Greater Than Code

154: Filtering Your Brain with Ambreen Hasan


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01:12 - Ambreen’s Non-Technical Superpower: She is Very Good at Zoning People Out

  • Learning necessary information from conversations
  • 03:20 - Ambreen’s Technical Superpower: Any Challenge She is Given She Will Try to Just Do It

    • Comfort with Uncertainty
    • 06:03 - Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset

      • It’s OK to Not Know Everything
      • Using Resources to Your Advantage
      • 08:40 - Ambreen’s Hobbies Outside of Software

        10:10 - Thinking About Things in a Molecular Way

        • Taking Chunks at a Time When Learning Something New
        • Breaking Down Big Concepts into Small Things You Can Learn
        • Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
        • 13:45 - Ambreen’s Journey to Software Engineering

          • C++
          • Turning a Love Into a Career
          • Ruby, Rails, Go, Docker
          • 20:30 - Self-Advocating for New Work Experience

            22:00 - Empathy in Engineering

            • Auditory Fatigue
            • Pair Programming vs Mob Programming
            • Reflections:

              John: Intentionally recognizing uncomfortable learning situations and be okay with it.

              Jacob: Your emotional state does matter at work and we as professionals need to recognize that this has relevance to one’s ability to do work.

              Arty: It is important to help others to be able to come out of their comfort zone and be ok with not knowing everything.

              Ambreen: Likes Jacob’s idea of being productively lost, but there is progress being made. There are many different styles of learning.

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