Greater Than Code

209: Self-Identity and Parenting in Tech with Mia Mollie De Búrca

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01:25 - Mia’s Superpower: Adaptability

  • Applicable Skills to Basic Computer Programming
    • Parsing Information
    • Research

      • 05:31 - Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology

      • Linguistic Relativism (Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis)

        • 08:36 - Parenting While Having a Career in Tech

        09:42 - Objectivity and Truth in Software Development

        11:04 - Tech Parenthood (Cont’d)

        • Maternity Leave and Returning to Work
          • Part-Time Flexibility
          • “Keep-in-Touch Days”
          • Returning to Work as an Individual Experience
          • Discrimination & Stigma
          • Multitasking Expectations For All
          • Geographic Differences
          • Company Culture

            • 24:21 - Tenure in Tech, Job-Hopping, and Juggling Parenthood

            • Parenting in View During the New COVID/Remote Work Era

              • “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." – Elizabeth Stone: teacher and author

              • Psychological Safety and Privilege
              • Living and Operating in Fear
              • Code-Switching
              • Visibility of Parents

                • 44:05 - Self-Identity in the Tech Industry

                • The Handbook of Return to Work

                  • 55:36 - Diversity Hiring

                  Reflections:

                  Mia: Psychological safety and privilege.

                  John: “Just because I’m psychologically safe doesn’t mean everybody else is.”

                  Laurie: The dichotomy of Mia and Christina’s experiences of being parents in tech.

                  Christina: It is possible to remain optimistic that Moms in the United States will get better.

                  Rein: Comfort and guilt in diversity hiring.

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                  Special Guest: Mia Mollie De Búrca.

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