Title: Diversity, Inclusion and Equality in Agile: a 101 for TechBros (and everyone else)
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Affiliation: Coventry Building Society
Job title: Software Delivery Apprentice
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New to software development and the tech world in general, my background is psychology, philosophy and mathematics - all of which have a contribution to make in the session I propose. I studied dual-honours psychology and philosophy at university and worked as a maths teacher for nigh on a decade. Left the career at the end of 2017 and sought out a trainee role that would allow me access to software development and data analysis. So, new to the career. I love logic, love solving problems, love understanding things. Why did it take me so long? Part of it was a fear of a toxic culture, a sense that serious work in computing wasn’t “for” me. As two of my brothers entered the field and became successful, I hung back – despite knowing how similar my skill set was to theirs (seriously, Sunday dinners were all about solving puzzles and Victorian parlour games in our house). And what else? Not much. Right now, I’m learning and generating new ideas about what to be curious about next every day. Critical Thinking, creativity, logic, proof, problem-solving, puzzling, gaming, call it what you will… I believe that there’s a shared curiosity to people who bring new ideas into the world, and I wanna be a part of it; and I will be a part of it. I’ll bring my unique perspective, and the concepts that I’m familiar with that others might not be, and integrate them into meaningful, and, I hope, useful ideas. Two things I can always promise: I have an opinion about that, and I’ll share it with you.
Country: United Kingdom