Episode 236: 230 RR Hiring Diversely with Sarah Mei
Ruby Rogues
English - October 21, 2015 15:00 - 1 hour - 64 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsHow To Education News Tech News ruby ruby on rails rails programming technology developer development careers Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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?
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
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)
Special Guest: Sarah Mei.
Check out and get your ticket for Rails Remote Conf!
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?
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
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)
Special Guest: Sarah Mei.