Neem Serra's guest appearances

Neem Serra

Greater Than Code

Less Than or Equal

Ashe Dryden

Kronda Adair

Rin Oliver

Stephanie Morillo

Karen Catlin

Cheryl Schaefer

Jerome Hardaway

Christina Morillo

Bryan Liles

Amir Rajan

Ruben Harris

Katrina Owen

Pariss Athena

Shareef Jackson

Aleen Simms

OwlTail

00:16 – Welcome to Greater Than Code 02:02 – Neem Serra Introduction Neem Serra: “From Babies to Software Development” 03:23 – 2016 Election Thoughts, Fears, and Aspirations; Importance of Ally Support Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “The Other America” 14:51 – Overcoming Adversity and Getting Into Science Genomics 26:27 – Switching from Science to Programming and Getting a Job Software Carpentry National Society of Black Engineers HandsUp United Project Euler 33:53 – Volunteering and Being Empathetic and Inclusive "I feel like most of my job some days is helping people try to be empathetic. Nobody gives me a raise for that."@TeamNeem @greaterthancode— Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) November 9, 2016 47:36 – Battling Unconscious Bias 55:17 – Programming in Swift Swift Playgrounds Demo with a Twist Reflections: Astrid: Push through. Jessica: Programming gives you power. Also, we love you, David Brady. Coraline: Individual actions matter. Be allies to people who are facing discrimination or oppression. Neem: Small acts of kindness matter. The Techies Project 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: Neem Serra.Support Greater Than Code

00:16 – Welcome to Greater Than Code 02:02 – Neem Serra Introduction <a href="http://neemserra.com/from-babies-to-software-development/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neem Serra: “From Babies to Software Development”</a> 03:23 – 2016 Election Thoughts, Fears, and Aspirations; Importance of Ally Support <a href="http://www.gphistorical.org/mlk/mlkspeech/mlk-gp-speech.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “The Other America”</a> 14:51 – Overcoming Adversity and Getting Into Science <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genomics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Genomics</a> 26:27 – Switching from Science to Programming and Getting a Job <a href="https://software-carpentry.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Carpentry</a> <a href="https://www.nsbe.org/home.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Society of Black Engineers</a> <a href="http://www.handsupunited.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HandsUp United</a> <a href="https://projecteuler.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project Euler</a> 33:53 – Volunteering and Being Empathetic and Inclusive <blockquote>"I feel like most of my job some days is helping people try to be empathetic. Nobody gives me a raise for that."<a href="https://twitter.com/TeamNeem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@TeamNeem</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/greaterthancode?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@greaterthancode</a>— Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/796417838428913664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">November 9, 2016</a></blockquote> 47:36 – Battling Unconscious Bias 55:17 – Programming in Swift <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no12EfZUSQo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swift Playgrounds Demo with a Twist</a> Reflections: Astrid: Push through. Jessica: Programming gives you power. Also, we love you, David Brady. Coraline: Individual actions matter. Be allies to people who are facing discrimination or oppression. Neem: Small acts of kindness matter. <a href="https://techiesproject.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Techies Project</a> 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: Neem Serra.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

Episode 007: Overcoming Adversity and Battling Unconscious Bias with Neem Serra

Neem joins Aleen to talk about becoming a developer after getting a degree in biology, perspectives on various tech conferences, and helping older populations learn how to use modern tech. Guest Starring: Neem Serra

Neem joins Aleen to talk about becoming a developer after getting a degree in biology, perspectives on various tech conferences, and helping older populations learn how to use modern tech. <h4>Guest Starring:</h4> <a href="http://www.relay.fm/people/neemserra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neem Serra</a>

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