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b'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'