Engineering Culture by InfoQ

Ash Coleman on Testing, Ethics, Diversity and What it Means To Be an Ally

Engineering Culture by InfoQ

In this podcast recorded at the Agile 2018 conference Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Ash Coleman . Why listen to this podcast: • Testing is not a simplistic process that can be reduced to automation, although automation helps • Ethics matter in software development I we need to build products that the builders are proud of, that people will use in real life and that is safe for them to use • The lack of diversity in teams producing AI/ML based products results in very biased datasets • Ally-ship is an important role for people who have privilege to support and enable people from disadvantaged communities to overcome the biases in the system • It takes work, money and time to fix the imbalances in our workplaces – it doesn’t just happen because we would like it to More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2MZdZ7j You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2MZdZ7j

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