Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

Becoming Less Horrible at Diversity

Sponsored · SiteGround - Reliable hosting with speed, security, and support you can count on. →
Avatar for Todd Kaufman Todd Kaufman
May 20, 2016
Programming
160
1

Becoming Less Horrible at Diversity

Talk given at self.conference by Katie Miller (@phedinkus) and Todd Kaufman (@toddkaufman)

Avatar for Todd Kaufman

Todd Kaufman

May 20, 2016

More Decks by Todd Kaufman

See All by Todd Kaufman
Under Pressure
Avatar for Todd Kaufman toddkaufman
0
210
Fallacies of Software Development
Avatar for Todd Kaufman toddkaufman
0
160
Finding Joy at Work
Avatar for Todd Kaufman toddkaufman
1
4.3k
Culture
Avatar for Todd Kaufman toddkaufman
1
160
Enacting Change
Avatar for Todd Kaufman toddkaufman
0
1.5k
Failing with Agility
Avatar for Todd Kaufman toddkaufman
2
150
Better JavaScript with Jasmine
Avatar for Todd Kaufman toddkaufman
4
290
Agile Metrics
Avatar for Todd Kaufman toddkaufman
4
980

Other Decks in Programming

See All in Programming
Go言語とトイモデルで学ぶTransformerの気持ち / fukuokago23-transformer
Avatar for monochromegane monochromegane
0
160
ドリフトを絶対に許さない（？）CDK運用 / CDK Ops with Zero Tolerance for Drifts (?)
Avatar for アキキー | Akihisa Ikeda akihisaikeda
1
180
琵琶湖の水は止められてもNet--HTTPのリトライは止められない / You might be able to stop the water flow of Lake Biwa but you can't stop Net::HTTP retries
Avatar for luccafort luccafort
PRO
0
620
【QA Test Talk Vol.8】AI-DLC による Whole Team Approach の加速
Avatar for PKSHA Technology（パークシャテクノロジー） pkshadeck
PRO
0
120
VibeCodingからAgenticWorkflowへ
Avatar for starfish719 starfish719
0
330
仕様書を書く前にハーネスを作る - Agent Native開発は「探索を速く、判定を固く」
Avatar for Gota gotalab555
4
1.6k
プロポーザルを書いてもらう
Avatar for pvcresin pvcresin
0
290
What's New in Android 2026
Avatar for Veronikapj veronikapj
0
250
【SRE NEXT 2026 Lunch Session】一人目専任SREの立ち上げを加速する ― AIと進めたオンボーディングで2分を0.04秒にした話
Avatar for PKSHA Technology（パークシャテクノロジー） pkshadeck
PRO
0
3.6k
作るコストが小さくなった時代 幸せに働くために改めて考えたいこと 〜エンジニアとして価値を出し続けるために注視している二分野〜
Avatar for YuppeEng yuppeeng
0
190
【やさしく解説 設計編・中級 #1】一つの車に、運転手は一人　～ある倉庫システムの事例から～
Avatar for HideyukiKitao panda728
PRO
0
210
型も通る、synthも通る、それでも危ない 〜AIのCDKの権限とコストを機械で検証する〜 / It Passes Type Checks, It Passes Synth Checks, but It’s Still Risky — Automatically Verifying Permissions and Costs in AI’s CDK —
Avatar for shiro seike seike460
PRO
1
540

Featured

See All Featured
Public Speaking Without Barfing On Your Shoes - THAT 2023
Avatar for David Neal reverentgeek
1
500
How Fast Is Fast Enough? [PerfNow 2025]
Avatar for Tammy Everts tammyeverts
3
740
A better future with KSS
Avatar for Kyle Neath kneath
240
18k
[Rails World 2023 - Day 1 Closing Keynote] - The Magic of Rails
Avatar for Eileen M. Uchitelle eileencodes
38
2.9k
Deep Space Network (abreviated)
Avatar for Tony Rice tonyrice
0
250
Discover your Explorer Soul
Avatar for Emna emna__ayadi
2
1.2k
Java REST API Framework Comparison - PWX 2021
Avatar for Matt Raible mraible
34
9.6k
Abbi's Birthday
Avatar for Violet Bock coloredviolet
3
9.3k
The SEO Collaboration Effect
Avatar for Kristina Bergwall kristinabergwall1
1
520
Building a A Zero-Code AI SEO Workflow
Avatar for Ian Lurie portentint
PRO
0
660
The innovator’s Mindset - 
Leading Through an Era of Exponential Change - McGill University 2025
Avatar for Jean-Marc De Jonghe jdejongh
PRO
1
230
<Decoding/> the Language of Devs - We Love SEO 2024
Avatar for Nikki Halliwell nikkihalliwell
1
280

Transcript

  1. BECOMING less horrible AT DIVERSITY

  2. @phedinkus KATIE MILLER

  3. @toddkaufman TODD KAUFMAN

  4. Software is broken! @testdouble aims to fix it Say [email protected]

  5. DIVERSITY

  6. “I care, but…”

  7. <excuses />

  8. Rocky Mountain Ruby September 2013

  9. oh shit

  10. SHAME

  11. GUILT leads to hiding

  12. PRIVILEGE should not cause shame

  13. BEING IDLE should cause shame

  14. How Test Double Fixed Diversity

  15. 100%

  16. 88%

  17. How Test Double Fixed Diversity

  18. How Test Double Fixed is fixing Diversity

  19. Why is Test Double so fucked up?

  20. STARTING A BUSINESS IS hard

  21. None

  22. uh…

  23. None

  24. Using Your Words Overcomes Shame

  25. None
  26. None
  27. None

  28. Go talk to Ashe now

  29. GETTING BETTER internally

  30. IDENTIFY RETAIN LOCATE THE HOW:

  31. INDENTIFYING good people

  32. issue #1 Implicit Bias

  33. Broaden Viewpoints

  34. issue #2 Interviewing is Stressful

  35. Self Scheduled

  36. Bridge Agent

  37. issue #3 Random Results

  38. Same People

  39. Same Standards

  40. issue #4 False Negatives

  41. Align Interview Steps with Actual Work

  42. Values and Soft Skills Matter

  43. RETAINING good people

  44. Focus on Values

  45. Open and Honest

  46. Empathy

  47. Continuous Improvement

  48. None

  49. Benefits

  50. Balance

  51. Normal Workdays

  52. Time Off

  53. Fair Compensation

  54. Alter egos For Everyone

  55. Amber - Agent 0011 Kevin - Agent 009 Jason -

    Agent 003 Dustin - Agent 0013 Dean - Agent 0018 Todd - Agent 001 Justin - Agent 002 Katie - Agent 0017

  56. Support

  57. None

  58. Agents Clients

  59. More Diversity

  60. FINDING good people

  61. Your Reputation Matters

  62. Don’t be an asshole

  63. “That’s great and all but I don’t own a company.”

    <shrug>

  64. Your Network Matters

  65. give give ⏳

  66. None

  67. #socialmedia<3

  68. Just hiring diversely doesn’t help the industry

  69. None

  70. Value all levels of experience

  71. Change starts with you

  72. Diversity is broken! Help @testdouble fix it Say [email protected]

  73. Thank You!