S3 Ep82: Psychological Safety and Gender Identity with AB Walker

S3 Ep82: Psychological Safety and Gender Identity with AB Walker

Author: DevOps Institute July 11, 2022 Duration: 38:00
On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by AB Walker (@MxABWalker), resident community builder and advocate at DevOps Institute. They discuss:

  • The role DevOps plays in creating a culture that has diversity, equality, and inclusion
  • The importance of diversity, equality, inclusion and psychological safety to creating a successful DevOps culture
  • Gender identity
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AB is the resident community builder and advocate at DevOps Institute. Having spent the breadth of their professional career – and if they’re being honest most of their teenage years as well – on the internet, they intimately understand the value of both “IRL” in real life, in person, and online. Accessibility, equity, and intersectionality are deeply ingrained into how they view the world and the types of safe and inclusive communities they foster.  After 10 years of building community in the Higher Education space, AB made the leap to DevOps Institute, where they are building the DevOps In The Wild Community, to help technologists of all skill levels network, learn from one another, and grow as a community of practitioners. 

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