AlterConf NYC 2017
who it's for
software developers, product designers, engineering managers, open source contributors, diversity and inclusion practitioners, community managers
topics
stereotype threat in education; inclusive design ethics; workplace body image; direct feedback norms; work-family integration for caregivers; supporting introverted developers; belonging and workplace pressure; leadership with chronic illness; apology language at work; inclusive open source contribution
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Stem in Single-Gender Education, Stereotype Threat, and... | Elizabeth Yalkut | 20m |
Single-gender schools reduce stereotype threat statistically but also cultivate an implicit expectation of perfection that pushes some students out of STEM… | ||
| Design Ethics: Inclusivity in the Design Process | Stephanie Lawrence | 15m |
Design ethics claims that inclusivity in the everyday design process is an ethical requirement not just a nicety and shows how homogeneous teams produce biased… | ||
| Standing Desks and Free Pizza: Body Image ... | Christine Bryant-Ryback | 19m |
Tech perks like free snacks, standing desks, Fitbits and Soylent create norms that often privilege certain bodies and erase disability and class contexts… | ||
| Social Rules, Finger Waggling, and Direct Feedback... | Rachel Honor Vincent | 15m |
A concise, actionable account of what was actually tried and what changed: a small retreat (Recurse Center) onboards about 30 people every six weeks and adopts… | ||
| Integrating Family & Career: Ensuring Women's Dreams... | Yasmin J Mattox | 22m |
Claims that the motherhood penalty explains a large part of the gender pay gap with 20–30% lifetime income loss and roughly 63% immediate income drop after… | ||
| On Quiet Developers | Seán Hanson | 21m |
A term Quiet Developer names active engineers who produce valuable internal work but avoid public OSS for reasons like disability, caregiving, harassment… | ||
| The Cost of Belonging | Saudia Ganie | 15m |
Argues that low-income upbringing reshapes belonging in tech and backs it with concrete examples: town poverty rate 23%, family income $36,000, first job at… | ||
| Low-Spoons Leadership | Emily Metcalfe | 23m |
Introduces spoon theory and defines spoon debt as the deferred cost of emotional, organizational, and health needs; gives concrete tactics: inventory current… | ||
| I'm Sorry I can't Stop Saying Sorry | Adina Shanholtz | 17m |
A developer with ADHD explains that swapping “I’m sorry” for “thank you” changes workplace reactions and social signaling, that pair and mob programming with… | ||
| Open up to Open Source | La Vesha Parker | 20m |
Concrete checklist and concrete stories: a bi‑weekly Progressive HackNight that recruits volunteers, an organizer process that documents pain points and trust… | ||
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