The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
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Conversations with the hackers, leaders, and innovators of the software world. Hosts Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo face their imposter syndrome so you don’t have to. Expect in-depth interviews with the best and brightest in software engineering, open source, and leadership. This is a polyglot podcast. All programming languages, platforms, and communities are welcome. Open source moves fast. Keep up.

Mind the Gender Parity Gap

March 13, 2015 1:04:06 31.11 MB Downloads: 0

Sarah Mei joined the show to talk through a recent article she authored titled “Mind the Gap” and why we’re missing our best chance for gender parity. We discussed our innate subconscious assumptions and prejudices towards one another, how we alienate women from the developer communities, and what we can do to step across this gap and make a conscious effort to combat those assumptions.

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Sarah shares stories about her work in trying to bring more diversity into the coding community, the credibility gap, what she’s learned from starting RailsBridge, how to reduce bias while searching for employees and conference speakers, and more.

Sarah is also the Founder of RailsBridge, the Director of Ruby Central, and a Chief Consultant at DevMynd.