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Greater Than Code

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.
Featuring an ongoing panel of racially and gender diverse tech panelists, the majority of podcast guests so far have been women in tech! We’ve covered topics including imposter syndrome, mental illness, sexuality, unconscious bias and social justice. We also have a major focus on skill sets that tech too often devalues, like team-building, hiring, community organizing, mentorship and empathy. Each episode also includes a transcript.
We have an active Slack community that members can join by pledging as little as $1 per month via Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode)

Latest Episodes:

082: Effective Change in Communities and Cultures with Aurynn Shaw May 30, 2018

Show notes

01:44 – Contempt Culture: An Overview

Aurynn Shaw: Contempt Culture

12:40 – Calling Others Out For Things and Distributing That Labor

17:16 – Technical Superiority (Technology is political)

21:24 – The Cultural Impact of DevOps

28:51 – Introducing Organizational Changes in DevOps

32:11 – Outcome Focus Vs Procedural Focus

35:02 – Siloing and Process: “How does this help you?”

Jenny Bramble: Risk Based Testing: Creating a Language Around Risk

47:56 – Context

Reflections:

John: Smuggling ideas into spaces without bringing historical baggage along.

Coraline: Knowing that technolgy choices are political, paving the way for making the right technology choices.

Sam: Understanding your own context so you can explain it to others.

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.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

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Special Guest: Aurynn Shaw.

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081: Your Emotional API with John K. Sawers May 23, 2018
Show notes

02:14 – John’s Superpower: Talking About Feelings in Public

04:57 – Programmers and Feelings

Coraline Ada Ehmke: Emotions as State Machines

09:39 – Being Educated About Your Emotions

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16:12 – Feelings As Addictions, Comparing Your Experiences to Others’ Experiences, and Setting Boundaries

24:05 – Emotional API

28:53 – Cognitive Deficits of Not Handling Emotions and Cognitive Benefits of Developing Fluency with Emotions

Analysis Paralysis

34:02 – Doing Work to Understand Your Emotions

“Practice doesn’t make perfect; practice makes permanent.” ~ Katrina Owen

36:34 – Getting Paid/Getting Further for Having and Learning About Emotional Intelligence

41:18 – Negative Effects on Teams When Individuals Refuse to Acknowledge Emotions

43:59 – Influencing Emotions and Emotional Responses

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

TIP: Temperature Change, Intense Exercise, Progressive Relaxation

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.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!
Sponsored By:
O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences, coming to San Jose, California, June 11-14. Join us for more insights, networking, and experts – like Brendan Eich, Susan Fowler, Bryan Liles, and Cory Doctorow. You’ll get hands-on training to help you improve performance, resilience, and user experience. Register now with code GTC20 to save up to $519 on your pass. Learn more at oreilly.com/bettertogether. Promo Code: GTC20
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080: Crafting A Community with Kris Howard May 16, 2018

Show notes

02:05 – Knitting and Computing

Software Art Thou: Knit One, Compute One with Kris Howard

06:17 – The Knitting Community Vs The Software Community

09:38 – Moderation and Clear Communication of Expectations

12:50 – Welcoming New People

14:45 – Muscle Memory and Workflow; Teaching Others

19:09 – Information Exchange and Spreading Knowledge

25:16 – User Focus Vs Creator Focus

27:07 – Kris’ Superpower: Being a Social Extrovert

35:39 – Hard Work Vs Reframing

40:51 – Gender Differences in “Crafting”

"Read a comment this morning stating that Maker culture is 80% male and had to laugh. Only if you discount the millions of women sewing, knitting, weaving, and more. But oh right, they're just "crafters." That artificial distinction enrages me. 😡" ~ Kris Howard

25:16 – The “Craftsman” Gender Controversy

Twitter Discussion

Reflections:

Kris: Thinking about your environment.

John: Onboarding community members and the importance of making that ramp as shallow as possible.

Jessica: Choosing a tribe based on inclusivity.

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.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!

Special Guest: Kris Howard.

Sponsored By:

O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences, coming to San Jose, California, June 11-14. Join us for more insights, experts, and peers than ever before. You’ll get hands-on training to help you improve performance, resilience, and user experience. Register with code GTC20 to save up to $519 on your pass. Learn more at oreilly.com/bettertogether. Promo Code: GTC20

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079: Respect As Currency with Richard Schneeman May 09, 2018

Show notes

02:05 – Schneems’ Superpower: Not being grossed out by baby poop! And, debugging.

06:03 – The Skill and The Art of Troubleshooting

18:12 – Interviewing and Evaluating People

32:07 – Working in Open Source

37:17 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency

40:32 – The Role of Empathy in Open Source

50:52 – Bringing Open Source Values Into Companies

57:33 – Putting Machines in the Middle of People

Reflections:

Jamey: Gut feelings vs objective data.

John: Dealing with unfriendly support cases and still having empathy.

Rein: Being able to stay centered when things pull you off balance.

Janelle: Respect as currency.

Richard: Leaving emotions behind in pull requests.

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.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!

Special Guest: Richard Schneeman.

Sponsored By:

O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences, coming to San Jose, California, June 11-14. Join us for more insights, experts, and peers than ever before. You’ll get hands-on training to help you improve performance, resilience, and user experience. Register with code GTC20 to save up to $519 on your pass. Learn more at oreilly.com/bettertogether. Promo Code: GTC20

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078: Caring About Healthcare with Kenzi Connor and Laurie Voss May 02, 2018

Show notes

02:01 – Superpowers: Kenzi = Consensus Building; Laurie: Confuging Apache Quickly

Conversation Context

03:35 – Trans-Inclusive Policy at npm and Cloud City

12:41 – Determining Whether Insurance is Trans-Friendly

“Transgender insurance benefits employer guide” Google Search

The Transgender Law Center

15:16 – Biases Exist in Healthcare

Broken Arm Syndrome

20:54 – The Problem with Primary Care Physicians and Care

26:44 – Feedback from Doctors

32:00 – Why This Topic is Becoming More Commonplace and Important in Society

37:39 – Trans-Inclusive Healthcare as a Business Advantage for Companies

42:22 – How To Be an Ally in the Fight for Trans-Inclusive Healthcare

46:37 – What can primary care doctors do to signal they care about these issues?

Reflections:

Laurie: Do the legwork for your trans employees.

John: Once you cover the edge cases, it makes the happy path even happier.

Coraline: The additional challenges of non binary people.

Kenzi: We have a responsibility as tech workers when we are building the system to be better about it.

Carina C. Zona: Schemas for the Real World

Jessica: You can’t come out as something you don’t know exists.

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.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

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Special Guests: Kenzi Connor and Laurie Voss.

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O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences, coming to San Jose, California, June 11-14. From ops to apps, Velocity + Fluent tears down silos, enabling and fostering the kind of cross-department collaboration essential to driving innovation and speeding product delivery. Early Price ends this Friday, May 4th–save up to $599 using code GTC20. Learn more at oreilly.com/bettertogether. Promo Code: GTC20

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077: Creating Space to Shine with Anjuan Simmons Apr 25, 2018

Show notes

RubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons

01:18 – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility

04:55 – Cultivating Variety on Teams

08:22 – What makes a great team?

13:46 – Empowering Others

19:21 – Culture Fit

21:24 – The Tension Between Structure and Agency

24:35 – Creating Space for People to Shine

33:46 – Responses to “Weirdness”

38:27 – Building Constructive and Authentic Relationships with People

41:12 – Having Visible Differences on Teams

43:53 – “Othering”

49:29 – Earning Trust by Listening to People

Reflections:

Sam: Safety can improve teams and lead to wonderful harmonies.

Rein: Building caring and genuine relationships with other people and valuing them for who they are.

Janelle: Getting to know people and giving them space to take off their masks to be their unique selves.

Anjuan: Safety is a foundational aspect of life.

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.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!

Special Guest: Anjuan Simmons.

Sponsored By:

O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences. Taking place in San Jose, California, June 11-14, it’s the best place to get the latest in software development, performance, operations, resilience, and so much more. Early Price ends next Friday, May 4th. Register with code GTC20 to save up to $599 on your pass! Learn more at http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw. Promo Code: GTC20

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Special Edition: Code Is Social! LIVE from RailsConf 2018 Apr 23, 2018

Show notes

In this special episode of Greater Than Code, the panelists and guest panelists talk to an audience live from RailsConf 2018 about our relationship with our code, and the ways we have emotional ties with what we do, but also how there’s more to it than that.

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 Guests: Dinah Shi, Nick Quaranto, and Vaidehi Joshi.

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076: Changing Lanes Apr 18, 2018

Show notes

This episode touches on the topics of privilege and having tough conversations when not feeling it’s your place to have those conversations.

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.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

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075: Code and Witchcraft with Coraline Ada Ehmke Apr 11, 2018

Show notes

02:40 – Coraline’s Superpower: Boundless Energy

06:16 – Practicing Self-Care and Outsourcing

12:20 – Being a “Code Witch” and Perceiving the Construct of Reality

17:25 – Evocation and Invocation

20:52 – Being Deliberate: Refactoring Your Code and Refactoring Your Life

32:13 – Documentation and Naming Things

38:48 – Writing Magic and Writing Code; Thoughtforms

Drood by Dan Simmons

43:20 – Impressions and Personas; Sympathy and Empathy

Brené Brown on Empathy

51:58 – Acquiring Boundless Energy and Badassery

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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074: Be Your Own Hero with Astrid Countee Apr 04, 2018

Show notes

01:41 – Astrid’s Superpower: Being Analytical and Logical

04:33 – Social Scientists and Technology

12:47 – Professionalization

The Code of Ethics Project: Data For Democracy

20:00 – A Day in the Life of a Social Scientist

25:39 – Social Science and Design

32:13 – Working in Numbers-based Environments

Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly

46:41 – Influence and Control

55:05 – Social Media

58:59 – Work/Life Balance and Prioritization

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.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!

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O'Reilly Media: Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences, happening in San Jose, CA, June 11-14. Don’t miss your chance to get double the exposure to practical knowledge, expert speakers, and networking opportunities that can immediately boost your own skill set, and elevate team performance. Save on your pass using code GTC20. Learn more at http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw. Promo Code: GTC20

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