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It's Dangerous to Go Alone: Battling the Invisi...

It's Dangerous to Go Alone: Battling the Invisible Monsters in Tech - CUSEC 2015

It can be hard to focus on your love of coding when you are regularly battling invisible issues like insecurity, anxiety, and lack of confidence. This talk will identify invisible issues programmers struggle with, talk about their impact, discuss personal experiences dealing with them, and share some tools useful in fighting back.

Julie Pagano

January 15, 2015
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  1. Dunning-Kruger Effect “A cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer

    from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average.”
  2. Set Goals Meet at least n new people Participate in

    [activity] Talk to a speaker or recruiter Ask questions
  3. Set Goals Meet at least n new people Participate in

    [activity] Talk to a speaker or recruiter Ask questions
  4. References • Impostor Syndrome - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Impostor_syndrome • Dunning-Kruger effect

    - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect • All The Things! - http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/ 2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html • Hacker School Social Rules - https:// www.hackerschool.com/manual#sub-sec-social-rules • Aaron Patterson at SCRC12 - http://www.confreaks.com/ videos/1137-scrc2012-open-source-how-to-give-back
  5. Attribution • Road barrier from the noun project - http://thenounproject.com/noun/road-

    barrier/#icon-No4357 • Conversation designed by Anna Weiss from The Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/noun/conversation/#icon-No1680 • Ghost designed by Emily Haasch from The Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/noun/ghost/#icon-No9345 • Bed from noun project - http://thenounproject.com/noun/bed/#icon-No12395 • Group designed by Benny Forsberg from The Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/noun/group/#icon-No14947 • Handshake designed by Marc Nadue from The Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/noun/handshake/#icon-No10714 • Scale designed by Stephanie Wauters from The Noun Project - http:// thenounproject.com/noun/scale/#icon-No10409
  6. Additional Resources • Ruby Rogues #107 Syndrome with Tim Chevalier

    - http://rubyrogues.com/107-rr-impostor-syndrome- with-tim-chevalier/ • Geek Feminism Wiki - http:// geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Impostor_syndrome • Kicking impostor syndrome in the head: lessons from AdaCamp DC and SF - http://adainitiative.org/ 2013/06/kicking-impostor-syndrome-in-the-head- lessons-from-adacamp-dc-and-sf/ • Overcoming Impostor Syndrome - https:// medium.com/tech-talk/bdae04e46ec5