Category: diversity

  • The Serious Side of DEI Satire

    The Serious Side of DEI Satire

    I wrote a satirical piece on a really bad Diversity Chief hire. Let me highlight what she *should* have done. Including 10 must-haves for diverse engineering teams. 1. DEI executives don’t make sense and cannot be effective if the leadership does not consider DEI important. 2. There is a burden of representation on the one…

  • Gendered Language as a Software Engineer

    Gendered Language as a Software Engineer

    Imagine a (highly generalized) pair programming situation where two engineers, a man and a woman, are talking about specific subjects: When pairing partner makes a mistake Men: That’s not right, I’ll show you. Women: I do it a slightly different way. (explains it) Talking about achievements Men: I wrote the best ruby router gem. Women:…

  • Announcing BroSphere’s First Diversity Chief!

    Announcing BroSphere’s First Diversity Chief!

    I’m prepared for big changes here. Don’t tell anyone, but soon we’ll go IPO so we are prioritizing DEI as 10th in our priority list (finally!).

  • Tips on Working With Diverse Teams: Conversation Style

    Look how many women are at Google I/O – this is my world. Let’s change it. I was recently on a call with a developer (woman), and a colleague who was her supervisor (male). This colleague is *very* well-intentioned and the last thing he wanted was to alienate, silence, diminish, humiliate, or shame the developer.…