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Episode 026: Codeland, Capitalism, and Creating Inclusive Spaces with Saron Yitbarek
00:16 – Welcome to “Unrepentant Cyborgs” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:28 – Codeland Conference
02:02 – Making Conferences Accessible, Affordable, and Unintimidating for People
13:00 – Ticket Prices and Structure
15:01 – Creating an Immersive Experience and Community With and For People You Care About
25:11 – Leading by Example and Maintaining a Positive Persona
29:49 – The Importance of Money and Financial Freedom
Tech Done Right Episode 002: Career Development with Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks
39:52 – Ethics as Automatic Technology Scales and Capitalism
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam M. Grant
49:45 – In summary: Codeland Conference
Reflections:
Sam: Thank you for the book recommendation for Give and Take.
Astrid: People first.
Rein: Support worker-owned cooperative organizations. Leadership is doing things, not being given a title.
Saron: The principles and values that led to what people will experience as a really great conference.
CodeNewbie References:
- @CodeNewbies
- Twitter Chat
- Slack Community
- Podcast
- Episode 118: Truck Driver with George Moore
- Codeland
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Special Guest: Saron Yitbarek.