The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is "the world’s largest gathering of technical women in computing." Write a submission draft using their submission guidelines:
Rose Fan
Abstract: The traditional approach of hiring based on primarily on degrees, resumes, and other “sheepskin” indicators is losing steam among today’s latest generation of tech organizations, especially within the tech-y start-up scene and culture. This talk examines the different types of non-traditional hiring techniques and incentives that companies are using today - and also links them to the long-term positive externality of happiness that they bring.
Title: Non-traditional hiring & long-term happiness at work
Objectives of the presentation: To illuminate the not-so-obvious link between thoughtfully placed workplace hiring practices and the downstream effects on overall happiness in organisations that enforce them, especially those that emphasize learning and teamwork over experience and ownership.
Audience: who should attend?: Recruiters, professionals who are interviewing for candidates, students who are looking for job opportunities, folks interested in the psychology behind workplace happiness
The format of the panel/workshop/presentation: A content-rich/word-poor slide deck (images, infographics, videos), with the speaker facing the audience
Proposed session length: 25 minutes, with 5 minutes for Q+A
An overview of the information to be presented:
- speaker intro (3 minutes)
- talk about examples of “happy” places to work (5 minutes)
- talk about different incentives, day-to-day perks
- examine the hiring process at those places (5 minutes)
- talk about self-selection
- examples of non-traditional hiring practices/interviews
- describe the relationship/connection between long-term career happiness and the short-term hiring process (5 minutes)
- illustrate that the difference between hiring wholistically and by credentials
- examine historical examples of groups of people that enjoy long-term career fulfillment
- talk about take-aways (5 minutes)
Linda Goldstein
Abstract: Those with experience or interest in coding on non-remote group projects will love this interactive workshop on the art and science of pair-programming, featuring many classical examples of how to Do It Wrong in order to discuss the principles behind the practice.
Title: Workshop on Highly Collaborative Coding Environments (Pair Programming)
Objectives of the presentation: Introduce the concept of pair programming to those unfamiliar with it, along with the basics of how it works
Audience: who should attend?: Both professional developers and students interested in becoming developers, especially at companies which use agile methodologies.
The format of the panel/workshop/presentation: Fishbowl-style, with one facilitator up front, and two audience members sitting at a desk near the front center of the room, facing the projector (which will be projecting a scenario), with the rest of the audience sitting in ranged semicircles behind the desk. The desk will have two mics on it. The two desk positions will rotate among willing audience members.
Proposed session length: 90 minutes (at 10-15 min/scenario, plus an introduction, this will let us run through 5-8 scenarios)
An overview of the information to be presented
Introduction of the facilitator (1 min)
Overview of what pair-programming is and how it works (8 min)
Proposed scenarios (can be changed on request) (10-15 min each, ordered by priority)
- How to tell your pair what you're looking at (pointing vs. line numbers, pronoun confusion)
- How to admit ignorance (2 scenarios)
- How to draw out a silent pair
- Why pairing is a good idea
- Why pairing rotation
- Why to not commit on a red build
- Why refactor
- Why to commit often
Apryl Gordy
Abstract: Oftentimes as a minority female, one will find themselves in technology classrooms with many that don’t look them and none that do. Is the pipeline of minorities in technology-based fields drying up? Is it the fault of schools that some people can't look to their left or right to see someone that looks like them or of a community? Is there/what is the bigger picture? How can we help?
Title: The Minority Pipeline: A Candid Discussion
Objectives of the presentation: To shed light on what it’s like to go from the classroom and notice that you are the only one that looks like yourself, to the workforce where it is generally the same. The honest truth of why this may be and to gather help and ideas on what we can do to change it.
Audience: who should attend?: Both professionals and students of any and all races willing to discuss, recruiters looking to feed the pipeline and anyone willing to help try to change the way things are now.
The format of the panel/workshop/presentation: Lecture/Discussion style setup, with a slide deck for enhanced delivery.
Proposed session length: 30 Minutes
An overview of the information to be presented
Introduction of the facilitator (2 min)
Overview of how one derived this topic (3 min)
-personal school experience
Brief slide deck (zoom style) with a few statistics (10 min)
-childhood situations
-statistics (graduation rate, prison rate, adolescent pregnancy)
-correlation with college admission statistics
-correlation with the technology workforce
Candid Discussion between all audience members (10 min)
-does the audience agree?
-what are the opinions of those outside the general minority
Call to Action/ Q&A (5 min)
Rose Fan
Abstract: The traditional approach of hiring based on primarily on degrees, resumes, and other “sheepskin” indicators is losing steam among today’s latest generation of tech organizations, especially within the tech-y start-up scene and culture. This talk examines the different types of non-traditional hiring techniques and incentives that companies are using today - and also links them to the long-term positive externality of happiness that they bring.
Title: Non-traditional hiring & long-term happiness at work
Objectives of the presentation: To illuminate the not-so-obvious link between thoughtfully placed workplace hiring practices and the downstream effects on overall happiness in organisations that enforce them, especially those that emphasize learning and teamwork over experience and ownership.
Audience: who should attend?: Recruiters, professionals who are interviewing for candidates, students who are looking for job opportunities, folks interested in the psychology behind workplace happiness
The format of the panel/workshop/presentation: A content-rich/word-poor slide deck (images, infographics, videos), with the speaker facing the audience
Proposed session length: 25 minutes, with 5 minutes for Q+A
An overview of the information to be presented:
- speaker intro (3 minutes)
- talk about examples of “happy” places to work (5 minutes)
- talk about different incentives, day-to-day perks
- examine the hiring process at those places (5 minutes)
- talk about self-selection
- examples of non-traditional hiring practices/interviews
- describe the relationship/connection between long-term career happiness and the short-term hiring process (5 minutes)
- illustrate that the difference between hiring wholistically and by credentials
- examine historical examples of groups of people that enjoy long-term career fulfillment
- talk about take-aways (5 minutes)
Linda Goldstein
Abstract: Those with experience or interest in coding on non-remote group projects will love this interactive workshop on the art and science of pair-programming, featuring many classical examples of how to Do It Wrong in order to discuss the principles behind the practice.
Title: Workshop on Highly Collaborative Coding Environments (Pair Programming)
Objectives of the presentation: Introduce the concept of pair programming to those unfamiliar with it, along with the basics of how it works
Audience: who should attend?: Both professional developers and students interested in becoming developers, especially at companies which use agile methodologies.
The format of the panel/workshop/presentation: Fishbowl-style, with one facilitator up front, and two audience members sitting at a desk near the front center of the room, facing the projector (which will be projecting a scenario), with the rest of the audience sitting in ranged semicircles behind the desk. The desk will have two mics on it. The two desk positions will rotate among willing audience members.
Proposed session length: 90 minutes (at 10-15 min/scenario, plus an introduction, this will let us run through 5-8 scenarios)
An overview of the information to be presented
Introduction of the facilitator (1 min)
Overview of what pair-programming is and how it works (8 min)
Proposed scenarios (can be changed on request) (10-15 min each, ordered by priority)
- How to tell your pair what you're looking at (pointing vs. line numbers, pronoun confusion)
- How to admit ignorance (2 scenarios)
- How to draw out a silent pair
- Why pairing is a good idea
- Why pairing rotation
- Why to not commit on a red build
- Why refactor
- Why to commit often
Apryl Gordy
Abstract: Oftentimes as a minority female, one will find themselves in technology classrooms with many that don’t look them and none that do. Is the pipeline of minorities in technology-based fields drying up? Is it the fault of schools that some people can't look to their left or right to see someone that looks like them or of a community? Is there/what is the bigger picture? How can we help?
Title: The Minority Pipeline: A Candid Discussion
Objectives of the presentation: To shed light on what it’s like to go from the classroom and notice that you are the only one that looks like yourself, to the workforce where it is generally the same. The honest truth of why this may be and to gather help and ideas on what we can do to change it.
Audience: who should attend?: Both professionals and students of any and all races willing to discuss, recruiters looking to feed the pipeline and anyone willing to help try to change the way things are now.
The format of the panel/workshop/presentation: Lecture/Discussion style setup, with a slide deck for enhanced delivery.
Proposed session length: 30 Minutes
An overview of the information to be presented
Introduction of the facilitator (2 min)
Overview of how one derived this topic (3 min)
-personal school experience
Brief slide deck (zoom style) with a few statistics (10 min)
-childhood situations
-statistics (graduation rate, prison rate, adolescent pregnancy)
-correlation with college admission statistics
-correlation with the technology workforce
Candid Discussion between all audience members (10 min)
-does the audience agree?
-what are the opinions of those outside the general minority
Call to Action/ Q&A (5 min)
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