277: Joy Is Activism – The Power of Ritual and Intention

Jenna Charlton

276: Caring Deeply About Humans – Diversify The Medical Community with Jenna Charlton

Nyota Gordon

275: Making Change Happen – Why Not You? with Nyota Gordon

Arpit Mohan

274: Managing People Versus Servers with Arpit Mohan

Kerri Miller

273: Motorcycling Adventures with Kerri Miller

Ashleigh Wilson

272: People First – Self-Awareness and Being Excellent To Each Other with Ashleigh Wilson

Paul Rayner

271: EventStorming with Paul Rayner

Justin Searls

270: Trust Building and Authenticity with Justin Searls

269: Being Your Authentic Self – Turning Adversity Into Power with Nikema Prophet

268: LGBTQA+ Inclusion

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)

A great group of developers with great guests.  A breath of fresh air in the software community.

Thoughtful and entertaining

This is great podcast, the people are awesome, and

Love it.

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. (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode</a>)

Greater Than Code

Miko Matsumura

02:12 - Miko’s Superpower: Not Knowing Things. 03:30 - Coming To Your Senses  Breaking Out Of Thinking Detecting - Venture Capitalism Pattern Making And Pattern Matching  06:45 - Understand The Limits Of What You Can Know And What You Do Know  Knowing People Knowing Industries Most Humans Don’t Know A Lot Of Things Impermanence  11:45 - Human Decision Making Is An Embodied Process  The Gut Feeling Enteric Nervous System Sympathetic And Parasympathetic Nervous Systems Central Nervous System  The Heart Feelings Feelings Are Emotions  18:30 - Interviews As Coachable And Teachable Moments  The Gig Economy Prioritizing The Development Of Relationships Exhibited Behaviors That Match Patterns Are Coachable And Teachable  25:33 - Problems With The Interview Framework 29:23 - Human Action Is Connected To Emotion  The Human Brain  34:30 - Not Knowing As A Superpower  Action Potential  39:56 - Small Mind, Big Mind  Losing Your Mind And Coming To Your Senses  45:50 - Being Over Reliant On The Posture Of Knowing  Andrew Yang Peter Thiel - Zero to One Human Advantage Over Machines  50:16 - The Notion Of Marriage  Dr. John Gottman The Idea Of Magic  Reflections: Jessica: Favorite part is the idea that if we think we know something, that leads to despair sometimes. The release of admitting we don’t know everything is a source of hope. Jacob: Feeling like I’m known personally and professionally is important to me, but being known in a deterministic way resonated with me.  Artemis: The Bob Marley principle that was mentioned. Thinking about that philosophy connects with the ideas we talked about. When you realize all the intelligence that is out there, thinking of how small you are. If we can lose our mind and come back to our senses and see that we are part of this fabric, we’re not really all that different. Miko: “You can’t fool all the people all the time.” It is a way of connecting with the world of limitation.  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: Miko Matsumura.Support Greater Than Code

02:12 - Miko’s Superpower: Not Knowing Things. 03:30 - Coming To Your Senses <ul> <li>Breaking Out Of Thinking</li> <li>Detecting - Venture Capitalism</li> <li>Pattern Making And Pattern Matching</li> </ul> 06:45 - Understand The Limits Of What You Can Know And What You Do Know <ul> <li>Knowing People</li> <li>Knowing Industries</li> <li>Most Humans Don’t Know A Lot Of Things</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impermanence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Impermanence</a></li> </ul> 11:45 - Human Decision Making Is An Embodied Process <ul> <li>The Gut Feeling <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteric_nervous_system" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enteric Nervous System</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_nervous_system" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sympathetic</a> And <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasympathetic_nervous_system" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parasympathetic</a> Nervous Systems</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Central Nervous System</a></li> </ul></li> <li>The Heart Feelings</li> <li>Feelings Are Emotions</li> </ul> 18:30 - Interviews As Coachable And Teachable Moments <ul> <li><a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gig-economy.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gig Economy</a></li> <li>Prioritizing The Development Of Relationships</li> <li>Exhibited Behaviors That Match Patterns Are Coachable And Teachable</li> </ul> 25:33 - Problems With The Interview Framework 29:23 - Human Action Is Connected To Emotion <ul> <li>The Human Brain</li> </ul> 34:30 - Not Knowing As A Superpower <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potential" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Action Potential</a></li> </ul> 39:56 - Small Mind, Big Mind <ul> <li>Losing Your Mind And Coming To Your Senses</li> </ul> 45:50 - Being Over Reliant On The Posture Of Knowing <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Yang" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Yang</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_to_One" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Thiel - Zero to One</a></li> <li>Human Advantage Over Machines</li> </ul> 50:16 - The Notion Of Marriage <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gottman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. John Gottman</a></li> <li>The Idea Of Magic</li> </ul> Reflections: Jessica: Favorite part is the idea that if we think we know something, that leads to despair sometimes. The release of admitting we don’t know everything is a source of hope. Jacob: Feeling like I’m known personally and professionally is important to me, but being known in a deterministic way resonated with me. Artemis: The Bob Marley principle that was mentioned. Thinking about that philosophy connects with the ideas we talked about. When you realize all the intelligence that is out there, thinking of how small you are. If we can lose our mind and come back to our senses and see that we are part of this fabric, we’re not really all that different. Miko: “You can’t fool all the people all the time.” It is a way of connecting with the world of limitation. 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: Miko Matsumura.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

172: Limitations of Human Knowledge with Miko Matsumura

Kim Crayton

01:24 - Kim’s Superpower: Being a Black Woman in Tech with a Strategy and a Platform. 02:21 - Continuously Validating Your Space as a Black Woman  Technical vs. Technology Kamala Harris Suspending Her Campaign Inclusion, Diversity, and Business Strategy  08:10 - The System was Built to Harm and Oppress Black Women  Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Stacey Abrams F*ck Civility White People are on a Spectrum of Racist Ibram Kendi: How To Be an Antiracist Black People Cannot be Racist  15:42 - The Only Power Black People Have is the Power Whiteness Has Given Them  Capitalism, Communism, Marxism, Socialism are Theories Rooted in White Supremacy  21:24 - White Feminism is Bullsh*t  White Women are Now the Default Diversity in Tech  25:50 - Being a Strategist  Influencing Small to Medium Sized Business Making Meaningful Impactful Change in Tech  33:15 - #causeascene 35:41 - Price Asymmetry  36:48 - Kim’s Six-Step Process 40:15 - Stop Looking for Simple Solutions to Complex Problems  Defining Racism Beyond the Dictionary Definition  44:29 - Future of Jobs Report from World Economic Forum 45:55 - Strategies for Developing Your Other Technical Skills 48:15 - Bounded Rationality  Facts Change, Truth Remains the Same Collaboration Over Competition  52:10 - Can We Have Antiracist Capitalism? 01:00:59 - Defining Racism 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: Kim Crayton.Support Greater Than Code

01:24 - Kim’s Superpower: Being a Black Woman in Tech with a Strategy and a Platform. 02:21 - Continuously Validating Your Space as a Black Woman <ul> <li>Technical vs. Technology</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kamala Harris</a> Suspending Her Campaign</li> <li>Inclusion, Diversity, and Business Strategy</li> </ul> 08:10 - The System was Built to Harm and Oppress Black Women <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_Every_Voice_and_Sing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Abrams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stacey Abrams</a></li> <li>F*ck Civility</li> <li>White People are on a Spectrum of Racist</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibram_X._Kendi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ibram Kendi</a>: How To Be an Antiracist</li> <li>Black People Cannot be Racist</li> </ul> 15:42 - The Only Power Black People Have is the Power Whiteness Has Given Them <ul> <li>Capitalism, Communism, Marxism, Socialism are Theories Rooted in White Supremacy</li> </ul> 21:24 - White Feminism is Bullsh*t <ul> <li>White Women are Now the Default Diversity in Tech</li> </ul> 25:50 - Being a Strategist <ul> <li>Influencing Small to Medium Sized Business</li> <li>Making Meaningful Impactful Change in Tech</li> </ul> 33:15 - <a href="https://hashtagcauseascene.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#causeascene</a> 35:41 - Price Asymmetry 36:48 - Kim’s Six-Step Process 40:15 - Stop Looking for Simple Solutions to Complex Problems <ul> <li>Defining Racism Beyond the Dictionary Definition</li> </ul> 44:29 - <a href="https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Future of Jobs Report from World Economic Forum</a> 45:55 - Strategies for Developing Your Other Technical Skills 48:15 - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounded_rationality" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bounded Rationality</a> <ul> <li>Facts Change, Truth Remains the Same</li> <li>Collaboration Over Competition</li> </ul> 52:10 - Can We Have Antiracist Capitalism? 01:00:59 - Defining Racism 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: Kim Crayton.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

163: Cause A Scene with Kim Crayton

Tom Stuart

00:16 – Welcome to “Cycles in Philosophy of Software, Common Principles with Different Names &amp; Reference” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:47 – Superhero Origin Story BBC BASIC 04:45 – Nomenclature: “Junior” and “Senior” Developers; Differences Between “Early Career” Developers and “Experienced” Developers 13:56 – Solving the Skill Assessment Problem; Learning Methodically 20:55 – Software Development Now vs Then 29:51 – Do Programming Languages Create Certain Biases? 44:16 – Good Mentorship and Telling People What’s Next to Level Up 55:58 – Cohorting/Teaching Classes with Sandi Metz; Object-Oriented Design and Object-Oriented Programming Reflections: Janelle: Looking at things as multidimensional problems. Rein: An Introduction to General Systems Thinking by Gerald M. Weinberg Sam: The importance of the skill of metacognition. Tom: How the work as changed as being a developer. Nonviolent Communication: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg PhD 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: Tom Stuart.Support Greater Than Code

00:16 – Welcome to “Cycles in Philosophy of Software, Common Principles with Different Names &amp; Reference” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:47 – Superhero Origin Story <a href="http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BBC BASIC</a> 04:45 – Nomenclature: “Junior” and “Senior” Developers; Differences Between “Early Career” Developers and “Experienced” Developers 13:56 – Solving the Skill Assessment Problem; Learning Methodically 20:55 – Software Development Now vs Then 29:51 – Do Programming Languages Create Certain Biases? 44:16 – Good Mentorship and Telling People What’s Next to Level Up 55:58 – Cohorting/Teaching Classes with Sandi Metz; Object-Oriented Design and Object-Oriented Programming Reflections: Janelle: Looking at things as multidimensional problems. Rein: An Introduction to General Systems Thinking by Gerald M. Weinberg Sam: The importance of the skill of metacognition. Tom: How the work as changed as being a developer. Nonviolent Communication: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg PhD 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: Tom Stuart.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

Episode 030: Essential Developer Skills with Tom Stuart

The Twitter thread: All I can say here is that I try to lead by example. If there’s a clear path to “make the change easy, then make the easy change,” make sure the commit history shows that explicitly, then ask for a code review even if your process doesn’t require it. 1/ https://t.co/VDxDbEQUf3— Sam Livingston-Gray (@geeksam) June 9, 2019 Sam Livingston-Gray - F̶l̶u̶e̶n̶t̶ Refactoring Talk: Sam talks about refactoring a gnarly Rails controller method. This is a lightly edited version of a talk Sam gave in 2013. Resources: github.com/geeksam/fluent-refactoring Introduction to the Technical Debt Concept Status Quo Bias The Well Traveled Road Effect 21:47 - Refactoring Resistance: Who are you trying to convince?  Product Owner (Goal Donor) Funder (Gold Owner) Crusty Teammate Newbie Teammate  github.com/danmayer/coverband 28:57 - The Risks of Refactoring Rice’s Theorem Idealized Design:  Technically Viable Organizationally Viable A System Capable of Improvement Over Time  3 Different Kinds of Technical Debt:  Intentional Debt Evolutionary Debt Bit Rot  Churn Tool 35:08 - Documentation and Decision Records 36:59 - Code Value Judgement 42:00 - Convincing Coworkers Re: Refactoring a Codebase Adaptive Capacity Reflections: Coraline: Adaptive Capacity. Rein: Viability. Sam: It’s about dealing with people and effectively working with and for them. 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!Sponsored By:Atlas Authority: This episode of Greater Than Code is brought to you by Atlas Authority. Atlas Authority helps organizations manage and scale their Atlassian stack. With expertise in Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and other software development tools, Atlas Authority offers consulting, training, licensing and managed hosting services. Visit AtlasAuthority.com/GTC to find out more and learn why organizations trust Atlas Authority to implement, support, and maintain their critical Atlassian applications.Support Greater Than Code

The Twitter thread: <blockquote>All I can say here is that I try to lead by example. If there’s a clear path to “make the change easy, then make the easy change,” make sure the commit history shows that explicitly, then ask for a code review even if your process doesn’t require it. 1/ <a href="https://t.co/VDxDbEQUf3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://t.co/VDxDbEQUf3</a>— Sam Livingston-Gray (@geeksam) <a href="https://twitter.com/geeksam/status/1137741959198519296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">June 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3vflogQCLc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Livingston-Gray - F̶l̶u̶e̶n̶t̶ Refactoring</a> Talk: Sam talks about refactoring a gnarly Rails controller method. This is a lightly edited version of a talk Sam gave in 2013. Resources: <a href="https://github.com/geeksam/fluent-refactoring" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">github.com/geeksam/fluent-refactoring</a> <a href="https://www.agilealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IntroductiontotheTechnicalDebtConcept-V-02.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Introduction to the Technical Debt Concept</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_bias" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Status Quo Bias</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_travelled_road_effect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Well Traveled Road Effect</a> 21:47 - Refactoring Resistance: Who are you trying to convince? <ul> <li>Product Owner (Goal Donor)</li> <li>Funder (Gold Owner)</li> <li>Crusty Teammate</li> <li>Newbie Teammate</li> </ul> <a href="https://github.com/danmayer/coverband" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">github.com/danmayer/coverband</a> 28:57 - The Risks of Refactoring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice%27s_theorem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rice’s Theorem</a> Idealized Design: <ul> <li>Technically Viable</li> <li>Organizationally Viable</li> <li>A System Capable of Improvement Over Time</li> </ul> 3 Different Kinds of Technical Debt: <ul> <li>Intentional Debt</li> <li>Evolutionary Debt</li> <li>Bit Rot</li> </ul> <a href="https://github.com/danmayer/churn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Churn Tool</a> 35:08 - Documentation and Decision Records 36:59 - Code Value Judgement 42:00 - Convincing Coworkers Re: Refactoring a Codebase <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_capacity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adaptive Capacity</a> Reflections: Coraline: Adaptive Capacity. Rein: Viability. Sam: It’s about dealing with people and effectively working with and for them. 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!Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://AtlasAuthority.com/GTC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atlas Authority</a>: <a href="http://AtlasAuthority.com/GTC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This episode of Greater Than Code is brought to you by Atlas Authority. Atlas Authority helps organizations manage and scale their Atlassian stack. With expertise in Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and other software development tools, Atlas Authority offers consulting, training, licensing and managed hosting services. Visit AtlasAuthority.com/GTC to find out more and learn why organizations trust Atlas Authority to implement, support, and maintain their critical Atlassian applications.</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

136: Addressing Technical Friction

02:13 - What is Job Satisfaction? 03:25 - Predictors of Job Satisfaction  Mission Alignment Psychological Safety  14:02 - Evaluating Job Satisfaction: Questions to Ask During Interviews  What should I know that I didn’t ask? In six months, how will you know if hiring me was the right choice?  18:02 - Maintaining Positive Company Culture  Hire to Forge Signals  Meeting Potential Co-Workers  25:14 - Managers: What should you do if you know your team is unhappy? 27:42 - Positive Interactions with Coworkers + Feeling Needed / Relevant + Making Progress Everything Is Broken, and It's OK - John Sawers The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work Rock Stars, Builders, and Janitors: You're Doing it Wrong 34:55 - When Jobs Respect Your Life 👍🏻 42:17 - “Passion” and Playing to People’s Strengths 54:34 - Values Interviews and Attitudes Towards Failure Superfluous Job Satisfaction Reflections: John: Microvalidations. Jamey: Slack Airhorn Auto Response + Farm Meme Fridays Laurie: Something associated with the start of her day that makes her smile before she even leaves for the office: a backpack.  Rein: Asking “Hey, how can I help you with that?” Also: idiosyncratic emoji usage. Jacob: Offering to help new people set up their development environments. 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 Guests: Jacob Stoebel and Laurie Barth.Sponsored By:Pantheon: This episode is sponsored by Pantheon. Pantheon is the platform of choice for more enterprise Drupal / WordPress sites than any other platform. A platform with superpowers needs to be run behind the scenes by super humans of all diversities and backgrounds. Pantheon actively supports non-profit initiatives throughout the Bay Area and beyond such as Techtonica, the Tech Equity Collaborative, and Lesbians Who Tech. Learn more about career opportunities at pantheon.io/GreaterThanCode.Support Greater Than Code

02:13 - What is Job Satisfaction? 03:25 - Predictors of Job Satisfaction <ul> <li>Mission Alignment</li> <li>Psychological Safety</li> </ul> 14:02 - Evaluating Job Satisfaction: Questions to Ask During Interviews <ul> <li>What should I know that I didn’t ask?</li> <li>In six months, how will you know if hiring me was the right choice?</li> </ul> 18:02 - Maintaining Positive Company Culture <ul> <li>Hire to Forge Signals </li> <li>Meeting Potential Co-Workers</li> </ul> 25:14 - Managers: What should you do if you know your team is unhappy? 27:42 - Positive Interactions with Coworkers + Feeling Needed / Relevant + Making Progress <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5TjSyXR0jw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everything Is Broken, and It's OK - John Sawers</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/142219857X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therubyrep-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=142219857X&amp;linkId=6760c478abf206e354d6f1c1ea7419fd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work</a> <a href="https://dockercon.docker.com/watch/ams9ztREHRBU8bHpvZ6fr6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rock Stars, Builders, and Janitors: You're Doing it Wrong</a> 34:55 - When Jobs Respect Your Life 👍🏻 42:17 - “Passion” and Playing to People’s Strengths 54:34 - Values Interviews and Attitudes Towards Failure Superfluous Job Satisfaction Reflections: John: Microvalidations. Jamey: Slack Airhorn Auto Response + Farm Meme Fridays Laurie: Something associated with the start of her day that makes her smile before she even leaves for the office: a backpack. Rein: Asking “Hey, how can I help you with that?” Also: idiosyncratic emoji usage. Jacob: Offering to help new people set up their development environments. 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 Guests: Jacob Stoebel and Laurie Barth.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://pantheon.io/GreaterThanCode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pantheon</a>: <a href="http://pantheon.io/GreaterThanCode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This episode is sponsored by Pantheon. Pantheon is the platform of choice for more enterprise Drupal / WordPress sites than any other platform. A platform with superpowers needs to be run behind the scenes by super humans of all diversities and backgrounds. Pantheon actively supports non-profit initiatives throughout the Bay Area and beyond such as Techtonica, the Tech Equity Collaborative, and Lesbians Who Tech. Learn more about career opportunities at pantheon.io/GreaterThanCode.</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

138: Job Satisfaction

Dan North

01:41 – Dan’s Superpower: Optimization 03:26 – Are “Improve” and “Optimize” the same thing? Kaizen Kaikaku Cost Accounting 17:20 – How is cost accounting affected by demographics and privilege? 33:34 – Team Alignment, Collectiveness, and Camaraderie 37:42 – Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) vs Test-Driven Development (TDD)  Write the executable specifications to guide development. Then, delete most of them to optimize for documentation. Don’t pretend that the code is tested; that’s quite different. from @tastapod on @greaterthancode  — Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) March 14, 2018 58:00 – Customer Empathy Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests Reflections: Jessica: Meeting a customer need = congressive. Dan: Collaboration is how you get work done. Jamey: Replacing “responsibility” with “duty of care”. 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: Dan North.Sponsored By:O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences, coming to San Jose, California, June 11-14. From ops to apps, Velocity + Fluent tears down silos, enabling and fostering the kind of cross-department collaboration essential to driving innovation and speeding product delivery. Best Price ends this Friday, March 30–save up to $839 using code GTC20. Learn more at http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw. Promo Code: GTC20Support Greater Than Code

01:41 – Dan’s Superpower: Optimization 03:26 – Are “Improve” and “Optimize” the same thing? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kaizen</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaikaku" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kaikaku</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_accounting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cost Accounting</a> 17:20 – How is cost accounting affected by demographics and privilege? 33:34 – Team Alignment, Collectiveness, and Camaraderie 37:42 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior-driven_development" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)</a> vs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Test-Driven Development (TDD)</a> <blockquote> Write the executable specifications to guide development. Then, delete most of them to optimize for documentation. Don’t pretend that the code is tested; that’s quite different. from <a href="https://twitter.com/tastapod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tastapod</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/greaterthancode?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@greaterthancode</a> </blockquote> — <a href="https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/973987032094728192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) March 14, 2018</a> 58:00 – Customer Empathy <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321503627/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therubyrep-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0321503627&amp;linkId=4a035427b40d7639d3ce1d4431eb7c49" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests</a> Reflections: Jessica: Meeting a customer need = congressive. Dan: Collaboration is how you get work done. Jamey: Replacing “responsibility” with “duty of care”. 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: Dan North.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">O'Reilly Media</a>: <a href="http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences, coming to San Jose, California, June 11-14. From ops to apps, Velocity + Fluent tears down silos, enabling and fostering the kind of cross-department collaboration essential to driving innovation and speeding product delivery. Best Price ends this Friday, March 30–save up to $839 using code GTC20. Learn more at http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw.</a> Promo Code: GTC20</li></ul><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

073: Driven By Need, Guided By Example with Dan North

Marian Petre

Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think (The MIT Press) by Marian Petre and André van der Hoek 01:39 – Marian’s Superpower: Picking Brains Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter 03:28 – André’s Superpower: Identifying Patterns 04:23 – Design Thinking Within Companies and The Error by Proxy Phenomenon 09:19 – The Notion that Design Has Gone Away 12:18 – Radical vs Normal Design: What drives the need for radical design? When does normal design stop being effective? 19:55 – The Democratization of Software Development 24:45 – Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think 27:45 – The Disconnect Between Academic Research and Actual Practice 29:25 – Why “Decoded”? 32:59 – How People Deal with Systems That Are Too Big 39:19 – Problem Solving and Problem Solving in the Context of Complex Software Systems 44:29 – The Notion of the Toolbox and Breaking Down Big Problems Into Smaller Problems Reflections: Coraline: There are two types of gurus. Rein: The democratization of software development and steering organizations. Jessica: Studying the bug rather than squashing the bug and experts are in the room twice. Jamey: Designers saying that, “My job IS hard!” and being kind to themselves. André and Marian: Having these conversations and interacting with people in this industry. 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 Guests: André van der Hoek and Marian Petre .Support Greater Than Code

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262035189/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therubyrep-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0262035189&amp;linkId=df177ad25f96058d8857b79d30b6cf2e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think (The MIT Press) by Marian Petre and André van der Hoek</a> 01:39 – Marian’s Superpower: Picking Brains <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465018475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therubyrep-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0465018475&amp;linkId=b4167a63b9987f095980f513ab736f3f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter</a> 03:28 – André’s Superpower: Identifying Patterns 04:23 – Design Thinking Within Companies and The Error by Proxy Phenomenon 09:19 – The Notion that Design Has Gone Away 12:18 – Radical vs Normal Design: What drives the need for radical design? When does normal design stop being effective? 19:55 – The Democratization of Software Development 24:45 – Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think 27:45 – The Disconnect Between Academic Research and Actual Practice 29:25 – Why “Decoded”? 32:59 – How People Deal with Systems That Are Too Big 39:19 – Problem Solving and Problem Solving in the Context of Complex Software Systems 44:29 – The Notion of the Toolbox and Breaking Down Big Problems Into Smaller Problems Reflections: Coraline: There are two types of gurus. Rein: The democratization of software development and steering organizations. Jessica: Studying the bug rather than squashing the bug and experts are in the room twice. Jamey: Designers saying that, “My job IS hard!” and being kind to themselves. André and Marian: Having these conversations and interacting with people in this industry. 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 Guests: André van der Hoek and Marian Petre .<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

065: Radical Design with Marian Petre and André van der Hoek

Don Goodman-Wilson

01:10 - Don’s Superpower: He is a generalist. He has lots of skills he can bring together in one place. 02:25 - Ethics and Open Source  Open Source is Broken OSI How Can we Make Sure Our Code isn’t Weaponized  08:34 - Consequentialism vs Contractualism   OSI FAQ Free Software Foundation  18:15 - The Paradox of Tolerance/Paradox of Openness 19:15 - Is Licensing the Right Mechanism for Bringing Ethics into Open Source 23:40 - Enforceability of Open Source Licenses 28:40 - Compensation as an Ethical Consideration 34:30 - Quantifying the Value the Open Source Software Gives 38:24 - Empowering People Who Participate in Open Source  It’s OK to Question Authority Not Everyone Has the Privilege to Participate in Open Source Ethics in Open Source Licenses  48:31 Tierney Cyren @bitandbang 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: Don Goodman-Wilson.Support Greater Than Code

01:10 - Don’s Superpower: He is a generalist. He has lots of skills he can bring together in one place. 02:25 - Ethics and Open Source <ul> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@degoodmanwilson/open-source-is-broken-d836efbceb4f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Source is Broken</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Initiative" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OSI</a></li> <li>How Can we Make Sure Our Code isn’t Weaponized</li> </ul> 08:34 - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequentialism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Consequentialism</a> vs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contractualism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Contractualism</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://opensource.org/faq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OSI FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Software Foundation</a></li> </ul> 18:15 - The Paradox of Tolerance/Paradox of Openness 19:15 - Is Licensing the Right Mechanism for Bringing Ethics into Open Source 23:40 - Enforceability of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_license" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Source Licenses</a> 28:40 - Compensation as an Ethical Consideration 34:30 - Quantifying the Value the Open Source Software Gives 38:24 - Empowering People Who Participate in Open Source <ul> <li>It’s OK to Question Authority</li> <li>Not Everyone Has the Privilege to Participate in Open Source</li> <li>Ethics in Open Source Licenses</li> </ul> 48:31 Tierney Cyren <a href="https://twitter.com/bitandbang" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@bitandbang</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: Don Goodman-Wilson.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

155: Ethical Open Source with Don Goodman-Wilson

Jennifer Tu

00:52 - Jennifer’s Superpower: Seeing Inefficiencies in Processes 02:56 - Coaching Clients to Reorganize Their Organizations Due to Growth Jean Hsu: Re-structuring a growing team Communicating Change and Values Encouraging Thoughtfulness Asking Questions + Questions as a Form of Communication Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer  Jennifer’s Podcast: Storytime with Managers 25:24 - Deleting Old Code; Being Emotional Over Code 30:34 - Avoiding Non-Consensual Teaching and Assumptions 40:50 - Learning Sucks Fixed Vs Growth Mindset Reflections: John: Questions and what they reveal about the question-asker. Jacob: Hiring for a growth mindset could be difficult. Jamey: The people who have the most control over the situation are also the people who are going to have the least anxiety. Jennifer: Learning to ask better questions isn’t something that you can do easily in a vacuum. 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: Jennifer Tu.Support Greater Than Code

00:52 - Jennifer’s Superpower: Seeing Inefficiencies in Processes 02:56 - Coaching Clients to Reorganize Their Organizations Due to Growth <a href="https://medium.com/better-programming/re-structuring-a-growing-team-3ac30d93b637" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jean Hsu: Re-structuring a growing team</a> Communicating Change and Values Encouraging Thoughtfulness Asking Questions + Questions as a Form of Communication <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161180583X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therubyrep-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=161180583X&amp;linkId=404f89e44474ffefe366cb2dc0990ec8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer</a> Jennifer’s Podcast: <a href="https://www.wecohere.com/podcast-storytime-with-managers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Storytime with Managers</a> 25:24 - Deleting Old Code; Being Emotional Over Code 30:34 - Avoiding Non-Consensual Teaching and Assumptions 40:50 - Learning Sucks <a href="https://www.developgoodhabits.com/fixed-mindset-vs-growth-mindset/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fixed Vs Growth Mindset</a> Reflections: John: Questions and what they reveal about the question-asker. Jacob: Hiring for a growth mindset could be difficult. Jamey: The people who have the most control over the situation are also the people who are going to have the least anxiety. Jennifer: Learning to ask better questions isn’t something that you can do easily in a vacuum. 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: Jennifer Tu.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

147: Organizing Organizations with Jennifer Tu

LaToya Allen

00:16 – Welcome to “Well, Technically...” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:34 – LaToya Allen’s Introduction 03:18 – Dear Tech Companies: Focus on Diversity, Not Foosball 08:14 – How does “the team photo” reflect on you and your company? 10:33 – Article Backlash; Interviewing/Hiring People for Diversity Mental health Bechdel test for women in male-dominated fields: Have *I* talked to another woman today about something related to my work?— amy nguyen (@amyngyn) October 10, 2016 15:11 – The Talking-Over-People Culture Ruby DCamp 17:37 – Improving Job Postings; How do you find a company to work for that’s good?  “Save your ninja moves for the alley!” ~ Jessica Kerr  23:16 – What is something that your company or coworkers or someone at work did that made you feel included? 26:18 – “Signaling” 30:54 – The SheNomads Job Board and the Vetting Process    Commitment to diversity inclusion   Provide meaningful work   Offer reasonable pay  33:33 – #talkpay Salary Negotiation with Ashley Powell    Use Google / Indeed.com   Talk to recruiters   Talk to your peers  35:56 – SheNomads and Remote Work Reflections: Dave: Thinking more about signaling. Astrid: I’m not the only person turned off by ninja-stuff. Coraline: Bringing marketing personas into the recruiting process. Sam: Recognizing the impulse to interrupt and taking a step back. LaToya: Thank you for Greater Than Code! Jessica: Gratitude for remote work and diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Listener Call to Action: If you are not a remote worker, talk to management and see if you can work from home one day per week to introduce the idea of remote work and prove that you are effective and efficient even if you are not present in the office. If you are in a management position, go work from home yourself at least one day per week, so you can build some empathy for what it’s like to be on the other side of those tools and that divide, so you can more effectively incorporate your more distributed teammates. 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: LaToya Allen.Support Greater Than Code

00:16 – Welcome to “Well, Technically...” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!” 01:34 – LaToya Allen’s Introduction 03:18 – <a href="https://www.wired.com/2016/09/dear-tech-companies-focus-diversity-not-foosball/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dear Tech Companies: Focus on Diversity, Not Foosball</a> 08:14 – How does “the team photo” reflect on you and your company? 10:33 – Article Backlash; Interviewing/Hiring People for Diversity <blockquote>Mental health Bechdel test for women in male-dominated fields: Have *I* talked to another woman today about something related to my work?— amy nguyen (@amyngyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/amyngyn/status/785532779106754560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">October 10, 2016</a></blockquote> 15:11 – The Talking-Over-People Culture <a href="http://rubydcamp.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruby DCamp</a> 17:37 – Improving Job Postings; How do you find a company to work for that’s good? <blockquote> “Save your ninja moves for the alley!” ~ Jessica Kerr </blockquote> 23:16 – What is something that your company or coworkers or someone at work did that made you feel included? 26:18 – “Signaling” 30:54 – The SheNomads Job Board and the Vetting Process <ul> <li> Commitment to diversity inclusion</li> <li> Provide meaningful work</li> <li> Offer reasonable pay</li> </ul> 33:33 – <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/talkpay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#talkpay</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQUSLEapSfY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Salary Negotiation with Ashley Powell</a> <ul> <li> Use Google / <a href="http://Indeed.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indeed.com</a></li> <li> Talk to recruiters</li> <li> Talk to your peers</li> </ul> 35:56 – SheNomads and Remote Work Reflections: Dave: Thinking more about signaling. Astrid: I’m not the only person turned off by ninja-stuff. Coraline: Bringing marketing personas into the recruiting process. Sam: Recognizing the impulse to interrupt and taking a step back. LaToya: Thank you for Greater Than Code! Jessica: Gratitude for remote work and diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Listener Call to Action: If you are not a remote worker, talk to management and see if you can work from home one day per week to introduce the idea of remote work and prove that you are effective and efficient even if you are not present in the office. If you are in a management position, go work from home yourself at least one day per week, so you can build some empathy for what it’s like to be on the other side of those tools and that divide, so you can more effectively incorporate your more distributed teammates. 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: LaToya Allen.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

Episode 003: Hiring People For Diversity with LaToya Allen of SheNomads

Anjuan Simmons

RubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons 01:18 – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility 04:55 – Cultivating Variety on Teams 08:22 – What makes a great team? 13:46 – Empowering Others 19:21 – Culture Fit 21:24 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency 24:35 – Creating Space for People to Shine 33:46 – Responses to “Weirdness” 38:27 – Building Constructive and Authentic Relationships with People 41:12 – Having Visible Differences on Teams 43:53 – “Othering” 49:29 – Earning Trust by Listening to People Reflections: Sam: Safety can improve teams and lead to wonderful harmonies. Rein: Building caring and genuine relationships with other people and valuing them for who they are. Janelle: Getting to know people and giving them space to take off their masks to be their unique selves. Anjuan: Safety is a foundational aspect of life. 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: Anjuan Simmons.Sponsored By:O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences. Taking place in San Jose, California, June 11-14, it’s the best place to get the latest in software development, performance, operations, resilience, and so much more. Early Price ends next Friday, May 4th. Register with code GTC20 to save up to $599 on your pass! Learn more at http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw. Promo Code: GTC20Support Greater Than Code

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd4PsSk_0iQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons</a> 01:18 – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility 04:55 – Cultivating Variety on Teams 08:22 – What makes a great team? 13:46 – Empowering Others 19:21 – Culture Fit 21:24 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency 24:35 – Creating Space for People to Shine 33:46 – Responses to “Weirdness” 38:27 – Building Constructive and Authentic Relationships with People 41:12 – Having Visible Differences on Teams 43:53 – “Othering” 49:29 – Earning Trust by Listening to People Reflections: Sam: Safety can improve teams and lead to wonderful harmonies. Rein: Building caring and genuine relationships with other people and valuing them for who they are. Janelle: Getting to know people and giving them space to take off their masks to be their unique selves. Anjuan: Safety is a foundational aspect of life. 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: Anjuan Simmons.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">O'Reilly Media</a>: <a href="http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences. Taking place in San Jose, California, June 11-14, it’s the best place to get the latest in software development, performance, operations, resilience, and so much more. Early Price ends next Friday, May 4th. Register with code GTC20 to save up to $599 on your pass! Learn more at http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw.</a> Promo Code: GTC20</li></ul><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

077: Creating Space to Shine with Anjuan Simmons

James Edward Gray II

01:30 - James’ Superpower: Spending time chasing his daughter and her robots around. Helping with her robotics club at school. 02:37 - “Just Be Yourself” is Terrible Advice 03:50 - What Are You Trying to Accomplish in the Interview 06:00 - Be Authentic: Which Parts of Yourself to Show  Be a Strong Communicator Be an Avid Learner Don’t be a Jerk  07:25 - Turn Your Interviewers into Your Advocates 12:42 - Technical Interviews  Saying “I Don’t Know” is OK  16:00 Interviewee as the Interviewer  Make Sure You Want to Work Here Answer Questions Honestly  18:53 - Prepare for Common Interview Questions  Rephrasing Weakness  23:34 - Intrinsic Motivation  Mastery by Robert Greene  29:29 - Storytelling in the Interview  Being Confident in Your Accomplishments Interviewers Explain Why You Are Asking the Question  37:15 - Management Techniques  Richard Cook Herbert Simon  45:00 - Why Technical Interviews are Challenging  Cracking the Coding Interview  Reflections: John: Setting the context for being approachable as an interviewer is important. Rein: Some of this advice works all the time, and some of this advice only works when you have been able to develop a personal connection with the interviewer/interviewee.  James: Think about if this is a place you want to work while interviewing. Avdi: Turning your interviewer into your advocate can help them also be able to tell you if this place will be a good fit for you. Jessica: It’s not just about being able to interview well as the interviewee, but we need to choose a company that can interview well too. Ask your personal contacts about what it is like to work at a certain company. 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: James Edward Gray.Support Greater Than Code

01:30 - James’ Superpower: Spending time chasing his daughter and her robots around. Helping with her robotics club at school. 02:37 - “Just Be Yourself” is Terrible Advice 03:50 - What Are You Trying to Accomplish in the Interview 06:00 - Be Authentic: Which Parts of Yourself to Show <ul> <li>Be a Strong Communicator</li> <li>Be an Avid Learner</li> <li>Don’t be a Jerk</li> </ul> 07:25 - Turn Your Interviewers into Your Advocates 12:42 - Technical Interviews <ul> <li>Saying “I Don’t Know” is OK</li> </ul> 16:00 Interviewee as the Interviewer <ul> <li>Make Sure You Want to Work Here</li> <li>Answer Questions Honestly</li> </ul> 18:53 - Prepare for Common Interview Questions <ul> <li>Rephrasing Weakness</li> </ul> 23:34 - Intrinsic Motivation <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastery_(book)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mastery by Robert Greene</a></li> </ul> 29:29 - Storytelling in the Interview <ul> <li>Being Confident in Your Accomplishments</li> <li>Interviewers Explain Why You Are Asking the Question</li> </ul> 37:15 - Management Techniques <ul> <li><a href="https://www.adaptivecapacitylabs.com/richard-cook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Cook</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_A._Simon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herbert Simon</a></li> </ul> 45:00 - Why Technical Interviews are Challenging <ul> <li><a href="http://www.crackingthecodinginterview.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cracking the Coding Interview</a></li> </ul> Reflections: John: Setting the context for being approachable as an interviewer is important. Rein: Some of this advice works all the time, and some of this advice only works when you have been able to develop a personal connection with the interviewer/interviewee. James: Think about if this is a place you want to work while interviewing. Avdi: Turning your interviewer into your advocate can help them also be able to tell you if this place will be a good fit for you. Jessica: It’s not just about being able to interview well as the interviewee, but we need to choose a company that can interview well too. Ask your personal contacts about what it is like to work at a certain company. 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: James Edward Gray.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

156: Authenticity in Interviewing with James Edward Gray II

Kent Beck

01:19 – Kent’s Superpower: Putting Things Together That Don’t Necessarily Go Together Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander 04:01 – Metaphors in Software Development 07:32 – Writing Tests and Keeping a Journal  @jessitron  The unit/integration distinction confuses me. I test at the level of, “Here’s a thought I need to capture.” @KentBeck on @greaterthancode  10:58 – Complexity Partitioning One Bite At A Time: Partitioning Complexity Kent’s musings on the topic of unit versus integration testing after the show. 21:59 – The Way Systems Change Over Time as an Important Part of How We Design Software 27:20 – Changing Culture Vs Code and Storytelling and Succession Reflections: Jamey: Thinking about the reasons why we do things. Rein: How computer systems are beginning to take on the complexity of biological systems. Coraline: The concept of lumpers vs splitters. Sam: How strategies for dealing with complexity don’t just have to be about the problem itself, they can be about the emotional response of the programmer who has to get some work done. Jessica: The for-allers vs the for-eachers; universalist vs existentialist. Kent: Not being bothered by culture change and helping people feel the same. 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: Kent Beck. Sponsored By: Cohere: This episode is sponsored by Cohere! Cohere believes better teams make better products. Visit [wecohere.com/greaterthancode](https://www.wecohere.com/greater-than-code) to learn how your team can become greater than code. Support Greater Than Code

01:19 – Kent’s Superpower: Putting Things Together That Don’t Necessarily Go Together <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465018475/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therubyrep-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0465018475&amp;linkId=6b695b9a8370a14771836fb3671d11e5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander</a> 04:01 – Metaphors in Software Development 07:32 – Writing Tests and Keeping a Journal <blockquote> <a href="https://twitter.com/jessitron/status/938122417548881920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E938122417548881920&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterthancode.com%2F2017%2F12%2F27%2F060-coping-with-complexity-with-kent-beck%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jessitron</a> The unit/integration distinction confuses me. I test at the level of, “Here’s a thought I need to capture.” @KentBeck on @greaterthancode </blockquote> 10:58 – Complexity Partitioning <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/one-bite-at-a-time-partitioning-complexity/1716882961677894/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Bite At A Time: Partitioning Complexity</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/unit-tests/1726369154062608/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kent’s musings on the topic of unit versus integration testing after the show.</a> 21:59 – The Way Systems Change Over Time as an Important Part of How We Design Software 27:20 – Changing Culture Vs Code and Storytelling and Succession Reflections: Jamey: Thinking about the reasons why we do things. Rein: How computer systems are beginning to take on the complexity of biological systems. Coraline: The concept of lumpers vs splitters. Sam: How strategies for dealing with complexity don’t just have to be about the problem itself, they can be about the emotional response of the programmer who has to get some work done. Jessica: The for-allers vs the for-eachers; universalist vs existentialist. Kent: Not being bothered by culture change and helping people feel the same. 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: Kent Beck. Sponsored By: <ul><li><a href="https://www.wecohere.com/greater-than-code" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cohere</a>: <a href="https://www.wecohere.com/greater-than-code" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This episode is sponsored by Cohere! Cohere believes better teams make better products. Visit [wecohere.com/greaterthancode](https://www.wecohere.com/greater-than-code) to learn how your team can become greater than code.</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

060: Coping with Complexity with Kent Beck

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 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 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: Aria Stewart.Support Greater Than Code

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 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a5gUS649t0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Janelle Klein: A Programmer’s Guide to Humans @ SeleniumConf UK</a> 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 <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: Aria Stewart.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

046: Specialization vs Collaboration with Aria Stewart

Mannah Kallon

01:16 - Mannah’s Superpower: He is Comfortable in His Own Skin  Being Yourself  02:17 - Assessing Identity and Evaluating Sense of Self in New Culture  What a Philosopher is  03:42 - Quoting Beyoncé and Using the B Word  Who Takes Offense? Is Everyone Given the Same Consideration?  06:25 - Moments of Self Doubt When Someone Doesn’t Believe You  Simone de Beauvoir Addressing Terms of Identity with Conversation Botham Jean, Forgiveness, and Role Reversal  09:14 - Empathy  Who is Your Favorite Philosopher Having the Ability to Consider and Alternative Viewpoint  11:22 - Retaliation is a Thing  Impeachment Whistleblower Kavanaugh Investigation Rowena Chiu Colin Kaepernick  16:33 - How to Deal With Coming Across a Viewpoint You Don’t Think Has Merit  It is Healthy to Have a Level of Empathy for Your Enemies Assigning Value to Situations  18:56 - The Supreme Court Voting on Protections  Systemic Hatred Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness   23:23 - Origins of Thoughts and Root Causes 28:57 - Recognizing Privilege  Rowena Chiu: Opinion | 'Harvey Weinstein Told Me He Liked Chinese Girls …  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: Mannah Kallon.Support Greater Than Code

01:16 - Mannah’s Superpower: He is Comfortable in His Own Skin <ul> <li>Being Yourself</li> </ul> 02:17 - Assessing Identity and Evaluating Sense of Self in New Culture <ul> <li>What a Philosopher is</li> </ul> 03:42 - Quoting Beyoncé and Using the B Word <ul> <li>Who Takes Offense?</li> <li>Is Everyone Given the Same Consideration?</li> </ul> 06:25 - Moments of Self Doubt When Someone Doesn’t Believe You <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simone de Beauvoir</a></li> <li>Addressing Terms of Identity with Conversation</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Botham_Jean" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Botham Jean</a>, Forgiveness, and Role Reversal</li> </ul> 09:14 - Empathy <ul> <li>Who is Your Favorite Philosopher</li> <li>Having the Ability to Consider and Alternative Viewpoint</li> </ul> 11:22 - Retaliation is a Thing <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_controversy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Impeachment Whistleblower</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kavanaugh Investigation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-harvey-weinstein-accuser-rape-rowena-chiu_n_5d767361e4b0fde50c2ac3c9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rowena Chiu</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colin Kaepernick</a></li> </ul> 16:33 - How to Deal With Coming Across a Viewpoint You Don’t Think Has Merit <ul> <li>It is Healthy to Have a Level of Empathy for Your Enemies</li> <li>Assigning Value to Situations</li> </ul> 18:56 - The Supreme Court Voting on Protections <ul> <li>Systemic Hatred</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_Liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_Happiness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness </a></li> </ul> 23:23 - Origins of Thoughts and Root Causes 28:57 - Recognizing Privilege <ul> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/opinion/sunday/harvey-weinstein-rowena-chiu.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rowena Chiu: Opinion | 'Harvey Weinstein Told Me He Liked Chinese Girls …</a></li> </ul> 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: Mannah Kallon.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

153: Your Favorite Philosopher Is You with Mannah Kallon

Mireille Reece

01:14 - Mireille’s Superpower: Being just herself. The sense of respect around the individuality of every person. 02:30 - Being Different From Others is a Good Thing  Nature vs. Nurture Epigenetics  05:59 - Our Brains and Empathy  Mirror Neurons Dr. Dan Siegel The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon/Frequency Illusion  11:15 - The Brain vs. The Mind  Extended Cognition Sensation and Perception Survival Rules - Virginia Satir  19:22 - Three Brains in One 21:51 - HPA Axis  Dr. John Briere  23:06 - Overcoming Unconscious Impulses  Fight or Flight Collateral Data Brené Brown Grounding  26:56 - Affective Prosody  Gavin de Becker - The Gift of Fear Incongruence  33:26 - Balancing Transparency at Work  Humanity in Tech Codeswitching Arianna Huffington  Relationships at Work Psychological Safety Shame Learned Helplessness  48:41 - Effort Over Outcome 56:15 - Using the Word “While” 59:25 - Decoding Your Anger  Using Energy  01:05:28 - “Plays” or Neural Routes 01:09:20 - Correlation vs. Causation Reflections: Rein: Bringing our whole self to work without thinking about punishment or reprisal. Finding psychological safety. Jacob: How he thinks one of the biggest problems in the tech industry is that there is this brick wall around feelings and how feelings and work don’t mix. Rather than a brick wall, what kind of filter can we put in front of our emotional lives that is appropriate for the professional world? Mireille: It really is around being able to see other people as people and when we do that most of the time people are not trying to make our lives more difficult. Check out Mireille’s podcast Brain Science here. 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: Dr. Mireille Reece.Support Greater Than Code

01:14 - Mireille’s Superpower: Being just herself. The sense of respect around the individuality of every person. 02:30 - Being Different From Others is a Good Thing <ul> <li>Nature vs. Nurture</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Epigenetics</a></li> </ul> 05:59 - Our Brains and Empathy <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mirror Neurons</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Siegel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Dan Siegel</a></li> <li>The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon/Frequency Illusion</li> </ul> 11:15 - The Brain vs. The Mind <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_cognition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extended Cognition</a></li> <li>Sensation and Perception</li> <li>Survival Rules - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Satir" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virginia Satir</a></li> </ul> 19:22 - <a href="https://psycheducation.org/brain-tours/3-brains-in-one-brain/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Three Brains in One</a> 21:51 - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamic%E2%80%93pituitary%E2%80%93adrenal_axis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HPA Axis</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://s1097954.instanturl.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. John Briere</a></li> </ul> 23:06 - Overcoming Unconscious Impulses <ul> <li>Fight or Flight</li> <li>Collateral Data</li> <li><a href="https://brenebrown.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brené Brown</a></li> <li>Grounding</li> </ul> 26:56 - <a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Psycholinguistics/Prosody" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Affective Prosody</a> <ul> <li>Gavin de Becker - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_Fear" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gift of Fear</a></li> <li>Incongruence</li> </ul> 33:26 - Balancing Transparency at Work <ul> <li>Humanity in Tech</li> <li>Codeswitching</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arianna Huffington</a> </li> <li>Relationships at Work</li> <li>Psychological Safety</li> <li>Shame</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learned Helplessness</a></li> </ul> 48:41 - Effort Over Outcome 56:15 - Using the Word “While” 59:25 - Decoding Your Anger <ul> <li>Using Energy</li> </ul> 01:05:28 - “Plays” or Neural Routes 01:09:20 - Correlation vs. Causation Reflections: Rein: Bringing our whole self to work without thinking about punishment or reprisal. Finding psychological safety. Jacob: How he thinks one of the biggest problems in the tech industry is that there is this brick wall around feelings and how feelings and work don’t mix. Rather than a brick wall, what kind of filter can we put in front of our emotional lives that is appropriate for the professional world? Mireille: It really is around being able to see other people as people and when we do that most of the time people are not trying to make our lives more difficult. Check out Mireille’s podcast Brain Science <a href="https://changelog.com/brainscience" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</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: Dr. Mireille Reece.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

164: Psychological Balance with Dr. Mireille Reece

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 16:01 – Specialization and Efficiency 23:38 –  The Cinderella Dress in Action 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 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 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: Kim Vanderspek.Support Greater Than Code

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 <a href="https://processing.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Processing</a> 16:01 – Specialization and Efficiency 23:38 – <a href="https://twitter.com/kvdspek/status/929783888527937538" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cinderella Dress in Action</a> 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. <a href="https://github.com/CoralineAda/lftm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lftm</a> 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 <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: Kim Vanderspek.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

091: Solving Puzzles and Productive Failure with Kim Vanderspek

Tim Chevalier

01:10 – Tim’s Superpower: Keeping Himself From Laughing / Improv 04:19 – Tim’s Journey as a Programmer 09:12 – The Collision of Values Within the Programming Industry and The Meaning and Measurement of “Intelligence” 22:39 – Using Programming to Satisfy Emotional Needs and Form Identity 37:30 – Merit and Identity as a Zero-Sum Game 40:49 – The Struggle of Giving Up / Embracing Labels 49:34 – Collectively Creating an Emotionally Healthy Atmosphere Within the Software Industry Reflections: Coraline: What are the countervalues that go against meritocracy? The Post-Meritocracy Manifesto  Jessica: Read Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse. John: The emotional need for people to belong to various groups and things we can do to help people get into healthier spaces. Tim: Listen to Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen. Also, how to talk about the inner struggle people have to belong in a positive way. 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: Tim Chevalier.Support Greater Than Code

01:10 – Tim’s Superpower: Keeping Himself From Laughing / Improv 04:19 – Tim’s Journey as a Programmer 09:12 – The Collision of Values Within the Programming Industry and The Meaning and Measurement of “Intelligence” 22:39 – Using Programming to Satisfy Emotional Needs and Form Identity 37:30 – Merit and Identity as a Zero-Sum Game 40:49 – The Struggle of Giving Up / Embracing Labels 49:34 – Collectively Creating an Emotionally Healthy Atmosphere Within the Software Industry Reflections: Coraline: What are the countervalues that go against meritocracy? <a href="https://postmeritocracy.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Post-Meritocracy Manifesto</a> Jessica: Read Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse. John: The emotional need for people to belong to various groups and things we can do to help people get into healthier spaces. Tim: Listen to Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen. Also, how to talk about the inner struggle people have to belong in a positive way. 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: Tim Chevalier.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

083: Programming As An Identity with Tim Chevalier

Chris Ferdinandi

00:53 - Chris’s Superpower: Derailing conversations and having a knack for taking complex tasks and breaking them down into smaller, simpler parts that people find easy to understand. 01:44 - The Pitch for Vanilla JavaScript 03:06 - Peoples’ Biggest Challenge as a Developer  Having Trouble Keeping Up Adding Processes and Tools Make it More Difficult to Get Started “The Right Way To Do It”  05:50 - The Problem With The Way We Do Things Today  Front-End Development Back-End Developers Move to Front-End  08:30 - Modern Web Development  The Use of Frameworks Package Managers  “The Cascade is Bad” - Using More JavaScript  11:42 - A Better Approach To Web Development  Sometimes Old Is Better Don’t Ditch The Old Just Because Something New Came Out Embrace The Platform Think Smaller And More Modular Remember That The Web Is For Everyone  17:15 - CSS and JavaScript  Web Bloat That Affects The End User Accessibility - Being Able To Work On Improvement Accessibility Audit On Gutenberg Being Too Heavily Focused On One Programming Language  25:05 - The Notion of Development At Scale  The Google Hiring Process And Frameworks  27:45 - Silos Of Technology 31:10 - Complexity And/Or Simplicity  Focusing On Quality Over Volume Factoring For Growth  37:20 - Advocating For Vanilla JavaScript  Documentation Unexpected Incidentals  44:10 - Gradual Movement Of The Code Base 45:30 - Using The Word “Just” 49:30 - The Concept Of State 52:45 - Use Of Static HTML 53:40 - Do Companies Actually Build For The Web Like This  Netflix Page Loads With Vanilla JS Happy Middle Ground  58:05 - Summation Of Positives Of Vanilla JavaScript  Ease Of Beginner Developer Onboarding Allowing Non-JavaScript Developers To Participate More Meaningfully In Your Process Overall Resilience And Performance For The End User  Reflections: Rein: Pick the thing that reduces your suffering the most. Jacob: If you are just starting to learn JavaScript, it is ok to not learn a framework immediately. It is also ok to dive into something else and come back to learn vanilla JS. Also, Noel Rappin - Modern Front-End Development for Rails, takes a great approach to using differing technologies and what they can bring to your project. Chris: Thinking about the instances where it does make sense to use some of these tools as opposed to reasons why you shouldn’t use them. Liked the talk about minimizing your pain. If you feel like there are too many moving parts to JavaScript, you are not alone, it’s not you, and you’ve totally got this. 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: Chris Ferdinandi.Support Greater Than Code

00:53 - Chris’s Superpower: Derailing conversations and having a knack for taking complex tasks and breaking them down into smaller, simpler parts that people find easy to understand. 01:44 - The Pitch for Vanilla JavaScript 03:06 - Peoples’ Biggest Challenge as a Developer <ul> <li>Having Trouble Keeping Up</li> <li>Adding Processes and Tools Make it More Difficult to Get Started</li> <li>“The Right Way To Do It”</li> </ul> 05:50 - The Problem With The Way We Do Things Today <ul> <li>Front-End Development</li> <li>Back-End Developers Move to Front-End</li> </ul> 08:30 - Modern Web Development <ul> <li>The Use of Frameworks</li> <li>Package Managers </li> <li>“The Cascade is Bad” - Using More JavaScript</li> </ul> 11:42 - A Better Approach To Web Development <ul> <li>Sometimes Old Is Better</li> <li>Don’t Ditch The Old Just Because Something New Came Out</li> <li>Embrace The Platform</li> <li>Think Smaller And More Modular</li> <li>Remember That The Web Is For Everyone</li> </ul> 17:15 - CSS and JavaScript <ul> <li>Web Bloat That Affects The End User</li> <li>Accessibility - Being Able To Work On Improvement</li> <li><a href="https://wpcampus.org/2019/05/gutenberg-audit-results/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Accessibility Audit On Gutenberg</a></li> <li>Being Too Heavily Focused On One Programming Language</li> </ul> 25:05 - The Notion of Development At Scale <ul> <li>The Google Hiring Process And Frameworks</li> </ul> 27:45 - Silos Of Technology 31:10 - Complexity And/Or Simplicity <ul> <li>Focusing On Quality Over Volume</li> <li>Factoring For Growth</li> </ul> 37:20 - Advocating For Vanilla JavaScript <ul> <li>Documentation</li> <li>Unexpected Incidentals</li> </ul> 44:10 - Gradual Movement Of The Code Base 45:30 - Using The Word “Just” 49:30 - The Concept Of State 52:45 - Use Of Static HTML 53:40 - Do Companies Actually Build For The Web Like This <ul> <li>Netflix Page Loads With Vanilla JS</li> <li>Happy Middle Ground</li> </ul> 58:05 - Summation Of Positives Of Vanilla JavaScript <ul> <li>Ease Of Beginner Developer Onboarding</li> <li>Allowing Non-JavaScript Developers To Participate More Meaningfully In Your Process</li> <li>Overall Resilience And Performance For The End User</li> </ul> Reflections: Rein: Pick the thing that reduces your suffering the most. Jacob: If you are just starting to learn JavaScript, it is ok to not learn a framework immediately. It is also ok to dive into something else and come back to learn vanilla JS. Also, <a href="https://pragprog.com/book/nrclient/modern-front-end-development-for-rails" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Noel Rappin - Modern Front-End Development for Rails</a>, takes a great approach to using differing technologies and what they can bring to your project. Chris: Thinking about the instances where it does make sense to use some of these tools as opposed to reasons why you shouldn’t use them. Liked the talk about minimizing your pain. If you feel like there are too many moving parts to JavaScript, you are not alone, it’s not you, and you’ve totally got this. 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: Chris Ferdinandi.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

170: The Case for Vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi

Coraline Ada Ehmke

02:40 – Coraline’s Superpower: Boundless Energy 06:16 – Practicing Self-Care and Outsourcing 12:20 – Being a “Code Witch” and Perceiving the Construct of Reality 17:25 – Evocation and Invocation 20:52 – Being Deliberate: Refactoring Your Code and Refactoring Your Life 32:13 – Documentation and Naming Things 38:48 – Writing Magic and Writing Code; Thoughtforms Drood by Dan Simmons  43:20 – Impressions and Personas; Sympathy and Empathy Brené Brown on Empathy 51:58 – Acquiring Boundless Energy and Badassery 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!Sponsored By:Cloud City Development: Cloud City Development is happy to support our coding community and especially Greater than Code. The Cloud City team are expert software programmers and designers with a strong desire to see more diversity in tech, more kindness on teams, and better tools. Please let them know if you’d like their hard work, mentorship, or sense of humor. They’re a B-Corporation because they believe in sustainability and they’d like to build with you. Please reach out by emailing hello@cloudcity.io.O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from the O’Reilly Velocity Conference. Join over 2000 developers and engineers in San Jose from June 11 to 14 to learn how to make your distributed systems more scalable, resilient and secure. Get the latest on microservices, cloud, DevOps, security, and more. Use discount code GTC20 to save 20% on most passes. Learn more at velocityconf.com. Promo Code: GTC20Support Greater Than Code

02:40 – Coraline’s Superpower: Boundless Energy 06:16 – Practicing Self-Care and Outsourcing 12:20 – Being a “Code Witch” and Perceiving the Construct of Reality 17:25 – <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/evocation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evocation</a> and <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/invocation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Invocation</a> 20:52 – Being Deliberate: Refactoring Your Code and Refactoring Your Life 32:13 – Documentation and Naming Things 38:48 – Writing Magic and Writing Code; Thoughtforms <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031600703X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therubyrep-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=031600703X&amp;linkId=d0f51d85194e87b83637277f5c6dccbb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drood by Dan Simmons</a> 43:20 – Impressions and Personas; Sympathy and Empathy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brené Brown on Empathy</a> 51:58 – Acquiring Boundless Energy and Badassery 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!Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://www.cloudcity.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloud City Development</a>: <a href="https://www.cloudcity.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloud City Development is happy to support our coding community and especially Greater than Code. The Cloud City team are expert software programmers and designers with a strong desire to see more diversity in tech, more kindness on teams, and better tools. Please let them know if you’d like their hard work, mentorship, or sense of humor. They’re a B-Corporation because they believe in sustainability and they’d like to build with you. Please reach out by emailing hello@cloudcity.io.</a></li><li><a href="http://velocityconf.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">O'Reilly Media</a>: <a href="http://velocityconf.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from the O’Reilly Velocity Conference. Join over 2000 developers and engineers in San Jose from June 11 to 14 to learn how to make your distributed systems more scalable, resilient and secure. Get the latest on microservices, cloud, DevOps, security, and more. Use discount code GTC20 to save 20% on most passes. Learn more at velocityconf.com.</a> Promo Code: GTC20</li></ul><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Greater Than Code</a>

075: Code and Witchcraft with Coraline Ada Ehmke

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