For a long time, tech culture has focused too narrowly on technical skills; this has resulted in a tech community that too often puts companies and code over people. Greater Than Code is a podcast that invites the voices of people who are not heard from enough in tech: women, people of color, trans and/or queer folks, to talk about the human side of software development and technology. Greater Than Code is providing a vital platform for these conversations, and developing new ideas of what it means to be a technologist beyond just the code. Featuring an ongoing panel of racially and gender diverse tech panelists, the majority of podcast guests so far have been women in tech! We’ve covered topics including imposter syndrome, mental illness, sexuality, unconscious bias and social justice. We also have a major focus on skill sets that tech too often devalues, like team-building, hiring, community organizing, mentorship and empathy. Each episode also includes a transcript. We have an active Slack community that members can join by pledging as little as $1 per month via Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode)
Episode 001: Taking Payments on the Web with Noel Rappin
00:18 - Welcome to "Dread Coder Roberts!" ...we mean, "Greater Than Code!"
01:30 - Noel Rappin's Introduction (Spoiler alert! He's got a Ph.D.!)
04:31 - Take My Money: Accepting Payments on the Web
08:30 - Code Paths and Tracking Failures
10:59 - What is the quickest path to accepting payments online? Are there drawbacks to getting something up fast? (~ David Bock)
13:17 - Testing Payment Issues
14:29 - Design Patterns and Missing Layers Between Controllers and Models
17:49 - Business Logic and Database Constraints (aka, "Why did he write the book?!")
20:14 - I Was A Developer Running HR For A Year: AMA by Noel Rappin at Madison+ Ruby: Epilogue 2016
24:02 - Practices, Problems, and Potential Solutions for Human Resources
29:34 - Team Diversity and Inclusion
*Listener Call to Action: *
Team retrospectives and demonstrating that it is safe to fail.
Noel: The impact of our applications and how they work in real-world context.
David: How can we help introverts feel comfortable?
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Coraline: Inspiration to look at teams, meetings, and discussions and see if they are leaving room for everyone to participate equally.
Jessica: We started out talking about accepting payments on the web and we found something greater than code.
Jay: If we want to try to work with the hard stuff, the hardest problems to solve are the things that are greater than code.
Sam: Being, as Jay said, "not just allies, but accomplices."
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Special Guest: Noel Rappin.