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)
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147: Organizing Organizations with Jennifer Tu
00:52 - Jennifer’s Superpower: Seeing Inefficiencies in Processes 02:56 - Coaching Clients to Reorganize Their Organizations Due to Growth Jean Hsu: Re-structuring a growing team (https://medium.com/better-programming/re-structuring-a-growing-team-3ac30d93b637) Communicating Change and Values Encouraging Thoughtfulness Asking Questions + Questions as a Form of Communication Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161180583X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=161180583X&linkId=404f89e44474ffefe366cb2dc0990ec8) Jennifer’s Podcast: Storytime with Managers (https://www.wecohere.com/podcast-storytime-with-managers/) 25:24 - Deleting Old Code; Being Emotional Over Code 30:34 - Avoiding Non-Consensual Teaching and Assumptions 40:50 - Learning Sucks Fixed Vs Growth Mindset (https://www.developgoodhabits.com/fixed-mindset-vs-growth-mindset/) Reflections: John: Questions and what they reveal about the question-asker. Jacob: Hiring for a growth mindset could be difficult. Jamey: The people who have the most control over the situation are also the people who are going to have the least anxiety. Jennifer: Learning to ask better questions isn’t something that you can do easily in a vacuum. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Jennifer Tu.
146: Self.conference with Amber Conville
00:50 - Amber’s Superpower: Adaptability 01:48 - Self.conference (https://selfconference.org/) -- Coming again next year in early June! * Background/Origin * Evolution of Diversity * Transparency of Metrics (https://selfconference.org/metrics) * Partnering with Organizations * Focusing on the Detroit Area 10:29 - The Detroit Tech Community * tech[inclusive] (https://www.meetup.com/Tech-Inclusive/) * Detroit Speaker Group (https://www.meetup.com/Detroit-Speakers-in-Tech/) 12:50 - The Future of Self. * Self.learn * Self.work * Conf Conf 14:35 - title of conf (https://selfconference.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e629a43dedc6cbed53830761c&id=c4bf6bba5c) - An Upcoming Musical Conference! * Aisha Blake (https://twitter.com/aishablake) 15:48 - Navigating the Conference Organization World * Advice * Cost 19:41 - Attending the Conference * Sponsor Support 23:13 - Human Potential + Emerging Technology + The Future of Work + Radical Inclusion * The Darkest Horse (https://www.thedarkesthorse.com/the-darkest-horse-podcast) (Chanté’s Podcast) 26:56 - Conference Highlights * ahmed jalloh (https://twitter.com/AhmedJalloh614): Coding out the Clink * The Sense of Community This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Amber Conville.
145: Balancing Hierarchies and Equity in Organizations with Brandy Foster
01:17 - Brandy’s Superpower: Adaptability 02:22 - Codes of Ethics Facial Recognition Technology Fear Detection Software / Emotion Recognition AI "emotion recognition" can't be trusted. (https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/25/8929793/emotion-recognition-analysis-ai-machine-learning-facial-expression-review) Royal Oak police stop Black man for 'looking suspiciously' at white woman (https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/08/14/royal-oak-police-stop-black-man-for-looking-suspiciously-at-white-woman?fbclid=IwAR37U926wxDEFSTCqkngkIyLVAThpCI0oX_OY5hnMoUHaW8wHXdpRwoB38g) The Fear Response to African Americans: A Summary of an fMRI Study on Amygdala Activation and Race (https://nccc.georgetown.edu/bias/docs/FINAL%20PHELPS%20ET%20AL.,%20STUDY%20SUMMARY%2011.1.12.pdf) 11:09 - The Role of Diversity and Inclusion in Solving These Problems Unintended Consequences The diversity and inclusion revolution: Eight powerful truths (https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/deloitte-review/issue-22/diversity-and-inclusion-at-work-eight-powerful-truths.html) The Truth About Diverse Teams (https://www.inc.com/greg-satell/science-says-diversity-can-make-your-team-more-productive-but-not-without-effort.html) 24:18 - Balancing Hierarchies and Equity in Organizations The Spoken Value System Vs The Lived Value System Doing Meaningful Work / Showing Appreciation Founder and Executive Support Ethical HR Owning Up To Mistakes Treating Trauma of the System 50:27 - Racism and Unlearning How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525509283/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0525509283&linkId=cf704b0b3583a5f32409b4a389abf769) Reflections: Jamey: If you know there’s spots on your team with missing demographics, seek out those people. John: The culture of a company comes from the top. Rein: Helping teams work better together. Brandy: Improving manager boards to ensure that there is accountability when moving people up in hierarchical organizations. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Brandy Foster.
144: Being Greater Than Code with Jamison Dance
01:53 - Jamison’s Superpower: Moving swiftly between layers. 03:59 - Being An Engineering Manager * Context Switching * lftm (https://github.com/CoralineAda/lftm) * Career Advancement as an Engineer * Title Inflation * Providing Team Members with Growth Opportunities * Psychological Safety (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_safety) * Challenging People with Goals * Comradery via Video Conferencing * Latent Learning 23:44 - Starting the Soft Skills Engineering (https://softskills.audio/) Podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me Podcast (https://www.maximumfun.org/shows/my-brother-my-brother-and-me) Engaging with People of All Backgrounds All Over The World The Emphasis of Soft Skills 35:42 - The Evolution of Tech Culture and Bootcamp Practices 39:54 - Conference Organization Balancing Technical and Interpersonal Talks Making Connections and Friendships Encouraging Speaker Choice Reflections: Jamison: Zone of Proximal Development (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_proximal_development). This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Jamison Dance.
143: Indigenous Data Sovereignty with Keoni Mahelona
01:20 - Keoni’s Background and Superpower: Building things quickly. 03:57 - Respect for Indiginous Cultures + Community + People 08:55 - Ownership of Data 14:52 - Learning Māori 18:59 - Indigenous Data Sovereignty Data as a Strategic Resource: Self-determination, Governance, and the Data Challenge for Indigenous Nations in the United States (https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol8/iss2/1/?referer=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F) Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an agenda (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)) (Volume 38) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1760460303/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1760460303&linkId=9cd9195683e4d4bc43a30e4b0c1bf156) 31:16 - History: The U.S. Occupation of The Kingdom of Hawaii 36:58 - Creating a License to Protect Data Sovereignty 41:45 - Sharing Data Responsibly 47:37 - Building and Having A Sense of Community 54:38 - Mauna Kea Protests (https://www.civilbeat.org/tag/mauna-kea/?gclid=CjwKCAjw1rnqBRAAEiwAr29II8k8G97yzuG50Sod4wuOAw_8xR0kpN8GmkurMpMFhGG8riW7_-vzkhoCLPgQAvD_BwE); Cultural Fit Reflections: Rein: If we want to organize successfully in our communities, shared culture and deep connection of people enables solidarity. Amy: Look back through history for examples of groups of people sharing skills and industry knowledge. Keoni: Go to and experience Mauna Kea if you have the chance. Also, connecting to community. What enables to do the right thing? What is the right thing? Do the right thing. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guests: Amy Newell and Keoni Mahelona.
142: Modeling Constraints in Human Systems with Will Larson
00:48 - Will’s Superpower: 1) The ability to take something complicated and to find simple ways to think about it that work most of the time. 2) A rigorous love of structure. Thinking in Systems: A Primer (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1603580557/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1603580557&linkId=2f955f8b81a88700bdf8f1cd379e0c70) 02:30 - Systems Thinking/Theory Stella (https://www.iseesystems.com/store/products/stella-architect.aspx) 08:48 - How do you know when to stop modeling? 10:12 - How do you figure out what your team’s rate of change is? Organizational Changes Process Changes Changes to the Software Systems You’re Managing Virginia Satir’s Change Model (https://expertprogrammanagement.com/2018/10/satir-change-model/) 19:30 - Focusing Attention Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061339202/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0061339202&linkId=e9faa7b9d66edbae1e2c610f55ebde4c) 20:31 - Impacting Systems 24:47 - Patterns of Dysfunction The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1422188612/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1422188612&linkId=70478b6c58e8a4a81afa96d2fa80fe1e) 32:13 - Sharing Ideas and Contributing with Systems Thinking The Portal Podcast (https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-portal/) 38:59 - Having Adaptive Capacity 44:30 - Taking Bets (Risks): Cheap vs Expensive 48:10 - Systems Having Properties and Behaviors and Building Useful Missing Tools Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307886239/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307886239&linkId=6e73e7f9b9bd877daeb787de395da471) Reflections: Jessica: The difference in reasoning about properties vs reasoning about behavior. Will: It’s easy to look at yourself sometimes as the lone practitioner trying to pull the industry forward. But, it’s exciting to have conversations like these to know there are other people out there trying to do the same thing. Arty: Systems thinking as a way to think about how to optimize the quality of decisions. Rein: A problem is a reduction of the system. One of the most important skills for a systems thinker and a problem solver is the ability for form a problem with a complete understanding of the complete mess that we’re choosing to not think about right now. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Will Larson.
141: Navigating Blame
02:37 - Interpersonal Neurobiology (https://insightcenter.org/somatics/interpersonal-neurobiology/) and Emotionally Meaningful Experiences + Feelings Working on Software Code Smells (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_smell) 05:42 - Postmortems and Incident Reviews 09:05 - Blaming People / Blamelessness From Safety-I to Safety-II: A White Paper (https://www.england.nhs.uk/signuptosafety/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2015/10/safety-1-safety-2-whte-papr.pdf) 15:25 - Systems Are Benign: Equalizing Humans and What They Can Do to What Our Systems and Machines Can Do 22:47 - Survival Rules 27:37 - Perspectives on Blame The Agile Prime Directive 35:44 - Survival Rules (Cont’d) Personal Iceberg Metaphor of the Satir Model (http://www.healingplace.info/resources/virginia_satir/208.pdf) 37:48 - Gaining EQ and Inward Exploration Reflections: John: Handling blame in a healthy way and not blaming people for blaming people. Chanté: Read The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878424319/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1878424319&linkId=cca2a854e8ef0a97eae346428eab999d). Jessica: Software teams are sometimes able to push back against the system because it can point to something tangibly not working. Also, as an individual, it is not your job to change your whole company. Astrid: The importance of having these conversations with your team. Rein: Dealing with a manager who blames through solidarity with coworkers. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!
140: Bounded Perfection with Amitai Schleier
01:29 - Running a Mail Server qmail (https://cr.yp.to/qmail.html) Sendmail (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendmail) Postfix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix_(software)) Daemon-tools (https://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html) Istio.io (https://istio.io/) 08:49 - Amitai’s Superpower: Squirrel Power! and Orienting Himself in a New Problem Space (And Helping Others to Orient Them in Their Own Problem Spaces) 15:03 - Refactoring 23:15 - Managing Developer Time Global Day of Coderetreat (https://www.coderetreat.org/) Brooklyn November 2018: Global Day of Coderetreat (https://schmonz.com/2018/11/18/brooklyn-november-2018-global-day-of-coderetreat/) Conway’s Game of Life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life) 28:57 - Feedback and Systems 33:38 - Email Servers 35:46 - Predictability WeCamp (http://we-camp.us) 40:39 - Quality and Collaboration 45:47 - Orienting and Problem Space Reflections: Jessica: Having useful questions. John: The bounded perfectionism concept and the tests as questions. Rein: What are the minimum possible criteria for progress? Amitai: “Make hidden things visible. Make abstract things concrete. Make implicit things explicit.” ~ Virginia Satir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Satir) This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Amitai Schleier.
139: Conferencing
02:43 - First Conference Experiences 08:31 - The Importance of Networking + Stickers!! 14:56 - Conference Fashion 16:51 - Approaching Speakers After Talks and Tricks to Remembering Names + Faces 18:49 - Speaking At Conferences Handling Anxiety Lightning Talks Toastmasters (https://www.toastmasters.org/) Practice at Company Lunch and Learns and Meetups 31:38 - Conveying Information in a Talk 34:59 - Crafting Proposals, What Selection Committees Look For, and Writing Talks The Purpose of Outlines OmniOutliner (https://www.omnigroup.com/omnioutliner) Narrative Structure Bad/Cliche Talk Titles Shitposting 52:03 - Gathering Conference Talk Topic Inspiration Reflections: Coraline: Join our Greater Than Code Slack Community for friendly talk feedback! Sam: Being a conference speaker is an awesome introvert hack. It gives people a reason to come talk to you! Rein: You shouldn’t feel like you have to attend conferences or give talks at conference to have a career in the industry. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!
138: Job Satisfaction
02:13 - What is Job Satisfaction? 03:25 - Predictors of Job Satisfaction Mission Alignment Psychological Safety 14:02 - Evaluating Job Satisfaction: Questions to Ask During Interviews What should I know that I didn’t ask? In six months, how will you know if hiring me was the right choice? 18:02 - Maintaining Positive Company Culture Hire to Forge Signals Meeting Potential Co-Workers 25:14 - Managers: What should you do if you know your team is unhappy? 27:42 - Positive Interactions with Coworkers + Feeling Needed / Relevant + Making Progress Everything Is Broken, and It's OK - John Sawers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5TjSyXR0jw) The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/142219857X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=142219857X&linkId=6760c478abf206e354d6f1c1ea7419fd) Rock Stars, Builders, and Janitors: You're Doing it Wrong (https://dockercon.docker.com/watch/ams9ztREHRBU8bHpvZ6fr6) 34:55 - When Jobs Respect Your Life 👍🏻 42:17 - “Passion” and Playing to People’s Strengths 54:34 - Values Interviews and Attitudes Towards Failure Superfluous Job Satisfaction Reflections: John: Microvalidations. Jamey: Slack Airhorn Auto Response + Farm Meme Fridays Laurie: Something associated with the start of her day that makes her smile before she even leaves for the office: a backpack. Rein: Asking “Hey, how can I help you with that?” Also: idiosyncratic emoji usage. Jacob: Offering to help new people set up their development environments. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guests: Jacob Stoebel and Laurie Barth.
137: Pairing & Sharing with Llewellyn Falco and Clare Macrae
01:32 - Clare’s Superpower: Collecting and Sharing Useful Information 04:31 - Llewellyn’s Superpower: The Ability to Collaborate with Others 08:01 - Pairing Together: C++ Version of ApprovalTests (https://github.com/approvals/ApprovalTests.cpp) 12:15 - Pairing Retrospectives: What emotions did you feel? MindMup (https://www.mindmup.com/) 16:21 - Kinship Formed Through Working Together 18:55 - Working Asynchronously vs Live Pairing 20:15 - Writing Documentation for Pairing Sessions and Working to Improve the C++ Community Culture #include (https://www.includecpp.org/) 30:44 - Safeguarding: Harnessing Pain For Good Safeguarding: A step-by-step guide (http://llewellynfalco.blogspot.com/2018/12/safeguarding-step-by-step-guide.html) MarkdownSnippets (https://github.com/simonCropp/MarkdownSnippets) 35:04 - Documentation Cont’d Turning “Error Messages” Into “Help Messages” Healthy Abstractions Testing Communication 45:08 - Asking “Why” Questions vs “What” Questions: Observability Reflections: John: The idea of using a retrospective in such a small scale. Also, the difference in the level of community while pairing: building kinship. Clare: Read more about the paradigm framing effect. Llewellyn: Being appreciative of the people you pair with. Arty: Taking the time to think about what you’re doing from the perspective of sharing affects what you do. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guests: Clare Macrae and Llewellyn Falco.
136: Addressing Technical Friction
The Twitter thread: All I can say here is that I try to lead by example. If there’s a clear path to “make the change easy, then make the easy change,” make sure the commit history shows that explicitly, then ask for a code review even if your process doesn’t require it. 1/ https://t.co/VDxDbEQUf3— Sam Livingston-Gray (@geeksam) June 9, 2019 Sam Livingston-Gray - F̶l̶u̶e̶n̶t̶ Refactoring (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3vflogQCLc) Talk: Sam talks about refactoring a gnarly Rails controller method. This is a lightly edited version of a talk Sam gave in 2013. Resources: github.com/geeksam/fluent-refactoring (https://github.com/geeksam/fluent-refactoring) Introduction to the Technical Debt Concept (https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IntroductiontotheTechnicalDebtConcept-V-02.pdf) Status Quo Bias (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_bias) The Well Traveled Road Effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_travelled_road_effect) 21:47 - Refactoring Resistance: Who are you trying to convince? * Product Owner (Goal Donor) * Funder (Gold Owner) * Crusty Teammate * Newbie Teammate github.com/danmayer/coverband (https://github.com/danmayer/coverband) 28:57 - The Risks of Refactoring Rice’s Theorem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice%27s_theorem) Idealized Design: * Technically Viable * Organizationally Viable * A System Capable of Improvement Over Time 3 Different Kinds of Technical Debt: * Intentional Debt * Evolutionary Debt * Bit Rot Churn Tool (https://github.com/danmayer/churn) 35:08 - Documentation and Decision Records 36:59 - Code Value Judgement 42:00 - Convincing Coworkers Re: Refactoring a Codebase Adaptive Capacity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_capacity) Reflections: Coraline: Adaptive Capacity. Rein: Viability. Sam: It’s about dealing with people and effectively working with and for them. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!
135: Intentional Learning with Saron Yitbarek
01:24 - Saron’s Superpower: Being able to figure out what people need + read people. 02:26 - Codeland Conference (http://codelandconf.com/) July 22nd, 2019 in New York City! Episode 026: Codeland, Capitalism, and Creating Inclusive Spaces with Saron Yitbarek (https://www.greaterthancode.com/codeland-capitalism-and-creating-inclusive-spaces) 03:23 - Offering Free Onsite Childcare at Conferences 07:02 - CodeNewbie (https://www.codenewbie.org/) Base.cs Podcast (https://www.codenewbie.org/basecs) The CodeNewbie Podcast (https://www.codenewbie.org/podcast) 08:18 - Expertise in Newbie-ism 14:55 - Learning and Teaching Conversation Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversation_theory) Virtual Reality (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality) Oculus (https://www.oculus.com/?locale=en_US) 22:27 - Encouraging Asking, Psychological Safety (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_safety), and Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable 29:48 - Building a Supportive Community and Advice for Code Newbies Dev.to (https://dev.to/) 34:12 - Dealing with Bad Actors Episode 038: Category Theory for Normal Humans with Dr. Eugenia Cheng (Congressive/Ingressive Behavior Conversation) (https://www.greaterthancode.com/category-theory-for-normal-humans) 42:35 - Coding as a Reflection of People 49:23 - Lexicon and Creating a Shared Language Mitigated Speech (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitigated_speech) Reflections: Chanté: Everyone is a Newbie, and the living room metaphor. Rein: How much ego investment in our work is appropriate? Arty: Growing the magical living room. Saron: Thinking about mitigation speech. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316017930/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0316017930&linkId=7d8a44b649d1a6249361310db4c2a8ac) This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Saron Yitbarek.
134: Building Profiles with Halleemah Nash
01:43 - Halleemah’s Superpower: Cultural Fluency: Operating authentically and being who you are in any space you are in. Code-switching (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching) 07:37 - Existing in Other Spaces; Active Listening 10:31 - Building Bridges to Change the Complexion of the Workforce Generation Z (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z) 15:01 - Identifying Potential Talent, Engaging Underrepresented Populations, and Doing Intentional Work to Diversify Relationships 21:17 - Change, Evolution, and Reinvention 33:25 - Resilience and Acknowledging Privilege 40:10 - Shortening the Distance for Young People; “Urban Authenticity” Reflections: Sam: A door metaphor: Things that you can do with something that you originally think of as just being just a static part of the landscape around you that you can interact with and that you can change. Rein: Maximizing the potential to shine within each person and maximizing their ability to shine throughout the world. Arty: The concept of “Cultural Fluency”. Halleemah: Radical professionalism. Rein: Bonus Reflection: Light bulbs have the ability to shine but only with their connections with others. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Halleemah Nash.
133: Dark Horses with Chanté Thurmond
01:56 - Chanté’s Superpower: Spotting Talent (Dark Horses) 05:33 - Perceiving Talent/Potential Essentialism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentialism) 09:15 - Confronting Biases and Societal Categorization/Division/Labeling 18:54 - Identity as a Feedback Loop 25:04 - Health and Wellness and Human Potential 27:00 - Privilege vs Potential Actuality, Capability, Potentiality (https://www.iridiumconsulting.co.uk/2011/10/actuality-capability-potentiality/) Brain of the Firm by Stafford Beer (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047194839X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=047194839X&linkId=b2d73f4e73d7e73161087f83fbe7dd9d) Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity) 36:31 - Framing; Framing as Related to Coaching Matt Ringel: Whiteboarding 101 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkILuL-2Dz0) Functional Fixedness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_fixedness) RailsConf 2019 - Keynote: The Stories We Tell Our Children by Ariel Caplan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKqvtAxGQOs&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaOq3HlRm9h_Q_WhWKqm5xc&index=3&t=0s) 49:39 - Working with Organizations to Improve Diversity and Inclusion (Using Metrics) Campbell’s Law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_law) Reflections: John: When you pay attention to the margins, the marginalized, etc., and optimize for those getting better, you also optimize for the happiness of the rest of the people inside those margins. Jessica: Letting go of your goal allows emergence of outcomes you didn’t expect. Rein: Having values that we can use to determine whether we are moving in the direction we want to move in, and to continue to move in the direction that is towards our values. Chanté: It’s not about quantity, it’s about quality conversation. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Chanté Thurmond.