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054: Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo
01:19 – Nadia’s Superpower
02:01 – Code Hospitality and Being a Good Host
Nadia Odunayo: The Guest: A Guide To Code Hospitality @ GORUCO 2016
Daniel Dennett’s “Intuition Pump”
10:22 – People and Habits and Having Expertise in a Particular Realm
17:00 – Asking Questions/Waiting for Explanation Rather Than Passing Judgement
22:16 – Codebases Are Constantly Changing: Use the README to Give Context
27:27 – Making Diagrams Whilst Coding/Pairing
32:27 – Thinking About the “Why”
36:44 – Giving and Receiving Feedback in a Nonviolent Way
39:09 – Host Responsibilities for Hospitality
Reflections:
Jamey: Breaking down the power dynamic of learning.
Jacob: Unspoken rules and normalized behavior based on location and telling stories to make people feel more at home.
Rein: Recognizing emotional labor.
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Special Guests: Jacob Stoebel and Nadia Odunayo.