Greater Than Code

177: Source Docs and People with Chris Stead

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00:56 - Chris’ Superpower: Not Knowing In Public

  • Asking Questions

    • 02:53 - Source Documents and Their Relation To People

    • Grace Hopper
    • Maintaining Code to Give People Context (Writing Code For People)
    • Critical Complexity
    • Indu Alagarsamy

      • 06:44 - Encouraging Others To Write Code For People

      • Modeling Behavior
      • Event Storming
      • ECO Mapping (Ego, Command, Outcome)
      • Creating Culture
      • Arlo Belshee: Naming is a Process

        • 12:39 - Naming Things in Code / Narratives in Software and Business

        18:53 - Asking the Right Questions

        • Google-Fu
        • Mobbing Interviews

          • 22:38 - Interviewing for the Benefit of the Interviewee

          • The Problem with Being Transactional
          • It’s People All The Way Down
          • Empathetic Interviewing

            • 33:44 - Treating People as People; Making Things More Humane

            • Peopleware
            • Books by Gerald Weinburg
            • The Mythical Man-Month
            • The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings On Linux And Open Source By An Accidental Revolutionary
            • Willem Larsen

              • 38:23 - Code Stores Emotion

              • Measuring Progression
              • The Valley of Despair

                • 45:19 - Deciding: “Will this be helpful for someone else?”

                Reflections:

                Jessica: The idea that code can convey emotions. Even code can be Greater Than Code.

                John: Structuring interviews with goals around comfort and familiarity so people can perform at their best.

                Jamey: Imbuing things with the feeling when you wrote it.

                Chris: If you’re feeling frustrated, kind is great. Also, everything is a systemic whole.

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