Some of you may know I am going to co-chair the next FOSS4G. ( Come Hell or High Water, but we are going to have a FOSS4G next year!) I have also participated on the organization of the last ApacheCON and some other minor online events. I have also spoken on many online events by now.
On June I joined Red Hat as a Senior Software Engineer.
If someone linked you this post is probable you are organizing an event where diversity and inclusivity is an issue and they want to help you fix that. If you want, you can jump to the subsection that better adjust to your case. Remember: diversity is not a TL;DR , you probably need to read the full article to get a better grasp of what you need. As usual: I’m going to focus on the gender gap because it’s easier for me to talk in those terms, but similar strategies can be applied to any other under-represented group.
Do we really need to explain the problem of diversity? IT is mainly white and male. Even the most egalitarian person have biases due to have lived on a non egalitarian world and this reflects on our community. There are also society pressure to some groups of persons not to work on IT.
Si quieres que tu red social funcione, tienes que conocer al público objetivo. Aquí hay algunas guías cínicas para conseguir que tu Web Social funcione. 1.- La gente es egoísta La gente tiende a querer hablar de sí mismos en todo momento y lugar. Nada les interesa más que su propia persona. Ofrecerles un perfil con muchos campos y un botón para subir esas fotos, y también esas otras fotos es algo indispensable. Si la red social no gira en torno a ellos, no les interesará. ...