Managing While Black

O'Reilly Open Source Conference 2016

You are (or want to be) a manager at a tech company. Ideas you present are ignored while the same ideas, when presented by others, are accepted. You deliver on difficult projects time and again, yet deserved promotions and recognition seem to elude you. You build strong teams of talented individuals that other teams want for themselves. Still, you can’t get a seat at the decision makers’ table. Congratulations! You’re managing while black.

In this talk, I explore the challenges faced by people of color in leadership positions and explains why we might want to rethink how we approach diversity in the tech industry.

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Suplexes & superpowers

Lead Developer Austin 2018

This presentation is applicable to anyone that is part of a software team. No spandex required.

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Going (Cloud) Native

Software Architecture Conference 2018

Explores the people, processes, and cultural aspects that complement the cloud-native computing technology stack.

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Engineering Inclusion

QCon San Francisco 2017

Examines the need for inclusive measures as part of building a strong engineering culture and its impact on development.

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The Whole Engineer

QCon San Francisco 2017

Justin Becker, Dave Copeland, Kevin Stewart, and Anjuan Simmons discuss how to become an effective engineer.

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Managing While Black

O'Reilly Open Source Conference 2016

Explores the challenges PoC face and explains why we might want to rethink how we approach diversity in tech.

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Managing While Black

AlterConf 2015

You can't get a seat at the decision makers' table. Congratulations! You're managing while black.

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