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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059: Science All The Things! with Pamela Gay
01:13 – Pamela Podcasting, Since…well, FOREVER! Astronomy Cast (http://www.astronomycast.com/) 365 Days of Astronomy (https://cosmoquest.org/x/365daysofastronomy/) Adam Curry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curry) 02:19 – Pamela’s Superpower: Solving Random Problems with Software 05:19 – Becoming a “Reluctant Coder” i.e. Coding Out of Necessity 10:58 – Battlestar Galactica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica) => Greek Mythology => Space => Astrophysics 14:52 – Doing What You Have To Do vs Doing What You Love To Do 20:27 – The Goal of Podcasting and Target Audience 23:57 – Understanding and Knowing Everything: Good? Bad? 26:03 – Outsourcing Work as a Personal Loss and The Internet’s Graveyard of Abandoned Projects 32:06 – Open Sourcing Work Yourself for the Benefit of Others 36:58 – Writing Software to Engage People CosmoQuest Citizen Science (https://cosmoquest.org/x/) 44:22 – Crowdsourcing Requires Trust but Garners Better Results 48:02 – The Motivation of Citizen Scientists @cosmoquestx (https://twitter.com/cosmoquestx) Reflections: Jessica: The layers of people in software and people in software and how we’re all learning. It gets hard to separate the people from the technology. Also, having goals you DON’T want to achieve. Coraline: Seeing crowdsourcing being successful. Jamey: Curiosity isn’t necessarily about finding out the answer. It’s the pursuit of the magic. The tenuous path we all take in life, and what decisions cause us to be on the right path to the right here, right now. Pamela: If we collaborate with the technology, maybe we won’t get silenced. 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: Pamela Gay.
058: Kindness and Patience with Tara Scherner de la Fuente
00:16 – Welcome to Episode 111010 of the Greater Than Code Podcast! 02:09 – Tara’s Superpower and Origin Story: Patience 04:56 – Conflating Patience with Kindness 07:39 – Is writing code making us less thoughtful? AKA Patience in the Workplace The Economic Value of Rapid Response Time (The Doherty Threshold) (https://jlelliotton.blogspot.com/p/the-economic-value-of-rapid-response.html) 16:22 – Warning Signs that a Company’s Culture is Not a Good One; Also, is it the company or is it individuals within a company? 22:59 – Looking for and Interviewing for a Job at a Less Toxic Environment 33:20 – What does it mean to be a developer? 36:33 – Interviewing and Privilege 39:35 – Advice for Early Career Developers 44:10 – Remote Work Culture Reflections: Coraline: Being patient and kind. Astrid: Software development is always something you can continue to improve at. Tara: People don’t have to be exactly like us to be a person that we want to work with. Being different can be an asset. Sam: Interviewing somebody should be able finding out how they think and not about what they necessary know at the moment. Special Guest: Tara Scherner de la Fuente.
057: Everything is UI with Christina Morillo
01:08 – Christina’s Background and Superpower: Multitasking and Automation See Also: GTC 056: Systematize Your Hustle with Kronda Adair 04:42 – Automation Processes: Discovery and Reconnaissance, and When Human Judgement and Input is Necessary 10:03 – Multitasking Timescales and Context Switching 16:39 – Decision-making Functions 23:28 – Being Kind to Your Busy Self and Choosing What NOT To Do We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062693980/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062693980&linkId=36d5c466dd58a3659f9dc2c31e7c8554) 32:03 – Making Accomplishments Visible to Yourself and Having a Culture of Acknowledgement For more discussion on congressive/ingressive behavior, see also: GTC Episode 038: Category Theory for Normal Humans with Dr. Eugenia Cheng Operant Conditioning Chamber (Skinner Box) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber) Reflections: Rein: Being self-aware of how much is on your plate, how you’re feeling about it, and then being able to say no, which is really saying yes to what YOU want to do, what YOU want to spend time on, and how YOU want to live YOUR life. Janelle: Taking the time to remember and that remembering takes time. Jessica: Choosing the group that you’re being generative with. Christina: UX is everything and everywhere. 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!
056: Systematize Your Hustle with Kronda Adair
01:26 – SYSTEMS! Implementing Repeatable Processes Via Automation Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/160832253X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=160832253X&linkId=f57a3d32a89bacda9cd41b76756a0de2) 09:28 – Strategies for Implementation 12:18 – Reclaiming Your Time and Cheap is Always Expensive Work the System (Online) (https://www.workthesystem.com/) Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936661837/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1936661837&linkId=9ff8a84f2eba0bc21a1d6739ee254949) Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) (https://www.eosworldwide.com/) Google Image Result for http://www.pyragraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/GOOD-FAST-CHEAP.jpgnull @jessitron (https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/928323310416486400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E928323310416486400&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterthancode.com%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2F056-systematize-your-hustle-with-kronda-adair%2F) Solopreneurship: "It's never just you. There's present-you and future-you" @kronda on @greaterthancode 23:20 – Choosing Successful Customers and Avoiding Perfection Paralysis @jessitron (https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/928327947030851584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E928327947030851584&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterthancode.com%2F2017%2F11%2F22%2F056-systematize-your-hustle-with-kronda-adair%2F) If you don't have a system, your system is, think really hard about it every time. @geeksam on @greaterthancode with @kronda me: or worse, don't 28:44 – Successful Use Cases Active Campaign (https://www.activecampaign.com/) systemHUB (https://www.systemhub.com/) 35:33 – Iterating and Changing Processes 42:31 – Kronda’s Superpowers Reflections: Jessica: As developers, and as we’re writing automation for other people, we can also think at a meta level, and automate the parts of our jobs so then we can spend more thinking time thinking about the interesting part of code, like how to achieve the results that we want. Kronda: Things that are easy vs things that are effective. Sam: Executive Dysfunction and the idea of making decision rules. 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: Kronda Adair.
055: Change Ourselves a Little, Many Times with Keith Bennett
00:16 – Welcome to “Metamours United For Frequent Dialogue” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:47 – Keith’s Background and Superpower 10:03 – Conflict Resolution Open Spaces session on Conflict Resolution this summer at DevOpsDays D.C. (and the precursor to this conversation) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/jug4qxduj15u84i/Conflict%20Resolution%20Open%20Space%20Session%20from%20DevOpsDays%20DC%202017.mp3?dl=0) Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143118447/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143118447&linkId=693c6377e3aba2669f78354de86f0543) 12:01 – Opinions on Mediators/Mediation 14:21 – Approaching Conflict News Story Re: Portland Murders (https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/05/police_responding_to_ne_portla.html) 17:31 – Radical Helpfulness/Kindness Keith Bennett: Kaizen and Radical Helpfulness (https://medium.com/@keithrbennett/kaizen-and-radical-helpfulness-a207077cd7e7) The Smoke Filled Room (https://www.dowellwebtools.com/tools/lp/Bo/psyched/16/Smoke-Filled-Room) 20:49 – Being Okay with Being Different and Speaking Up Triumph Over Fear: A Book of Help and Hope for People with Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Phobias (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553374443/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0553374443&linkId=93d748861b4e04886f5d4d56bab0bebc) Congressive/Ingressive Chat with Dr. Eugenia Cheng (https://www.greaterthancode.com/2017/07/05/episode-038-category-theory-for-normal-humans-with-eugenia-cheng/) 31:17 – Fire Alarms and Radical Helpfulness (Cont’d) 35:50 – Knowing When to Step Back or to Step Forward Reflections: Astrid: The way to change ourselves a lot is to change ourselves a little, many times. Sam: Decide that you’re okay with being different and training yourself to be bold. Jasmine: Be mindful of yourself and your actions. Jessica: There’s a lot of conscious thought and choice in both being helpful and resolving conflict. Keith: Working together to create a safer and happier world. 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: Keith Bennett.
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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUuAp6c1ylM) Daniel Dennett’s “Intuition Pump” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 Code Hospitality Guide App (https://gist.github.com/nodunayo/c919477906aab6c1af6065ff8e868d3e) 27:27 – Making Diagrams Whilst Coding/Pairing Rapoport’s Rule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapoport%27s_rule) 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. 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 Nadia Odunayo.
053: BOOK CLUB! The Responsible Communication Style Guide
01:33 – Superpowers and Acquisition 02:50 – Reflective Listening 05:27 – The Responsible Communication Style Guide (https://rcstyleguide.com/) 11:54 – Asking Content-Related Questions 15:10 – Who is the target audience for this book? 17:45 – The Evolution of Writing the Book 19:39 – People-first Language (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People-first_language) Kronda Adair: Five Stages of Unlearning Racism (https://kronda.com/five-stages-of-unlearning-racism/) 23:40 – What if you get it wrong? @kronda (https://twitter.com/kronda/status/546727506850496512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E546727506850496512&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterthancode.com%2F2017%2F11%2F01%2F053-book-club-the-responsible-communication-style-guide%2F) 1. Try to do good. 2. Fuck it up. 3. Apologize 4. Try not to make the same mistake again. That’s the job. Google Image Result for https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Character-Building-Four-Part-Apology-1397830518/original-1018935-1.jpgnull 29:40 – Fearing Shame 34:22 – Political Correctness and Language Evolution 44:11 – “Use with Caution” Words Reflections: Astrid: The less that something is happening the way I want it to, probably the less that I know. Sam: Learning something from a joke! Jamey: People who don’t want to learn new things are boring. Also, not being self-reflective. Audrey: It’s amazing to pay people for their work. Thursday: Pride for the contributors of this project. The Recompiler: Year 3 Kickstarter 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: Audrey Eschright and Thursday Bram.
052: Master’s Degrees, Double Binds, and Data Science with Emily Dresner
01:06 – Emily’s Background and Superpower 02:49 – Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it? 08:08 – Struggles After Retaining a Master’s 10:31 – Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story 12:11 – “The Double Bind” 14:47 – Experiences Working at a Gaming Company Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise by David Foster Wallace (https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf) 18:33 – Transitioning to Upside and Building a Healthy Culture 21:50 – Engineering Vs Management 29:09 – Data Science 32:50 – Self-Selecting for Privilege 36:38 – Data Science and Security/Privacy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553418831/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0553418831&linkId=c1f1ddfeccb618a067410f6a11670af3) 46:55 – Having a Background in Actual Science; Conquering Biases 51:35 – The Importance of Mentorship and Internships from the Beginning Reflections: Coraline: Having a biases towards hiring people like yourself and other hiring biases. Sam: Research cognitive biases. Jamey: Computers aren’t people. Emily: I really do enjoy teaching. 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: Emily Dresner.
051: Creating Safer Spaces with Soo Choi
00:16 – Welcome to “The Venn Diagram Podcast. It’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but it’s definitely not that other thing.” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:09 – Soo’s Background at NASA and Superpower 06:01 – Wanting Attending Conferences and Speaking and then When Speaking at Conferences Goes Wrong Soo Choi: Changing Diversity Constructs: My Journey as a Woman in DevOps @ DevOpsDays D.C. 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRDZIMKJwUg&t=7s) 16:10 – Creating Safe Spaces: From Conferences to Workspaces 21:29 – Allies and Advocacy; Talking Salary 24:12 – Safe Spaces vs Safer Spaces 28:16 – Forgiving People Without Labeling Them (i.e. Sexist, Racist, etc.) 38:28 – Having “Fierce Conversations” and Collecting Better Tools Aja Hammerly: We Don’t Do That Here (http://www.thagomizer.com/blog/2017/09/29/we-don-t-do-that-here.html) Reflections: Soo: Sharing experiences in open and safer spaces. Sam: Listening to each other’s experiences. Sit with cognitive dissonance, be okay with it, and see what it has to teach us. Jessica: Learning from other’s experiences. 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: Soo Choi.
050: Open Source Anarchism with Steve Klabnik
00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Crabmeat” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:02 – Steve’s Background, Origin Story, and Superpowers! Skrillex (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrillex) 06:00 – Contributing to Open Source why the lucky stiff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff) Hackety Hack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackety_Hack) Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (https://poignant.guide/) 11:07 – Succession Planning The Meme Hustler (https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler) 20:12 – Organizing Groups of People in a Non-Authoritarian Way Mikhail Bakunin: What is Authority? (https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bakunin/works/various/authrty.htm) The RFC Process in Rust (https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs) Syndicalism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndicalism) 36:23 – Avoiding Using Language with Political Connotation Want to help keep us a weekly show, buy and ship you swag, and bring us to conferences near you? Support us via Patreon! Sponsors Needed: Please download our Sponsorship Prospectus and share it with your employers! 39:46 – Is anarchy equally accessible to everyone or is it only accessible/available to a privileged class? 43:11 – Problems with One-upmanship and “Shittalking” in Communities Aurynn Shaw: Contempt Culture (https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture) 50:39 – Seeking Out Different Environments and Building Environments People Want Reflections: Jamey: Leadership and how important it is to not put too much power in the hands of a few people. Rein: How do you build systems of governance that don’t depend for their success on the goodness of the rulers? Lorena: How do we learn to speak with others in ways that are inviting and create a safe space for us all? Coraline: The notion of intentionality. Steve: Jargon and exclusion. 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: Steve Klabnik.
049: Technology For the Greater Good with Reyn Aubrey
Guest Starring: Reyn Aubrey: @ReynAubrey | PocketChange | reyn@pocketchange.social 00:16 – Welcome to “For Good or For Awesome?” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:18 – Reyn Aubrey’s Background, Origin Story, and Superpower! 06:04 – Culture of a Company and Tolerance Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591842336/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1591842336&linkId=d86ed2c7e657e11ade2384e415053c25) 08:12 – Becoming an Entrepreneur at 19-years-old and PocketChange 10:40 – Charity Evaluation Criteria; “Wicked Problems” pocketchange.social/charities (http://pocketchange.social/charities/) 14:33 – Habitizing Donation 16:22 – Analyzing and Collecting Charity Data GuideStar Charity Navigator (https://www.guidestar.org/Home.aspx) CharityWatch (https://www.charitywatch.org/home) 19:02 – How PocketChange is Structured 20:34 – The Ideation of “Technology For the Greater Good” 24:28 – Reyn’s Path Into Business and Entrepreneurship Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions into Pay by Kenrya Rankin (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014ICFYNS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=therubyrep-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B014ICFYNS&linkId=dcbce35af1882a89f041061b386407b0) 28:33 – Good Business Beliefs, Virtues, and Values 34:00 – Bringing Anarchist Organizing Principles Into Business Colin Ward: Anarchism as a Theory of Organization (https://www.panarchy.org/ward/organization.1966.html) The ‘Two Pizza Rule’ Is Jeff Bezos’ Secret To Productive Meetings (https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-two-pizza-rule-for-productive-meetings-2013-10) 37:23 – Advice For Others Interested in Social Entrepreneurship 42:00 – Launching PocketChange and Reserve Your Launch Day Invite (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pocketchange/kdildeljmcpiaaedbmlcloikhlfeodom) 44:51 – Gathering and Raising Venture Capital 47:35 – Advice For Others Interested in Social Entrepreneurship (Cont’d) Reflections: Rein: Check out Stafford Beer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_Beer). Coraline: A culture being defined by the least of something you’ll tolerate and entrepreneurs should solve for “Wicked Problems” — not pain points. Jamey: All charities are not created equal. Reyn: A value that isn’t acted on is at best an inspiration and at worst a pretense. Also, non-dominance based work relationships. 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: Reyn Aubrey.
048: Finding Our Lane with Marco Rogers
00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Code: Like Uber, But For Not Being Shitty” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 02:04 – Background and Superpower 03:03 – Being Outspoken and Dealing with Pushback on Twitter 04:41 – “Staying in Your Lane” 11:12 – To Engage, or Not to Engage? 16:10 – Mixing Social Justice and a Tech Career 20:49 – Having Conversations Re: Diversity and Inclusion 23:16 – Making Workplaces Inclusive and Changing the Culture 35:56 – Educating Others — But Not on Demand 38:28 – What is the right way to be an ally? Reading Spaces 43:59 – Starting/Organizing Working Groups 45:34 – Advocating for D&I as Leaders Reflections: Jessica: Diversity and inclusion is hard because it’s more than just one thing. Sam: Don’t have conversations or be in them to not just be wrong. Janelle: Training, teaching, and educating, versus putting together a working group to get things done. Jamey: It’s okay to be wrong and sincerely apologizing. Astrid: It’s hard to be who you want to be in a world where people are constantly picking sides. Marco: How dynamics pay out for people who aren’t fully engaged in the D&I conversation yet. 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: Marco Rogers.
047: Communicating Across Boundaries with Declan Whelan
00:16 – Welcome to “I Rolled a Natural 20 For My Agility Check” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:31 – Background and Superpower; Empathy 09:08 – Cross-Cultural Communication Dynamics Women in Agile (https://www.agilealliance.org/events/women-in-agile-2018/) 15:48 – Biases, Understanding Dynamics, and Facilitating as an Ally @jessitron (https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/902935755533807616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E902935755533807616&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterthancode.com%2F2017%2F09%2F20%2F047-communicating-across-boundaries-with-declan-whelan%2F) "To have biases is to be human. It's not a bad thing." @dwhelan @greaterthancode 21:02 – Being Authentic 25:31 – Is Agile something that you are or something that you do? 35:37 – Adopting Practices Across Teams “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson @jessitron (https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/902949956889313280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E902949956889313280&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterthancode.com%2F2017%2F09%2F20%2F047-communicating-across-boundaries-with-declan-whelan%2F) People love consistency. Ask, what are the benefits? then strive for common outcomes, not common practices. @dwhelan@greaterthancode 41:57 – Technical Debt and Technical Health: How do we amplify what we want? Code Climate (https://codeclimate.com/) Reflections: Jessica: Strive for common outcomes; not common practices. Coraline: Some situations should be taken as a promise for a conversation. Janelle: Ask for permission. Sam: Identifying and clarifying outcomes that we want. Declan: Figure out how you can have effective conversations with your teams. 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: Declan Whelan.
046: Specialization vs Collaboration with Aria Stewart
00:16 – Welcome to “The World is Upside Down. Can DevOps save us?” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:07 – Background and Superpowers 09:22 – Diagnostic Troubleshooting: “Expert Intuition Effect” 14:23 – Understanding Entire Systems vs Specializing in One Area 17:15 – Isolation Leading to Contempt 28:42 – The DevOps Movement and Culture Change 34:45 – Contempt Towards Processes Janelle Klein: A Programmer’s Guide to Humans @ SeleniumConf UK (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a5gUS649t0) Reflections: Astrid: Having a holistic approach towards Software Development. Coraline: Why specialization leads to contemptuous behavior between teams and how to solve it for early career developers. Janelle: Inside of us, we all have a soul. Aria: Start telling new stories about the people who build fantastic products and tools. 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: Aria Stewart.
Special Edition: Innovation Amidst a Disaster with Jeff Reichman
This episode stars, Jeff Reichman, who talks about how the Houston tech community came together to help people through Hurricane Harvey and the aftermath, the technology opportunities in disaster response, the harvey-api that they developed, and how tech devs need to be side-by-side with relief efforts, while responding to tech needs right away. 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: Jeff Reichman.