Alex Qin, Gakko | DockerCon 2018
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Personal experience shows shaving head reduced objectification and changed how peers judged technical skill, sparking a shift from resignation to running programs that teach ethics and coding. A reentry class teaches HTML, CSS and JavaScript and produced a working site about criminal-justice history built by a 65‑year‑old former inmate. Work also spans early‑learner apps for ages 3–5 and concrete organizational advice: collect diversity data and measure promotions and leadership, then commit to targets.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction to DockerCon
- 1:03About Gakko and early learning
- 2:07The Code Cooperative mission
- 4:10Shaving my head and tech diversity
- 6:19Journey into computer science
- 8:06Navigating social media and ethics
- 10:15Advice for diverse tech workplaces
- 12:25Cultural change in tech
- 13:30Kids shaping the future
- 14:53Ethics in young technologists
- 15:56Investment in tech diversity
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