Diversity, For Those Playing Life on Easy
summary
Uses the “playing life on easy” analogy to show concrete fixes: handle time zones by rotate standups globally or accept asynchronous lists; make onboarding easier by adding that one missing step in docs and giving fast positive feedback on first contributions; watch language fatigue—allow extra pauses and written alternatives; nurture “first” contributors (example: a company moved from ~20% to ~50% women after peer support) and catch monoculture bugs early (a UTC/local time test failure that nobody spotted). Practical changes, measurable results, and simple tools.
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chapters (27)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:56Life as a computer game
- 2:57Todays topic
- 3:28Time zones
- 4:47Working with volunteers
- 6:18Languages
- 7:50Being the odd one out
- 9:46Mistakes
- 12:10Being taken to be representative
- 13:06People act differently
- 14:39Theres less time available
- 16:19Peer support
- 17:37Language
- 19:09Community
- 20:39Random Guy
- 21:00Spotting
- 22:36Making jokes
- 23:44Written vs spoken
- 25:04Trying new things
- 25:42Speaking in front of strangers
- 26:34Designing
- 27:26Almost there
- 28:18Youre almost there
- 30:42Positive first feedback
- 32:14Stack Overflow
- 36:23Resources
- 41:11Teambuilding
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