January 20, 2020

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Changing Diversity Constructs, My Journey As A Women In DevOps

Changing Diversity Constructs, My Journey As A Women In DevOps

Soo shares her experiences as a woman in tech. Even though she worked for NASA and co-founded her own successful company, rampant sexism in IT and bad experiences speaking in public nearly destroyed her career. She will examine common constructs about diversity and propose ideas to bring productive change to continue to build upon the solid foundation of inclusion we have created.

Talk Title Changing Diversity Constructs, My Journey As A Women In DevOps
Speakers Soo Choi (DevOps Research and Assessment)
Conference O’Reilly Velocity Conference
Conf Tag Build Resilient Distributed Systems
Location London, United Kingdom
Date October 18-20, 2017
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This is a deeply personal talk where I share my experiences as a woman in tech. Even though I’d worked for NASA and co-founded my own successful company, rampant sexism in IT and bad experiences speaking in public nearly destroyed my career. That continued to have ripples in my life until I found the DevOps community and the safe spaces it creates. I will examine common constructs about diversity and propose ideas to bring productive change to continue to build upon the solid foundation of inclusion we have created.

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