Kevin Stewart is an engineering leader who has worked across multiple company stages such as Fastly, Heptio, Nodesource, and Adobe. Today, he is the VP of Engineering at Harvest.<br />In this episode, we talk about the invisible burden that code-switching puts on underrepresented groups. How can we build D&I initiatives that actually lead to more diverse hiring and greater inclusion on our teams? Listen is as Kevin and Wes discuss.<br />Wes’ Takeaways:<br />Our metrics may undermine our D&I efforts.<br />Code-switching places an invisible burden on under-represented folks.<br />If we’re in a position of privilege, we need to champion underrepresented groups instead of tokenizing them.<br />Make sure people like public praise… Also, praise their work instead of their identity.