Talking Too Loud with Chris Savage

Resilient Coders believes in social justice through economic empowerment and in the opportunity for meritocracy in tech. This isn't about one-off camps or hackathons—it's about meaningful change. Resilient Coders trains people of color for high growth careers as software engineers and connects them with jobs.

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Hear from Myraha Harmon-Arias, a software engineer at Wistia, about the path she took to become an engineer and learning the ropes at Resilient Coders.

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Founded by two high school best friends, Obi Omile Jr. and Kush Patel, theCut is a barbershop technology platform that allows users and barbers to manage appointments through the app. A graduate of the TechStars program, theCut has successfully booked over 15 million appointments. They work with over 65,000 barbers and help almost 2 million users find a fresh haircut nationwide. Prior to running theCut, both founders worked in engineering—Omile at Wells Fargo and Accenture, and Patel at Microsoft and Yahoo.

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The Future of Beauty: How Obi Omile Jr. of theCut aims to modernize the barbershop experience

TC x Samsung NEXT: Meet Obi Omile, CEO & Co-Founder of theCut

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Check out the trailer for The Farewell

Check out the trailer for Posthumous

Filmmaker Lulu Wang Based 'The Farewell' On Her Family's Real-Life Lie

Film Independent Spirit Awards

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Vevo connects artists with their audience and helps them bring their music to life through original content. They also work with emerging artists, providing them with a platform of global scale to find and grow their following. During the pandemic, Vevo is forging ahead with making original content, and Sydney’s team of four designers are finding creative ways to keep content visually exciting for consumers facing Zoom fatigue.

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By watching music videos on Vevo, sooner or later you’ll see Sydney’s work, whether you know it or not! Here are some links to projects he’s touched:

Jessie Reyez - Before Love Came To Kill Us

Sydney: “This has a lot of subtle design based story telling which looks great and had a lot of my favorite tricks in!”

TENDER - Bottled Up

Sydney: “My favorite project would be the album campaign for TENDER. Here’s one of the visualizers I made that kind of sums up the style of the whole album world.”

Doja Cat - The Story of Becoming Doja Cat

Sydney: “This piece has a lot of my creative work/visual effects running through it and has a lot of collaboration between the design team, editing team, and production team.”

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Wildbit’s team is behind Beanstalk, Postmark, and other brilliant software known for removing common pain points in developers’ processes. With 28 team members across five countries (15 cities) working on multi-million dollar products, Natalie’s proving that you can grow a profitable business while focusing on shorter work days, an enjoyable work-from-anywhere environment, and staying small.

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In an effort to help folks looking to find companies with a healthy approach to work, Natalie’s team launched People-First Jobs, which is a curated list of companies looking for motivated people with similar values. Take a look!

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Nick Francis co-founded Help Scout, a customer service tool used by more than 10,000 businesses, in 2011. Since day one, this customer service software company has been fully remote, and today, they boast a team of about 90 people, with folks working from 70 cities globally. Nick’s mission in life is to build things that stand the test of time: products people love, a place people want to work, and a business with a far-reaching impact. Living in Boulder, CO with his wife Anastasia and dog Elvis, they love going on long walks and traveling whenever possible.

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Check out Help Scout’s new video series, Against the Grain, which amplifies stories of for-profit businesses that believe in doing things for the greater good. Instead of typical business success stories centering around personal gain and ignoring the community, see the type of business success stories people should look toward and emulate.

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Michelle Khouri is the CEO & founder of FRQNCY Media, host of The Cultured Podcast, and executive producer for Total Refresh, Raising the Torch, and several podcasts in development. Michelle has felt a deep connection to the world of sound since she was a toddler. She was a trained singer and musical theater performer before working in A&R for Interscope Records for a short stint. A decade-long career in marketing and communications unfolded before she founded FRQNCY Media, a first-of-its-kind company that seeks to make high-quality and intentional podcast production accessible to everyone. Since opening for business in 2018, FRQNCY has worked with The Coca-Cola Company, Apple, the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Grady Hospital, SalesLoft, and many others.

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Mike Zani is CEO of The Predictive Index, an award-winning talent optimization platform that aligns business strategy with people strategy for optimal business results. Sixty years of proven science, software, and a robust curriculum of insightful management workshops make PI the solution for any company looking to design great teams and culture, make objective hiring decisions, and inspire greatness in their people anywhere in the world. Prior to The Predictive Index, Mike was CEO of ShapeUp, a social SaaS wellness platform that was sold to Virgin Pulse in 2014. An avid sailor, Mike began his career in marketing and sales with Vanguard Sailboats and was a coach for the 1996 U.S. Olympic Sailing Team. He holds a B.S. from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard.

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Recipient of the James Beard Foundation award for Outstanding Baker, Joanne Chang is the co-owner of both Flour Bakery & Cafe and Meyers + Chang in Boston, MA. In this episode, she opens up about the challenges she's facing during the pandemic, dealing with grief, and how she decided to reopen to keep her business alive. In an industry that thrives and survives on volume, Joanne shares what she's personally invested time in to continue making great food in a safe environment, and how social media has played a critical role in sharing a behind-the-scenes look with her customers.

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Flour Bakery & Cafe

Myers+Chang

My Life in the Age of COVID: Award-Winning Boston Restaurateur Joanne Chang

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