’t do much to even address this problem.
Well, yeah, we have an inequality problem.
I’m happy with status quo.
We don’t do anything to bring more talents in.
MY OWN
RESEARCH
I WROTE
A BOOK
howtocodeinhtml.com
I CREATED
FB GROUP
I ANALYZED
THE QUALITY OF HELP
I'm looking for an advice how to learn JavaScript. Can you help me?
I recommend Angular.js for a good start.
How can I make a 2-column layout?
Try CSS flex-box!
How to make a yummy dinner quickly?
Buy a restaurant.
How do you make so the image in the background is full width?
Let Me Google That For You
You're kidding me? Use your fucking smartphones. Kthxbye.
Excuse me, how can I get to the Front-Trends venue?
I ANALYZED
THE QUALITY
OF POSTS PEOPLE WRITE ON THE TECH WEB
Results
100
in
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIORS
in a group of 3500 developers
60 DAYS
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if programmers are ok with being full-stack bitches serving to the morons running their fucking web agencies...
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Let me gain your attention... Be careful, they ban for nude pictures. I created JS: Tits group, but no one actually joined it
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Show your tits, I will give you wi-fi
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Wives do program washing machines and do the shirt ironing
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2000? Really? It’s what a cleaning service makes. Looks like the cleaning service at this company earns more than a “developer”...
#SHOCK
ONE BLOGPOST
TO RULE THEM ALL
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AGA THANK YOU for this article, because it reflects my reality and people around me. Finally there are people who see the same problems with professionalism in tech
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ANN It's really awesome that you decided to write about it. It’s super important. Speaking of myself, when I was looking for the first job in IT, I had a few unpleasant situations, even during the interviews.
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KATE Unfortunately I had to say, that I meet similar groups of people inside teams I work with. I feel uncomfortable from the very first minute hanging out with them. Vanity, Superiority complex and that approach "what are you doing here, baby?". It speaks for itself.
I WAS SURE WE
HAVE A PROBLEM
I ONLY HAD TO
THINK ABOUT PEOPLE AND HOW THEY MAY FEEL
WANT TO KEEP
THE STATUS QUO
OR DO WE WANT TO
MAKE A WORLD A BETTER PLACE ?
The sex ratio for the entire world population is
101 MALES
TO CIA Fact Book
100 FEMALES
#LetsRevolutianizePeopleLives
#LetsChangeTheWorld
#MoveWebForward
#MakeWorldABetterPlace
A BETTER WORLD FOR WHOM?
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LA Times According to the industry group Code.org, computing jobs will more than double by 2020, to 1.4 million. If women continue to leave the field, an already dire shortage of qualified tech workers will grow worse http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-women-tech-20150222-story.html
THE MORE OPEN ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE
THE FASTER WE CHANGE THE WORLD
CAN WE AFFORD
NOT USING EVERY POSSIBLE TALENT? THE WORLD
WHAT
OPEN AND FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT MEANS?
MORE PEOPLE CAN SOLVE MORE PROBLEMS
WE CAN CONSIDER MORE OPINIONS AND IDEAS
EVERYONE FEELS SAFE AND COMFORTABLE IN A COMMUNITY
PEOPLE TRUST US AS SPECIALISTS
PEOPLE DON’T FEAR US
PEOPLE DON’T AVOID US
WE CAN MAKE MORE LIVES EASIER
WE CAN MAKE MORE PEOPLE HAPPY
WE CAN TARGET MORE POTENTIAL CLIENTS
WE CAN INNOVATE FASTER
ARE YOU COURAGEOUS
ENOUGH
TO SEE THE PROBLEM AROUND YOU?
ARE YOU READY
TO THINK ABOUT OTHERS?
ARE YOU READY
TO STAND UP?
ARE YOU READY
TO BREAK THE BARRIERS?
DAMIAN WIELGOSIK @varjs