022 jsAir - The Science of People in Tech with Kate Edwards, Omoju Miller, and Steve Andrews
May 12, 2016 - Kent C. Dodds
The Science of People in Tech with Kate Edwards, Omoju Miller, and Steve Andrews
Description:
The JavaScript community is composed of a ton of people with a ton of different backgrounds and privilege. We need to do our very best to make everyone feel as included as possible. It makes everything better when we work to foster a welcoming and friendly community. We're going to talk about what you can do to improve your workspace and community.
Show sponsors:- Egghead.io - Bite-sized web development video training
- Frontend Masters - Expert front-end training
- {Track:js} - JavaScript Error Monitoring
- SparkPost - Email. We've Got It Down.
- WebStorm - Smart JavaScript IDE
- Auth0 - Authentication Made Simple
- Trading Technologies - Building For What's Next
- Links: Google Unconscious Bias Training, Facebook Unconscious Bias Training, and Microsoft Unconscious Bias Training
- Tips: Be aware that you - and everyone - has natural biases
- Tips: Always ask why? and Why do we get the results we have? Why is the sky blue? Never lose your curiosity
- Picks: Danger of a single story - TED talk, Tomorrow Looks Bright Newsletter, Call Your Girlfriend Podcast, and Recode Decode
- Links: Jack Ma Says Women Executives Are Alibaba’s ‘Special Sauce’
- Tips: Platinum Bay is hiring
- Links: A Speaker’s Notes talk from Fluent Conf ‘16 about making more room on the conference stage for more voices.
- Tips: Write code as if it was intended for kids to read and learn.
- Picks: Simplified JS Jargon, Minimax Algorithm, aka how to have a computer beat/tie you at Tic-Tac-Toe, and MakerSquare opens new NYC campus
- Tips: Free your mind and use reminders
- Picks: You Can Sit With Us T-Shirt, Erwan Datin created a JS Air app in React Native! Repo, iOS, Android, and Becoming Betazoid How to Listen and Empathize with Others in the Workplace – Joe Eames