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Amy Unger

Greater Than Code

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Amy Unger, our guest on today’s show, is passionate about providing a high-quality service to the customers who use the products she is working on. Amy has a diverse skill set and an equally diverse set of tasks that she undertakes weekly for GitHub, and at the core of everything she does is her drive to provide value. Amy came into the for-profit space from the academic programming space, and she explains the different experiences she has had in these realms. We discuss what a tech lead role consists of, in comparison to the deep diver role that Amy currently holds, the responsibilities that come with it, and why she loves what she does.  Amy also shares her thoughts about trade-offs, and the considerations that all engineers should be making before they embark upon certain projects.LinksAmy Unger on LinkedInGitHubHerokuCode4LibDigital Commons - bepress

Amy Unger, our guest on today’s show, is passionate about providing a high-quality service to the customers who use the products she is working on. Amy has a diverse skill set and an equally diverse set of tasks that she undertakes weekly for GitHub, and at the core of everything she does is her drive to provide value. Amy came into the for-profit space from the academic programming space, and she explains the different experiences she has had in these realms. We discuss what a tech lead role consists of, in comparison to the deep diver role that Amy currently holds, the responsibilities that come with it, and why she loves what she does.  Amy also shares her thoughts about trade-offs, and the considerations that all engineers should be making before they embark upon certain projects. Links<ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cdwort" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Unger on LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li><li><a href="https://www.heroku.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heroku</a></li><li><a href="https://code4lib.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Code4Lib</a></li><li><a href="https://bepress.com/products/digital-commons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Commons - bepress</a></li></ul>

Amy Unger (GitHub)

Amy Unger: @cdwort | Heroku 00:16 – Welcome to “JIRA Card Catalogs and The People Who Love Them” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:05 – Superpower Origin Story, Growing Up with a Computer in the Family, and Being a Teenager Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing by Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher 08:30 – Humanities and History 10:39 – Access to and Preservation of Literacy (Who is writing our history?) 15:03 – Categorizing Information and Making it Accessible…But, Also Privacy? 17:21 – Reliance on Google as the “Defacto Archive”? 19:49 – Digital Records (Algorithms) vs Human Curation 24:10 – What can librarians and library science offer a company?: Information Architecture 27:32 – Algorithm Manipulation, Social Engineering, and Information Security 32:24 – Whose stories are we collecting, archiving, and making available to the public? Tragedy of the Commons 41:09 – “Meme Hacking”, Getting Involved, and Owning Your Own Story Reflections: Rein: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media   Sam: How economics and politics rear their ugly heads unexpectedly. Coraline: Who is responsible for our history? Jessica: The vast amounts of data we have and what we choose to preserve. Amy: Consider the possibility of working in the public sector. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit 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. 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: Amy Unger.Support Greater Than Code

Amy Unger: @cdwort | Heroku 00:16 – Welcome to “JIRA Card Catalogs and The People Who Love Them” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:05 – Superpower Origin Story, Growing Up with a Computer in the Family, and Being a Teenager <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Women-Computing-Press/dp/0262632691/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1494455362&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Unlocking+The+Clubhouse+Women+in+Computer+Science" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing by Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher</a> 08:30 – Humanities and History 10:39 – Access to and Preservation of Literacy (Who is writing our history?) 15:03 – Categorizing Information and Making it Accessible…But, Also Privacy? 17:21 – Reliance on Google as the “Defacto Archive”? 19:49 – Digital Records (Algorithms) vs Human Curation 24:10 – What can librarians and library science offer a company?: Information Architecture 27:32 – Algorithm Manipulation, Social Engineering, and Information Security 32:24 – Whose stories are we collecting, archiving, and making available to the public? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tragedy of the Commons</a> 41:09 – “Meme Hacking”, Getting Involved, and Owning Your Own Story Reflections: Rein: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Sam: How economics and politics rear their ugly heads unexpectedly. Coraline: Who is responsible for our history? Jessica: The vast amounts of data we have and what we choose to preserve. Amy: Consider the possibility of working in the public sector. This episode was brought to you by <a href="https://twitter.com/therubyrep" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@therubyrep</a> of <a href="http://www.devreps.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DevReps, LLC</a>. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit <a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/greaterthancode</a>. To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at <a href="https://www.paypal.me/devreps" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paypal.me/devreps</a>. 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: Amy Unger.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

Episode 032: Curation vs Algorithms: Who Is Writing Our History? with Amy Unger