Taking the "vile" out of privilege
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This document discusses privilege in technology and perceptions of technology workers. It acknowledges the privileges that tech workers enjoy, such as access to resources and high demand in the job market. However, it also notes problems like peer pressure, lack of work-life balance, and imposter syndrome. Both tech workers and the public have skewed perceptions of each other - tech workers feel others do not appreciate or understand their work, while the public sees tech workers as antisocial or caring only about profit. The document encourages taking small steps to improve the situation, such as being kind to oneself, considering others, sharing knowledge, and focusing on quality over quantity of work.
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- 1. privileTaking the out of ge Chris Heilmann (@codepo8) January 2018
- 2. Dina Amin dinaamin.com Beyond Tellerand Munich 2018 Feeling privileged is incredibly empowering.
- 3. We enjoy quite a lot of privilege.
- 4. Our privilege (YMMV) Fast web access across form factors
- 7. Our privilege (YMMV) High demand in the job world twitter.com/mattrickard/status/941065444919840769
- 8. Our privilege (YMMV) Open source tooling
- 9. Our privilege (YMMV) Platforms with open feedback channels
- 10. Our privilege (YMMV) A high tolerance for doing things not by the book
- 11. We also have a lot of trouble to deal with
- 12. Our home-made troubles blog.decodedshow.com/2017/10/13/decoded-chats-jason-lengstorf-on-work-and-life-balance/ github.com/jlengstorf/presentations/tree/master/work-life-balance × Peer pressure and unhealthy work attitude
- 13. Our home-made troubles × The burden of insight
- 14. Our home-made troubles × The “not invented here” problem twitter.com/mattrickard/status/941065444919840769
- 15. Our home-made troubles × Lack of real recognition
- 16. Our home-made troubles × Impostor syndrome bigmachine.io/products/the-imposters-handbook/ blog.decodedshow.com/2016/10/18/decoded-chats-rob-conery-on-learning-coding-and-being-an-imposter/
- 17. Our home-made troubles × Lack of patience when it comes to change
- 18. Perceptions are skewed in every direction
- 19. We have weird perceptions of what people are like
- 20. Our perception problems (inside out) ∞ Things would be perfect if people updated more
- 21. Our perception problems (inside out) ∞ People don’t listen enough to experts – like us
- 22. Our perception problems (inside out) ∞ People are lazy and should try to understand more
- 23. Our perception problems (inside out) ∞ Everything we didn’t do is terrible
- 24. Fueled by mainstream media, the perception of us is also not good…
- 25. Our perception problems (outside in) ↆ We destroy everything people worked for ft.com/content/dec677c0-b7e6-11e6-ba85-95d1533d9a62
- 26. Our perception problems (outside in) ↆ We build things only we can understand smarties2013.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/the-importance-of-a-well-designed-user-interface-figure/
- 27. Our perception problems (outside in) ↆ We don’t care for people’s privacy or feelings techcrunch.com/2016/04/21/uk-report-finds-rising-digital-privacy-concerns/
- 28. Our perception problems (outside in) ↆ We control the media and cause horrible politics theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/03/silicon-valley-politics-lobbying-washington
- 29. Our perception problems (outside in) ↆ We’re antisocial and sociopaths amazon.com/Brotopia-Breaking-Boys-Silicon-Valley/dp/0735213534
- 30. So… we are vile people, who have everything, work for people who don’t appreciate us, building products for people who don’t deserve them...
- 33. Each of us in their own way, taking little steps…
- 34. First of all, let’s chill: You can’t make everybody happy. You are not pizza.
- 35. Let’s be good to ourselves… Sleep more Eat better Move more Take breaks Pet animals
- 36. Work in optimized surroundings Effective tools Fewer distractions Up-to-date and clean products VMs and containers
- 37. Considering the needs of others Creating performant products Keeping language simple Automating setups Inclusive design Making no technical assumptions
- 38. Playing well with others Clear beats clever in production Commenting our work Writing excellent examples Creating clean, high quality assets Documenting our products and work
- 39. Conserving energy and focusing your attention. Not every discussion needs us OK to miss out on some new hotness Tech news is not better than mainstream
- 40. Seeking out and celebrating little wins. Closing bugs Helping with bug fixing the way you can Finding inspiration and giving thanks
- 41. Sharing what you know and what you know to avoid. Writing about failure Explain what problems your solution prevents Help others stay safe (2FA)
- 42. Sharing opportunities and knowing when to say no. Beginner bugs Finding more exciting replacements Calling out bad behaviour Sharing talent you spotted
- 43. Never forgetting the importance of playing. Build silly things Try out something new Break things in creative ways Share things that made you happy
- 44. Big changes start with small, but deliberate decisions
- 45. Doing something good even without an immediate effect can feel great.
- 46. Let’s use our privilege to enable others and great things will happen.