Advice in the Tech World Hi, I'm Lauren Scott, and I'm conducting some informal research for a talk on the way we give advice to programmers, how it affects disadvantaged groups in tech, and what we can do as a community to give advice in the most helpful and least harmful ways possible. Thank you so much for helping me out! If you have any questions, want to follow up, or are interested in having me give this talk at your conference/event, please reach out to me on twitter @devdame!Note: I've given this talk at Kalamazoo X, Write/Speak/Code, and Open Source & Feelings, and am still collecting information for further iterations. The slides and abstract are available here, but I recommend completing the survey before looking at them to keep your responses unbiased. Question Title * 1. How often have you been told (in a programming context) to "own your ignorance", "shed your ego", "admit what you don't know", or something similar? This applies whether you were told this individually or in a group. Never Once or twice Fairly often ALL THE TIME Question Title * 2. If you have heard this advice, in which context(s) have you heard it? Non-diversity-focused spaces/events Women-focused spaces/events PoC-focused spaces/events LGBTQA-focused spaces/events Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. How often have you been told (in a programming context) to "own your expertise", "just be confident in your skills", "'don't be afraid to say you know _____", or something similar? This applies whether you were told this individually or in a group. Never Once or twice Fairly often ALL THE TIME Question Title * 4. If you have heard this advice, in which context(s) have you heard it? Non-diversity-focused spaces/events Women-focused spaces/events PoC-focused spaces/events LGBTQA-focused spaces/events Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. Optional: do you find these pieces of advice have been helpful for you? Feel free to share any of your thoughts, feelings, or experiences here! Question Title * 6. Optional: do you identify as any of the following? These are broad categories that DEFINITELY do not cover everything, so feel free to specify or to write in any way you identify that you think might be relevant to this survey! Female Male Non-binary Person of color LGBTQA Other (please specify) Question Title * 7. If you would like to be available for contact in case I have any questions about your response, you can enter your email address here. Submit!