Enter the Danger
summary
Callouts to action are concrete: the talk documents replacing whitelist → allowlist and blacklist → denylist across repos and changing load‑balancer and database labels to primary/replica, plus the ops mistakes that surface and how the small fixes improve culture. It cites running a 33‑person early code school, teaching ~2,000 people, using Google’s psychological safety research and the Harvard implicit‑bias test, and describes simple rituals (talking sticks, pronoun footers, vendor diversity) that actually ship.
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- 0:00Intro
- 0:18CLOUD Pain Free Rails 66 Deployments
- 0:56Equip you with knowledge. Empower you with my story. Embolden you to act.
- 1:57Diversity is the range of human differences, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical values system, national origin, and political beliefs.
- 2:59Diversity is measured. Inclusion is felt.
- 5:59Asian Americans: The model minority
- 7:09The Asian American model minority is a myth
- 10:15Students flourished in a safe environment where they could expose their ignorance, have ownership, make an impact, and have a sense of belonging.
- 11:06Psychological safety is a shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.
- 12:30Innovation is activated by diversity not technology.
- 14:34Issue 33667 Replace use of whitelist with allowlist and blacklist with denylist.
- 16:53The language we use to name things shapes our understanding of the world.
- 17:08An implicit bias is an attitude, stereotype, or an unconscious assumption
- 17:58Girls are fragile and must be protected
- 22:25Have a candid conversation about diversity and inclusion; bring all your people to the table.
- 23:13Get a reverse mentor. Ask someone from your organization to give you direction, feedback, and guidance.
- 24:05Be an authentic transparent, and vulnerable leader.
