Accessibility Weekly #207: People Problems

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October 26, 2020 • Issue #207

Featured: People problems

Robin Rendle points out that the codebase is easy to change, but the incentives within a company are not.

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Amanda Beiner says that you should go beyond best intentions for better teams. Best intentions "obfuscates the real goal: building a team that works well together because they trust each other." Trust means everything when it comes to solving hard problems, including accessibility.

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