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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103: The Org You Were Born Into with Marcus Blankenship
01:12 – Marcus’ Superpower: Helping Engineers Become Good Bosses 02:30 – Bosses Who Don’t Wanna Boss: Ending Up in Management The Peter Principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle) 10:37 – Are there people who just aren’t cut out for management or leadership? 14:20 – Applying Rationality to Organizations 20:23 – Alignment Not Agreement 24:52 – Is there a safe way to try and fail at management? Trying on Hats Ruby For Good (https://rubyforgood.org/) 31:16 – What does “BOSS” mean? 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=0e148f2c493dbfd36e294137d6ba6651) 36:03 – The Up/Down of the Hierarchy Metaphors We Live By (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226468011/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0226468011&linkId=fe51e9159155a6387c1d742001413d5f) Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling by Edgar H. Schein (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1609949811/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1609949811&linkId=35044b8aa35b0f47b24a48915323ceca) 36:03 – What are the skills that good managers have? How do you know if you’re doing a good job? Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1484221575/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1484221575&linkId=ea061ab737b69a99cce64192a3f874b0) Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams by Mickey W. Mantle and Ron Lichty (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032182203X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=032182203X&linkId=0257878e2a490afedc2e7518787a93a1) 53:26 – Giving and Receiving Feedback and Support, Reinforcing Behavior, and Focusing Attention Reflections: Jamey: Management vs. leadership. Sam: “I need this from you,” vs. “Why didn’t you do this?” Jess: When we react to something, it’s rarely about the thing we think we’re reacting to. Career narratives by Will Larson (https://lethain.com/career-narratives/) Additionally, management is like being on stage and you can be uncomfortable in your own role. Marcus: Listening to others is critical and impactful. Also, letting people taste and see what it’s like to be in management and leadership without the commitment. 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: Marcus Blankenship.
102: Sticky in the Flow with Katrina Owen
Greater Than Code Episode Episode 008: 99 Bottles of OOP with Sandi Metz and Katrina Owen (https://www.greaterthancode.com/2016/11/21/008-sandi-metz-and-katrina-owen/) 01:29 – Katrina’s Superpower: Organizing and Systematizing 09:44 – Motivation by Success The 5 Second Rule | Mel Robbins (https://melrobbins.com/blog/5-second-rule-everyday-courage/) Procrastination | Mel Robbins (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFOUrb-Jyq0) 18:04 – Trust and Code Review 27:04 – Systematizing and Refactoring 30:54 – Training for Circus and its Parallels with Software Development and Mentorship and Working with Others Sarah Mei: How We Make Software: A new theory of teams (https://vimeo.com/178469403) 43:12 – Deliberate Practice and the Appearance of Expertise Reflections: John: Short iterations and early feedback as a way of creating and maintaining motivation. Coraline: How to create a sense of psychological safety in code reviews, in particular. Sam: The five-second window in which you can change your behavior and increase motivation. Janelle: Feedback loops as spirals that are reinforcing towards the positive or negative. 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: Katrina Owen.
101: A Difficult Conversation with Sonia Gupta
02:02 – Sonia’s Superpower: Talking about white supremacy and dealing with the fallout. 05:27 – Feeling Rightness and Motivation to Stand Up for Your Beliefs 10:15 – Seeing Your Advocacy and Efforts Make a Difference 12:17 – When People Disagree 16:26 – Ingroup vs Outgroup Empathy 21:17 – Intersectionality White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807047414/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0807047414&linkId=11669bcc107fb90c70c479ff4caf4b9c) 26:07 – Navigating Situations with Empathy 28:25 – Staying In Your Own Lane While Advocating For and Amplifying Others 35:39 – Educating Yourself About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580056776/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1580056776&linkId=df799d6b81c91ab00af441644f2ed2ff) Other Resources from Sonia: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1408870584/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1408870584&linkId=c3274db99d9126b3cf376131a17fa6ea) The History of White People (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393339742/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393339742&linkId=ec71e76ba6fc58ae008c0d5155fd3335) Damon Jones on racism (https://twitter.com/nomadj1s/status/1026145187356188673?s=19) Adrian Jackson on "not all white people" (https://twitter.com/AdrianCJax/status/900182099675811844?s=19) 38:39 – Doing The Work Reflections: Jessica: The place for these conversations is not Twitter! Coraline: Personalizing advocacy. Jamey: Our advocacy is powerful because it comes from a place of passion. John: The fixed vs growth mindset in regards to racism. Sonia: We can all be advocates and we can all be actors. 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: Sonia Gupta.
100: The Business of Documentation with Jaime Slutzky
01:12 – Jaime’s Superpower: Taking complex ideas and figuring out the fastest way from here to there. (i.e.: logistics!) Zapier (https://zapier.com/app/home) 05:41 – Tech as a Roadblock 19:44 – Handing Off Responsibilities to Business Owners Process Street (https://www.process.st/) The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312430000/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0312430000&linkId=6e597d9265972959598d021084c9e77f) Bullet Journals (https://bulletjournal.com/) 18:09 – Identifying Ideal Clients and Attitudes Towards Technology 24:40 – Documentation 36:53 – What do clients need to know about technology? Reflections: John: Documentation is important. Jamey: Getting tech recommendations from people you trust, pick one, and do it. Don’t be paralyzed by indecision. Jaime: Document in isolation. 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: Jaime Slutzky.
099: The Knowledge You Possess with Stephanie Morillo
02:40 – Stephanie’s Superpower: Intellectual Curiosity 13:06 – On Being a Content PM, Technical Writer, and Ruby Together Core Team Member @azureadvocates (https://twitter.com/azureadvocates) Ruby Together (https://rubytogether.org/) 19:44 – Validating Open Source Software Contribution Write the Docs Slack Community (https://www.writethedocs.org/slack/) 24:27 – Filtering Feedback 28:14 – The Importance of Content Strategy Greater Than Code Episode 088: The Safety 2 Dance with Steven Shorrock (https://www.greaterthancode.com/2018/07/11/088-the-safety-2-dance-with-steven-shorrock/) 43:24 – Don’t Minimize Yourself! (Psst: You’re awesome!) One of the best (and worst) things about working in tech is how easy it is to get excited by something and wanting to learn it—right up until your brain tells you you're not doing enough, work harder, leading you to get overwhelmed with just how much there is to learn. 🙃 — Stephanie Morillo (@radiomorillo) September 24, 2018 Coraline's low-friction task management system (lftm) (https://github.com/CoralineAda/lftm) Reflections: John: Understanding the teams you’re working with better. Coraline: The power of dreams. Jamey: The value of being able to know when people in your life are interacting with you in good faith. Stephanie: Figuring out the “why”. RubyMe 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: Stephanie Morillo.
098: Designing For Inclusion with Jenny Shen
01:51 – Jenny’s Superpower: Not Giving a F*ck and Sticking Up For Others The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062457713/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062457713&linkId=238a6a46e541fc5fec0ac8cbf0c402ce) 05:00 – Living a Remote Lifestyle and Cross-Cultural Communication 08:34 – Design and UX For International Users / Research for Local Users 18:08 – Designing to Include All People: Is it possible? 27:07 – Paid Mentorship Sunk Cost Fallacy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost) 34:32 – Offering Mentorship Scholarships 37:15 – Privilege and Open Source Ruby Together (https://rubytogether.org/) 40:22 – Advice for People Looking to Freelance and Work Remotely Reflections: Jamey: Weaponizing the sunk cost fallacy for themself. Sam: The importance of humans in tech and tech culture. Jessica: The difference between internationalization and localization. Jenny: Scholarships as a way to signal and inform other people what she values and what she wants to promote. 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: Jenny Shen.
097: The Job of a Manager with Brandon Hays
00:43 – Brandon’s Superpower: Helping Other People Discover Their Own Superpower 02:04 – Maintaining Relationships When People Change Jobs So Frequently 04:31 – Climbing The Corporate Tech Ladder and Strategizing Career Growth 10:25 – Mentorship and Power Disparity 19:00 – Management and Leadership Skills The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1491973897/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1491973897&linkId=67d3f69e2e9cfebeeddc7fdcd471fe21) 10 Traits of a Great Manager, According to Google's Internal Research (Project Oxygen) (https://www.themuse.com/advice/10-behaviors-make-great-google-manager) 23:22 – Solving Problems Regardless of Job Title 27:50 – Preservation of Context 31:01 – Becoming a Manager…and Being Bad at it! 32:58 – The New Manager’s Toolkit Radical Candor (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250103509/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1250103509&linkId=0e1d172687c583463ef71f373f8701e1) 35:08 – Techniques for Managing From Below to Influence Your Manager 38:19 – Engineers and Business-level Input Reflections: John: The deeply ingrained thread in “nerd” and “geek” culture how terrible managers are. Astrid: The power dynamics that exist that are untapped in engineering. Coraline: What kind of technical contribution do I want to leave as my legacy? Brandon: Translating skills from previous careers to new careers. Not Applicable: What Your Job Post is Really Saying 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: Brandon Hays.
096: Resilience Engineering with John Allspaw
John Allspaw: Etsy’s Debriefing Facilitation Guide for Blameless Postmortems (https://codeascraft.com/2016/11/17/debriefing-facilitation-guide/) 01:32 – John’s Superpower: Seeing connections across domains. 05:45 – All Technical Communities Run Small, the Intersection of People, Technology, and Work, and the Resilience Engineering Community 09:07 – Variety and Complexity Requisite Variety (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(cybernetics)) The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071392319/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0071392319&linkId=7ce8452504e8dd06d876719e2898eb3f) The Great Courses (https://www.thegreatcourses.com/learning) Understanding Complexity (https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/understanding-complexity.html) 17:51 – Understanding Cognitive Work 25:34 – Heuristics and Biases 31:01 – Strategies for Generating Context-Specific Questions Debriefing Facilitation Guide (Morgan Evans) (https://extfiles.etsy.com/DebriefingFacilitationGuide.pdf) 35:01 – Asking “Why?” Over “What?” Questions The PreAccident Podcast (https://preaccidentpodcast.podbean.com/) Todd Conklin: People screw up – and it happens all the time (https://conferences.oreilly.com/velocity/devops-web-performance-ny-2015/public/schedule/detail/44275) Ten challenges for making automation a “team player” in joint human-agent activity (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1363742/?reload=true) 49:33 – Analyzing and Aggregating Rational Choice Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_theory) Reflections: Rein: How do we deal with the objective/subjective dialectic? Janelle: The thing we focus on and pay attention to is a clear signal of what matters. Jessica: Looking up the Knowledge Elicitation Methods. Rein: It takes variety to match variety. John A.: Guiding dialogue data. 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: John Allspaw.
095: Cleaning House with Heidi Waterhouse
01:20 – Heidi’s Superpower: Being Able to Remember Where Other People Set Things Down 03:53 – Where will software be in three years? Greater Than Code Episode 084: Federation Is Bad with Aurynn Shaw (https://www.greaterthancode.com/2018/06/13/084-federation-is-bad-with-aurynn-shaw/) 08:28 – Resilience in People and Software Bob Marshall / @flowchainsensei (https://twitter.com/flowchainsensei) 12:00 – Developer Relations Heidi’s Lady Conference Speaker Blog Posts (http://www.heidiwaterhouse.com/category/lady-conference-speaker/) 19:24 – Measuring Success in Developer Relations 23:43 – Fostering Relationships 29:13 – Life Hacks for ADD and Claiming Personal Space 41:37 – Housekeeping and Code Review; Clean Fights The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080241270X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=080241270X&linkId=f2f4f5d266d29e3b7514a344967b23e2) Reflections: Astrid: The things you say can be heard by someone else a different way. John: If you think about what you need out of your household or codebase as being your preference, it allows you to work with people who have other preferences more easily. Jamey: There’s always somebody that is going to care about something. Jessica: Spreading enthusiasm without judging people who aren’t enthusiastic about the same things as you are. Heidi: Being able to discuss the emotional needs of having your own needs and space while having to compromise both in code and life. 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: Heidi Waterhouse.
094: Humans All The Way Down with April Wensel
01:07 – April’s Superpower: Synthesizing Seemingly Unrelated Concepts to Create Something New 02:30 – Tension Between Code and Compassion 05:47 – Living According to Your Values 11:33 – Team Values and Feedback Loops 17:23 – Changing Social Makeups of Teams 22:22 – Conscious Business 32:51 – Self-Compassion and Forgiveness 40:34 – Alleviating Pain and Suffering 43:51 – Being Kind vs Being Nice 47:16 – Having Hard Conversations 51:15 – “Clever” Code Reflections: Sam: Capturing how zero-sum thinking works and holding compassion for yourself and other people. John: Putting values evaluations into regular retrospectives. April: You don’t just apply compassion in isolation. True compassion is unconditional. Janelle: Helping to relieve quiet suffering. 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: April Wensel.
093: BOOK CLUB! Cybernetic Revolutionaries with Eden Medina
Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile (Print Version) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262525968/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262525968&linkId=e09a1ed21dc65f0235d273fa6e30db5b) 01:57 – Eden’s Superpower: Being a Patient Learner 06:51 – Determining Your Ability/Eligibility to Speak as an Expert 08:55 – Electrical Engineering => Law => PhD Work 12:47 – The History of Cybernetics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics) 15:51 – American vs British Cybernetics The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future by Andrew Pickering (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226667901/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0226667901&linkId=442c315bcdda3e32db2428df1dfab243) Grey Walter’s Tortoises (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLULRlmXkKo) 17:37 – The Many Definitions of Cybernetics The Cybernetics Moment: Or Why We Call Our Age the Information Age (New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History) by Ronald R. Kline (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/142142424X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=142142424X&linkId=446c68cf5c6674b14e216d1099f09f05) 25:03 – Project Cybersyn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn) 45:56 – Sociotechnical Engineering 53:24 – Creating Ethically Sound Tools Reflections: Astrid: The power dynamics that are already baked into our tools and the history of computing is global. Jessica: Looking into second-order cybernetics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-order_cybernetics). Rein: The importance of learning about history, culture, and how people work as being necessary for a technical career. Eden: Making connections throughout the show. 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: Eden Medina.
092: A11y Ally with Rob DeLuca
01:09 – Rob’s Superpower: Ambition 05:00 – Designing and Testing for Accessibility Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview (https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Standards (https://www.w3.org/standards/) Your Emotional API (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc5HJSsYB7A) 16:36 – Hard Problems and “Squishy Problems” 19:49 – Rob’s Getting Involved with and Caring About Accessibility Story 31:03 – The Accessibility World on the Web has an Accessible Problem 38:04 – Moving From a Developer Role to a Business-y Role Within a Company Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott (Book) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250103509/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1250103509&linkId=c16b028f19c15b6e55d044f558d23f99) Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss (Talk) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yODalLQ2lM) “We are investing in Rob the person, not Rob the developer.” ~ Brandon Hays (https://twitter.com/tehviking) Reflections: John: Thinking about people problems as engineering problems. Jessica: The Frontside as a human company that cares about the people in it. Rob: The Human API. 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: Rob DeLuca.
091: Solving Puzzles and Productive Failure with Kim Vanderspek
02:03 – Kim’s Superpower: Being able to solve puzzles and problems and teaching others to do the same. 05:39 – Speaking and Teaching Math 11:44 – Using Technology to Visualize Math: Quilting, Sewing, Playdough, Boxes 13:53 – Incorporating Programming Into Math Classes Processing (https://processing.org/) 16:01 – Specialization and Efficiency 23:38 – The Cinderella Dress in Action (https://twitter.com/kvdspek/status/929783888527937538) 27:06 – Talking About Process, Mistakes, and Failures 34:56 –Teaching Problem Solving and Failure 39:08 – Perseverance Over Content Reflections: Coraline: Show your work. lftm (https://github.com/CoralineAda/lftm) Sam: The value of perspective. Jessica: To be perfect, it has to be repeatable for particular people in a particular context. John: Obstacles parallelisms. Fail first, learn from the failure, get better. But planning for that is integral. Kim: Productive failure, trial and error, and doing beautiful things. 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: Kim Vanderspek.
090: The Journey with Chelsea Troy
02:03 – Chelsea’s Superpower: Pushing through and enduring discomfort to accomplish things 06:24 – The Act of Writing and Reflection: Journaling as a Tool for Learning; Commit Tracing Coxswain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxswain) 14:27 – Getting and Dealing with Feedback 17:44 – Measuring Participation in Meetings Why are there always technical problems in remote meetings? (https://chelseatroy.com/2018/03/22/why-are-there-always-technical-problems-in-remote-meetings/) Why do remote meetings suck so much? (caucus checklist) (https://chelseatroy.com/2018/03/29/why-do-remote-meetings-suck-so-much/) How do we make remote meetings not suck? (follow-up post) (https://chelseatroy.com/2018/04/05/how-do-we-make-remote-meetings-not-suck/) 23:51 – Implementing Structure in Meetings Valerie Aurora: Meeting Skills (https://frameshiftconsulting.com/meeting-skills/) 31:58 – Cultivating Questions Kindly Without Assumption or Judgement No Feigning Surprise: The Recurse Center User’s Manual (https://www.recurse.com/manual) xkcd: Ten Thousand (https://www.xkcd.com/1053/) SOAP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP) 39:03 – The Problem with Claiming “Self-Taught” “The common industry accepted term to describe how I learned programming is “self-taught” but I’ve always found that so strange, considering all of the resources and communities that have helped me along the way.” – Jacob Stoebel Reflections: Jamey: Extending empathy to other people. Chelsea: The story of where things come from and the people they come from can make them both much more interesting and much more accessible. Coraline: The value of history. Sam: One of the best ways to understand a tool is to understand the context that existed before the tool existed. The nature of a caucus penalizes people for listening. 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: Chelsea Troy.
089: Something Something Agile with Noel Rappin
Greater Than Code Episode 001: Taking Payments on the Web with Noel Rappin (https://www.greaterthancode.com/2016/09/28/episode-001-noel-rappin-2/) 02:58 – Noel’s Superpower: Extrapolating and Explaining Consequences of Tech Decisions to Others 06:24 – Cultural Patterns of How Organizations Develop Software; Should this process be standardized? 16:07 – Agile Adoption: Pros and Cons The Leprechauns of Software Engineering: How folklore turns into fact and what to do about it by Laurent Bossavit (https://leanpub.com/leprechauns) The Journal of Irreproducible Results (http://www.jir.com/) 26:40 – Making Decisions Without No Scientific Evidence 32:05 – Metaphors for Software Engineering and Legitimizing the Profession 38:33 – Trust-Driven Development 44:12 – Decision Making Among Teams Reflections: Rein: We are working with systems that we can’t fully define and the idea that we’re acting on systems that we’re a part of. Therefore, it changes the observer effect. Jessica: Getting the ships to all go in the same direction. Coraline: The understanding of our place in a given context. Noel: Aligning process, values, culture, and goals, and doing that to make teams work better. 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: Noel Rappin.