12 days of Christmas

✤ Hello, I am Mazz

✤ @mnowster

✤ Developer at artfinder.com

What?

✤ It’s Christmas/aka Festive season.

✤ Fed up

✤ “Women in Tech”

✤ 12 things YOU can do

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12th - Labels

✤ Girl

✤ Lady

✤ Chick

✤ Chix

✤ Bird

✤ STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!

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11th - Hive mind

✤ False

✤ I am a unique snowflake

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10th - Dismissive

✤ Passionate

✤ Argumentative

✤ Quiet

✤ Vocal

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9th - Pink

✤ Assumption

✤ Pink stinks

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8th - “in-jokes”

✤ Does not make you l33t

✤ Inclusive-jokes

✤ Boundaries (your Mum)

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7th - One size does not fit all

✤ Rockstar

✤ Ninja

✤ Opensource

✤ Wizard

✤ github

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6th - Nurture

✤ Mindful

✤ Team

✤ Take turns

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5th - Boundaries

✤ Respect

✤ Permission

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4th - Questions

✤ Not obvious!

✤ Visual vs Verbal

✤ Positive feedback

✤ Styles of learning

✤ Don’t be a jerk

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3rd - Walls

✤ Front end

✤ Back end

✤ Devops

✤ Systems

✤ Other

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2nd - Snark

✤ You’re the one doing it Wrong

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Last day - Diversity

✤ Not just “women in tech”

✤ Everyones problem

✤ All minorities

✤ Future generation

✤ Be awesome to each other

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Thank you!

✤ Questions?

✤ Wishing you all a Happy Festive season

✤ The End :)

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