022 jsAir - The Science of People in Tech with Kate Edwards, Omoju Miller, and Steve Andrews

JavaScript Air

• Episode: 022 jsAir - The Science of People in Tech with Kate Edwards, Omoju Miller, and Steve Andrews
• Website: JavaScript Air
• Feed URL: http://audio.javascriptair.com/feed/
• Duration: 01:05:48
• Published: 2016-05-12 17:24

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, Picks, and Tips: Kate Edwards

• Links: Google Unconscious Bias Training, Facebook Unconscious Bias Training, and Microsoft Unconscious Bias Training
• Tips: Be aware that you - and everyone - has natural biases

Omoju Miller

• 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

Steve Andrews

• Links: Jack Ma Says Women Executives Are Alibaba’s ‘Special Sauce’
• Tips: Platinum Bay is hiring

Brian Lonsdorf

• Picks: Algebra Ch 0, States and Nomads - Zach Tellman, and PureScript Tropical Miniconf

Kyle Simpson

• 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

Kent C. Dodds

• 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

About JavaScript Air: JavaScriptAir is the live broadcast podcast all about JavaScript hosted by egghead.io instructor Kent C. Dodds. Please visit the JavaScript Air website (javascriptair.com) to see upcoming and past episodes. Go to suggest.jsair.io to suggest topics and guests for the show. Go to feedback.jsair.io to provide feedback on this and other episodes. Also be sure to follow JavaScript Air on Twitter and Google+ to stay up to date with future episodes. Also, all episodes are on the YouTube channel as well.