Unquantified Serendipity: Diversity in Development

A presentation at Monitorama EU in September 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands by Quintessence Anx

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Unquantified Serendipity Diversity in Development QuintessenceAnx

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Why do we hire people? QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Diversity: Our Perception QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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How does serendipity factor in? QuintessenceAnx // logzio Photo credit: photo Tanisha Meier, edit Max Felner on Unsplash

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What’s the current state of diversity? QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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What can we do? QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Life is a series of experiences QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Mindset Matters QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Mindset Matters QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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So let’s shift our minds QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Coach, don’t rescue QuintessenceAnx // logzio Photo credit Ravi Roshan on Unsplash

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Hand up, not out QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Support Diverse Learning Styles QuintessenceAnx // logzio Photo credits: Photo by Eliabe Costa on Unsplash (R) // Photo by NESA by Makers on Unsplash (L)

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Reciprocal Mentorship QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Provide a Challenge QuintessenceAnx // logzio Photo by Emily Reider on Unsplash

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Proactive Resilience vs Passive Acceptance QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Support Confidence QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Do job titles matter? (yes) QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Explicit Onboarding QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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“Hiring Nucleus” QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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A Welcome with Coffee Remembering Charlie Wertz QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Additional Reading & Resources Wichary, Marcin. “The Curious Case of the Disappearing Polish S.” Medium Engineering, 2 Feb. 2015, https://medium.engineering/the-curious-case-of-disappearing-polish-sfa398313d4df Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work by Deborah Tannen (2001). Harvard Implicit Bias Test — https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html “The career advice you probably didn’t get” - Susan Colantuono at TEDxBeaconStreet https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_colantuono_the_career_advice_you_probably_didn_t_get QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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Questions? QuintessenceAnx // logzio

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QuintessenceAnx Developer Advocate ! QuintessenceAnx // logzio Photo by Hanny Naibaho on Unsplash