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230 RR Hiring Diversely with Sarah Mei

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02:00 - Sarah Mei Introduction

  • Twitter
  • GitHub
  • Blog
  • Devmynd
  • RailsBridge

    • 06:11 - Why It’s Hard to be “The First Person”

    • Biases
      • Mind the Gap - On the unconscious bias we all carry, and how it applies to hiring
      • Avdi Grimm: What it’s like to come back to a Ruby project after 6 months

        • 13:27 - Transmitting Cultural Values

        16:01 - What Companies Can Do

        • Dev Team Diversity #Realtalk - On the unprecedented opportunity we have right now to diversify our small teams
        • Everyone has something to learn; Everyone has something to teach (Mentoring)

          • 22:35 - What do you look for in a person as a hiring company?

          • Rubberducking

            • 24:46 - Setting Expectations Around Pairing Sessions

            • Pairing with Junior Developers - On making sure newer devs can be successful once they're hired

              • 27:45 - Whisper Networks

              • Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic: Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?

                • 34:08 - Performance Review

                • “How can we make you successful?”

                  • 42:15 - “I will help you find a better fit.”

                  • Investment and Risk

                    • 44:40 - Communication Culture

                    • Ask vs. Guess Culture

                      • 50:43 - Empathy

                      • How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

                        • Picks

                        troll-repellant (Coraline)

                        Avdi Grimm: An alternative to `puts` in Ruby (Coraline)
                        Alan C. Kay: The Early History of Smalltalk (Avdi)
                        RubyTapas (Avdi)
                        Rails Remote Conf (Chuck)
                        Loot Crate (Chuck)
                        Prints and Visual Communication (Sarah)
                        Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work by Robert Austin (Sarah)

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