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In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Alex Qin following on from her QCon London talk \u201cShaving My Head Made Me A Better Programmer\u201d.\n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n- Casual discrimination and unconscious bias is rife in society, and very prevalent in tech\n - The need to have many more people in the field who don\u2019t fit the preconceived mould of a programmer\n - The complexity of the overall system means we need to tackle discrimination at many levels in many different aspects\n - One person can make a difference\n - Call things out when you see things that are wrong \u2013 speak up, show up and shield those who can\u2019t shield themselves\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2ugjaZY\n\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nWant to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2ugjaZY