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02:00 - Sarah Mei Introduction


Twitter
GitHub
Blog
Devmynd
RailsBridge


06:11 - Why It’s Hard to be “The First Person”


Biases


Mind the Gap - On the unconscious bias we all carry, and how it applies to hiring
Avdi Grimm: What it’s like to come back to a Ruby project after 6 months




13:27 - Transmitting Cultural Values

16:01 - What Companies Can Do


Dev Team Diversity #Realtalk - On the unprecedented opportunity we have right now to diversify our small teams
Everyone has something to learn; Everyone has something to teach (Mentoring)


22:35 - What do you look for in a person as a hiring company?


Rubberducking


24:46 - Setting Expectations Around Pairing Sessions


Pairing with Junior Developers - On making sure newer devs can be successful once they're hired


27:45 - Whisper Networks


Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic: Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?


34:08 - Performance Review


“How can we make you successful?”


42:15 - “I will help you find a better fit.”


Investment and Risk


44:40 - Communication Culture


Ask vs. Guess Culture


50:43 - Empathy


How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie


Picks

troll-repellant (Coraline)
Avdi Grimm: An alternative to `puts` in Ruby (Coraline)
Alan C. Kay: The Early History of Smalltalk (Avdi)
RubyTapas (Avdi)
Rails Remote Conf (Chuck)
Loot Crate (Chuck)
Prints and Visual Communication (Sarah)
Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work by Robert Austin (Sarah)
Special Guest: Sarah Mei.