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November 23, 2017 Tech The Halls 2017 Special Edition Episodes by @therubyrep
In September, I met some amazing people at the annual Code(her) Conf. While I was at the conference, I interviewed 9 women about their experiences as women in tech. I was also informed and invited to celebrate the tech scene in the Washington DMV area next month at Tech The Halls, Washington DC's MEGA tech holiday party, and to help spread the word, I offered to conduct some remote interviews with the people who are helping to make it happen and as a kickoff to celebrate the holiday season! If you're in the area on Thursday, December 14th, please come out and see me! Cheers!

Male Allies and Being Mindful with Sibyl Edwards and Priyanka Komala
Sibyl Edwards, President of DC Web Women, cofounder of Technicolor DC, a coalition uniting diversity-focused tech groups to advance the color of tech, and BFF (Black Female Founders) and Priyanka Komala, a technology leader, distinguished speaker, and DCWW champion, talk about organizing the Tech The Halls event and why they do it, and the importance of having male support as women in technology.

Philanthropic Initiatives and Workplace Gender Diversity with Julia Rodenas
Programming Co-Director for DC Web Women, Julia Rodenas, is helping to organize a charity drive for Thrive DC, a nonprofit that helps to battle homelessness in the area, during the party.

Tech For Everyone with Nicole Mathews
Nicole Mathews, the event coordinator for DC Web Women, and I talk about how it can be intimidating to get into tech, and feel comfortable saying that we're in tech, especially when people usually just associate the field with software development. Our consensus is that we belong here and you do too!

Thrive DC with Greg Rockwell
Greg Rockwell, the Community Relations Manager for Thrive DC, talks in depth about what they do for the homeless population in the DC area. They provide vulnerable people with a wide range of services to help stabilize their lives and serve as a safety net for people experiencing homelessness, unemployment, housing instability, and food insecurity. With their help, and the help of supporters and donations, clients take the first steps toward independence and self-sufficiency.

Mindful Leadership, Managing Culture Change, and Cultural Wellness
with Melisa Rivera
Melisa Rivera, of LuxQuest Media, talks about her job as a Creative Director. Her goal is to tell stories that inspire social change and impact through powerful storytelling. She talks about the importance of being well: mindfully, spiritually, and physically, and the impact that it has on your life and in business.

These interviews were brought to you by the panelists and Patrons of >Code. To pledge your support monthly and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode. Managed and produced by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC.

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November 22, 2017 056: Systematize Your Hustle with Kronda Adair
01:26 – SYSTEMS! Implementing Repeatable Processes Via Automation
Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter
09:28 – Strategies for Implementation
12:18 – Reclaiming Your Time and Cheap is Always Expensive
Work the System (Online)
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business
Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)
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@jessitron
Solopreneurship: "It's never just you. There's present-you and future-you"
@kronda on @greaterthancode
23:20 – Choosing Successful Customers and Avoiding Perfection Paralysis
@jessitron
If you don't have a system, your system is, think really hard about it every time.
@geeksam on @greaterthancode with @kronda
me: or worse, don't
28:44 – Successful Use Cases
Active Campaign
systemHUB
35:33 – Iterating and Changing Processes
42:31 – Kronda’s Superpowers
Reflections:
Jessica: As developers, and as we’re writing automation for other people, we can also think at a meta level, and automate the parts of our jobs so then we can spend more thinking time thinking about the interesting part of code, like how to achieve the results that we want.
Kronda: Things that are easy vs things that are effective.
Sam: Executive Dysfunction and the idea of making decision rules.
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Special Guest: Kronda Adair.
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November 15, 2017 055: Change Ourselves a Little, Many Times with Keith Bennett
00:16 – Welcome to “Metamours United For Frequent Dialogue” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:47 – Keith’s Background and Superpower
10:03 – Conflict Resolution
Open Spaces session on Conflict Resolution this summer at DevOpsDays D.C. (and the precursor to this conversation)
Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most
12:01 – Opinions on Mediators/Mediation
14:21 – Approaching Conflict
News Story Re: Portland Murders
17:31 – Radical Helpfulness/Kindness
Keith Bennett: Kaizen and Radical Helpfulness
The Smoke Filled Room
20:49 – Being Okay with Being Different and Speaking Up
Triumph Over Fear: A Book of Help and Hope for People with Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Phobias
Congressive/Ingressive Chat with Dr. Eugenia Cheng
31:17 – Fire Alarms and Radical Helpfulness (Cont’d)
35:50 – Knowing When to Step Back or to Step Forward
Reflections:
Astrid: The way to change ourselves a lot is to change ourselves a little, many times.
Sam: Decide that you’re okay with being different and training yourself to be bold.
Jasmine: Be mindful of yourself and your actions.
Jessica: There’s a lot of conscious thought and choice in both being helpful and resolving conflict.
Keith: Working together to create a safer and happier world.
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Special Guest: Keith Bennett.
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November 08, 2017 054: Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo
01:19 – Nadia’s Superpower
02:01 – Code Hospitality and Being a Good Host
Nadia Odunayo: The Guest: A Guide To Code Hospitality @ GORUCO 2016
Daniel Dennett’s “Intuition Pump”
10:22 – People and Habits and Having Expertise in a Particular Realm
17:00 – Asking Questions/Waiting for Explanation Rather Than Passing Judgement
22:16 – Codebases Are Constantly Changing: Use the README to Give Context
Code Hospitality Guide App
27:27 – Making Diagrams Whilst Coding/Pairing
Rapoport’s Rule
32:27 – Thinking About the “Why”
36:44 – Giving and Receiving Feedback in a Nonviolent Way
39:09 – Host Responsibilities for Hospitality
Reflections:
Jamey: Breaking down the power dynamic of learning.
Jacob: Unspoken rules and normalized behavior based on location and telling stories to make people feel more at home.
Rein: Recognizing emotional labor.
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Special Guests: Jacob Stoebel and Nadia Odunayo.
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November 01, 2017053: BOOK CLUB! The Responsible Communication Style Guide
01:33 – Superpowers and Acquisition
02:50 – Reflective Listening
05:27 – The Responsible Communication Style Guide
11:54 – Asking Content-Related Questions
15:10 – Who is the target audience for this book?
17:45 – The Evolution of Writing the Book
19:39 – People-first Language
Kronda Adair: Five Stages of Unlearning Racism
23:40 – What if you get it wrong?
@kronda
Try to do good.
Fuck it up.
Apologize
Try not to make the same mistake again.
That’s the job.
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29:40 – Fearing Shame
34:22 – Political Correctness and Language Evolution
44:11 – “Use with Caution” Words
Reflections:
Astrid: The less that something is happening the way I want it to, probably the less that I know.
Sam: Learning something from a joke!
Jamey: People who don’t want to learn new things are boring. Also, not being self-reflective.
Audrey: It’s amazing to pay people for their work.
Thursday: Pride for the contributors of this project.
The Recompiler: Year 3 Kickstarter
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Special Guests: Audrey Eschright and Thursday Bram.
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October 25, 2017 052: Master’s Degrees, Double Binds, and Data Science with Emily Dresner
01:06 – Emily’s Background and Superpower
02:49 – Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it?
08:08 – Struggles After Retaining a Master’s
10:31 – Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story
12:11 – “The Double Bind”
14:47 – Experiences Working at a Gaming Company
Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise by David Foster Wallace
18:33 – Transitioning to Upside and Building a Healthy Culture
21:50 – Engineering Vs Management
29:09 – Data Science
32:50 – Self-Selecting for Privilege
36:38 – Data Science and Security/Privacy
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil
46:55 – Having a Background in Actual Science; Conquering Biases
51:35 – The Importance of Mentorship and Internships from the Beginning
Reflections:
Coraline: Having a biases towards hiring people like yourself and other hiring biases.
Sam: Research cognitive biases.
Jamey: Computers aren’t people.
Emily: I really do enjoy teaching.
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.
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Special Guest: Emily Dresner.
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October 18, 2017 051: Creating Safer Spaces with Soo Choi
00:16 – Welcome to “The Venn Diagram Podcast. It’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but it’s definitely not that other thing.” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:09 – Soo’s Background at NASA and Superpower
06:01 – Wanting Attending Conferences and Speaking and then When Speaking at Conferences Goes Wrong
Soo Choi: Changing Diversity Constructs: My Journey as a Woman in DevOps @ DevOpsDays D.C. 2017
16:10 – Creating Safe Spaces: From Conferences to Workspaces
21:29 – Allies and Advocacy; Talking Salary
24:12 – Safe Spaces vs Safer Spaces
28:16 – Forgiving People Without Labeling Them (i.e. Sexist, Racist, etc.)
38:28 – Having “Fierce Conversations” and Collecting Better Tools
Aja Hammerly: We Don’t Do That Here
Reflections:
Soo: Sharing experiences in open and safer spaces.
Sam: Listening to each other’s experiences. Sit with cognitive dissonance, be okay with it, and see what it has to teach us.
Jessica: Learning from other’s experiences.
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Special Guest: Soo Choi.
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October 11, 2017050: Open Source Anarchism with Steve Klabnik
00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Crabmeat” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:02 – Steve’s Background, Origin Story, and Superpowers!
Skrillex
06:00 – Contributing to Open Source
why the lucky stiff
Hackety Hack
Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
11:07 – Succession Planning
The Meme Hustler
20:12 – Organizing Groups of People in a Non-Authoritarian Way
Mikhail Bakunin: What is Authority?
The RFC Process in Rust
Syndicalism
36:23 – Avoiding Using Language with Political Connotation
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39:46 – Is anarchy equally accessible to everyone or is it only accessible/available to a privileged class?
43:11 – Problems with One-upmanship and “Shittalking” in Communities
Aurynn Shaw: Contempt Culture
50:39 – Seeking Out Different Environments and Building Environments People Want
Reflections:
Jamey: Leadership and how important it is to not put too much power in the hands of a few people.
Rein: How do you build systems of governance that don’t depend for their success on the goodness of the rulers?
Lorena: How do we learn to speak with others in ways that are inviting and create a safe space for us all?
Coraline: The notion of intentionality.
Steve: Jargon and exclusion.
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Special Guest: Steve Klabnik.
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October 04, 2017049: Technology For the Greater Good with Reyn Aubrey
Guest Starring:
Reyn Aubrey: @ReynAubrey | PocketChange | [email protected]
00:16 – Welcome to “For Good or For Awesome?” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:18 – Reyn Aubrey’s Background, Origin Story, and Superpower!
06:04 – Culture of a Company and Tolerance
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
08:12 – Becoming an Entrepreneur at 19-years-old and PocketChange
10:40 – Charity Evaluation Criteria; “Wicked Problems”
pocketchange.social/charities
14:33 – Habitizing Donation
16:22 – Analyzing and Collecting Charity Data
GuideStar Charity Navigator
CharityWatch
19:02 – How PocketChange is Structured
20:34 – The Ideation of “Technology For the Greater Good”
24:28 – Reyn’s Path Into Business and Entrepreneurship
Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions into Pay by Kenrya Rankin
28:33 – Good Business Beliefs, Virtues, and Values
34:00 – Bringing Anarchist Organizing Principles Into Business
Colin Ward: Anarchism as a Theory of Organization
The ‘Two Pizza Rule’ Is Jeff Bezos’ Secret To Productive Meetings
37:23 – Advice For Others Interested in Social Entrepreneurship
42:00 – Launching PocketChange and Reserve Your Launch Day Invite
44:51 – Gathering and Raising Venture Capital
47:35 – Advice For Others Interested in Social Entrepreneurship (Cont’d)
Reflections:
Rein: Check out Stafford Beer.
Coraline: A culture being defined by the least of something you’ll tolerate and entrepreneurs should solve for “Wicked Problems” — not pain points.
Jamey: All charities are not created equal.
Reyn: A value that isn’t acted on is at best an inspiration and at worst a pretense. Also, non-dominance based work relationships.
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Special Guest: Reyn Aubrey.
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September 27, 2017048: Finding Our Lane with Marco Rogers
00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Code: Like Uber, But For Not Being Shitty” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
02:04 – Background and Superpower
03:03 – Being Outspoken and Dealing with Pushback on Twitter
04:41 – “Staying in Your Lane”
11:12 – To Engage, or Not to Engage?
16:10 – Mixing Social Justice and a Tech Career
20:49 – Having Conversations Re: Diversity and Inclusion
23:16 – Making Workplaces Inclusive and Changing the Culture
35:56 – Educating Others — But Not on Demand
38:28 – What is the right way to be an ally? Reading Spaces
43:59 – Starting/Organizing Working Groups
45:34 – Advocating for D&I as Leaders
Reflections:
Jessica: Diversity and inclusion is hard because it’s more than just one thing.
Sam: Don’t have conversations or be in them to not just be wrong.
Janelle: Training, teaching, and educating, versus putting together a working group to get things done.
Jamey: It’s okay to be wrong and sincerely apologizing.
Astrid: It’s hard to be who you want to be in a world where people are constantly picking sides.
Marco: How dynamics pay out for people who aren’t fully engaged in the D&I conversation yet.
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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.

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