Greater Than Code
Greater Than Code
051: Creating Safer Spaces with Soo Choi
00:16 – Welcome to “The Venn Diagram Podcast. It’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but it’s definitely not that other thing.” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:09 – Soo’s Background at NASA and Superpower
06:01 – Wanting Attending Conferences and Speaking and then When Speaking at Conferences Goes Wrong
Soo Choi: Changing Diversity Constructs: My Journey as a Woman in DevOps @ DevOpsDays D.C. 2017
16:10 – Creating Safe Spaces: From Conferences to Workspaces
21:29 – Allies and Advocacy; Talking Salary
24:12 – Safe Spaces vs Safer Spaces
28:16 – Forgiving People Without Labeling Them (i.e. Sexist, Racist, etc.)
38:28 – Having “Fierce Conversations” and Collecting Better Tools
Aja Hammerly: We Don’t Do That Here
Reflections:
Soo: Sharing experiences in open and safer spaces.
Sam: Listening to each other’s experiences. Sit with cognitive dissonance, be okay with it, and see what it has to teach us.
Jessica: Learning from other’s experiences.
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Special Guest: Soo Choi.
