Episode 035: Behind the Scenes at npm with Laurie Voss
May 31st, 2017 · 1 hr 3 mins
About this Episode
00:16 – Welcome to “Yes, SJWs Do Actually Code” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:22 – Superpower Origin Story
06:00 – “Real Programming”
08:45 – Being Gay in the Tech Industry; Micro Activism
16:17 – Setting Workplace Culture
21:20 – Working in Open Source While Working in a Company like npm
25:50 – Monetizing npm
32:55 – npm@5
42:00 – The 10x Engineer
44:19 – Technical Hiring
49:53 – Why Whiteboarding and Code Exercises Don’t Work
51:51 – Organizing Engineers
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
Reflections:
Astrid: Not being concerned with how other people view you as a programmer.
Coraline: Remembering good hiring practices to influence others.
Sam: Making your interview process focus on having people talk to each other about software.
Rein: Becoming a Change Artist by Gerald Weinberg
Laurie: Organizing large groups of people to get stuff done.
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