Ambreen Hasan's guest appearances

Ambreen Hasan

Greater Than Code

Storytime With Managers

Mannah Kallon

Denise Yu

Marco Rogers

Damien Burke

Anjuan Simmons

Ashe Dryden

Annyce Davis

Jerome Hardaway

Christina Morillo

Bryan Liles

Amir Rajan

Ruben Harris

Katrina Owen

Pariss Athena

Noel Rappin

OwlTail

01:12 - Ambreen’s Non-Technical Superpower: She is Very Good at Zoning People Out  Learning necessary information from conversations  03:20 - Ambreen’s Technical Superpower: Any Challenge She is Given She Will Try to Just Do It  Comfort with Uncertainty  06:03 - Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset  It’s OK to Not Know Everything Using Resources to Your Advantage  08:40 - Ambreen’s Hobbies Outside of Software 10:10 - Thinking About Things in a Molecular Way  Taking Chunks at a Time When Learning Something New Breaking Down Big Concepts into Small Things You Can Learn Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable  13:45 - Ambreen’s Journey to Software Engineering  C++ Turning a Love Into a Career Ruby, Rails, Go, Docker  20:30 - Self-Advocating for New Work Experience 22:00 - Empathy in Engineering  Auditory Fatigue Pair Programming vs Mob Programming  Reflections: John: Intentionally recognizing uncomfortable learning situations and be okay with it. Jacob: Your emotional state does matter at work and we as professionals need to recognize that this has relevance to one’s ability to do work. Arty: It is important to help others to be able to come out of their comfort zone and be ok with not knowing everything. Ambreen: Likes Jacob’s idea of being productively lost, but there is progress being made. There are many different styles of learning. 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: Ambreen Hasan.Support Greater Than Code

01:12 - Ambreen’s Non-Technical Superpower: She is Very Good at Zoning People Out <ul> <li>Learning necessary information from conversations</li> </ul> 03:20 - Ambreen’s Technical Superpower: Any Challenge She is Given She Will Try to Just Do It <ul> <li>Comfort with Uncertainty</li> </ul> 06:03 - Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset <ul> <li>It’s OK to Not Know Everything</li> <li>Using Resources to Your Advantage</li> </ul> 08:40 - Ambreen’s Hobbies Outside of Software 10:10 - Thinking About Things in a Molecular Way <ul> <li>Taking Chunks at a Time When Learning Something New</li> <li>Breaking Down Big Concepts into Small Things You Can Learn</li> <li>Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable</li> </ul> 13:45 - Ambreen’s Journey to Software Engineering <ul> <li>C++</li> <li>Turning a Love Into a Career</li> <li>Ruby, Rails, Go, Docker</li> </ul> 20:30 - Self-Advocating for New Work Experience 22:00 - Empathy in Engineering <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory_fatigue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Auditory Fatigue</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair_programming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pair Programming</a> vs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_programming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mob Programming</a></li> </ul> Reflections: John: Intentionally recognizing uncomfortable learning situations and be okay with it. Jacob: Your emotional state does matter at work and we as professionals need to recognize that this has relevance to one’s ability to do work. Arty: It is important to help others to be able to come out of their comfort zone and be ok with not knowing everything. Ambreen: Likes Jacob’s idea of being productively lost, but there is progress being made. There are many different styles of learning. 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: Ambreen Hasan.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

154: Filtering Your Brain with Ambreen Hasan

Storytime With Managers is a collection of twenty minute conversations where Jennifer Tu finds answers to questions of interest to both established and budding leaders in technology fields.  Episode 10 covers how to give feedback, what to think about as you're giving feedback, and how to help others get better at giving feedback. All this expertise comes to you from Ambreen Hasan (@ambreenhasan on Twitter or ambreenh on Instagram).  Ambreen started in tech as a Rails developer and has now transitioned to being a Jane-of-all trades working across many different technologies.  Throughout her career, she's regularly been approached for feedback because she gives critical feedback in a way that doesn't make you feel bad about yourself and your abilities -- a truly remarkable skill. Tell us what you think of our podcast!  We're on Twitter as @wecohere. ---- Our theme music is by Kevin MacLeod (CC-BY): www.orangefreesounds.com/electronic-ambient-easy-listening-music/ Editing by Bryant from Zinc (https://www.zincma.de/) - thanks for making us sound so good, Bryant! Tell us what you think of Storytime With Managers! Twitter: @wecohere

Storytime With Managers is a collection of twenty minute conversations where Jennifer Tu finds answers to questions of interest to both established and budding leaders in technology fields.  Episode 10 covers how to give feedback, what to think about as you're giving feedback, and how to help others get better at giving feedback. All this expertise comes to you from Ambreen Hasan (<a href="https://twitter.com/ambreenhasan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ambreenhasan on Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ambreenh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ambreenh on Instagram</a>).  Ambreen started in tech as a Rails developer and has now transitioned to being a Jane-of-all trades working across many different technologies.  Throughout her career, she's regularly been approached for feedback because she gives critical feedback in a way that doesn't make you feel bad about yourself and your abilities -- a truly remarkable skill. Tell us what you think of our podcast!  We're on Twitter as @wecohere. ---- Our theme music is by Kevin MacLeod (CC-BY): <a href="http://www.orangefreesounds.com/electronic-ambient-easy-listening-music/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.orangefreesounds.com/electronic-ambient-easy-listening-music/</a> Editing by Bryant from Zinc (<a href="https://www.zincma.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.zincma.de/</a>) - thanks for making us sound so good, Bryant! Tell us what you think of Storytime With Managers! <a href="https://twitter.com/wecohere" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter: @wecohere</a>

Giving Feedback with Ambreen Hasan