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2015 Developer Survey
Women who code are nearly
< 2YRS
Twice as Likely to have
Programming Experience
This means:
• More women joining the industry
.. but we need to KEEP them in the Industry
http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2015#profile-women
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Old School
New School
Career Hacks
Knowledge is power
Act like an open API
Social is for kids
Be intentional about social influence
It’s just about business
To win the hard sale, show soft side
Wing it
Homework is not a MOOC point
Transactional relationships
Lifelong relationships - breakaway play
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Business Pattern: Knowledge Sharing
Crowdsourcing events, innovations, & more
Social Personality through AnalyticsKnow your Social Personality
Don’t necessarily
think it’s important to
stick to tradition or
conformity. A rebel!
Very open: to
experiencing new
things and a love of
novel things
An idealist: a very picky perfectionist who wants
things to be done just right
Very friendly: high
agreeableness
Values cooperation,
harmony, and
others and their
opinions
https://watson-pi-demo.mybluemix.net/
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Men as Allies
Take the Harvard test - https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit
• We embrace them in our personal lives
engage them in your professional
• Men bring a different but important
point of view
• Educate
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Source: IBM Smarter Workforce Institute Career Progression Survey 2014
2014 IBM Smarter Workforce study: “Meaty
Assignments” is #1 way to rise in the ranks
Politic
s
7%
Personal
Attributes
17%
Other
Attributes
17%
Peer
Collaboratio
n
17%
Meaty
Assignment;
skills
42%