Greater Than Code

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

285 episodes of Greater Than Code since the first episode, which aired on September 28th, 2016.

  • 277: Joy Is Activism – The Power of Ritual and Intention

    April 6th, 2022  |  46 mins 20 secs

    Greater Than Code panelists Mandy Moore, Damien Burke, and Aaron Aldrich talk about how life has changed for them during the pandemic and realize the power of joy, happiness, and fulfillment as activism while discussing the power of ritual, intention, reflection, and alignment.

  • 276: Caring Deeply About Humans – Diversify The Medical Community with Jenna Charlton

    March 30th, 2022  |  55 mins 50 secs

    Jenna Charlton is a super human. They are deeply rooted in what is human in tech and believes the user is everything. They chat with the panel about software testing and give an awesome metaphor of Developer Dogs and Testing Cats, and then dive into a super helpful conversation about ADHD and how to best work with a diagnosis.

  • 275: Making Change Happen – Why Not You? with Nyota Gordon

    March 23rd, 2022  |  52 mins 55 secs

    Nyota Gordon acknowledges the unspoken. This conversation examines the hold that news and social media have on humanity, the impact of AI, and her belief that the intersection of cybersecurity and employee wellness is resiliency.

  • 274: Managing People Versus Servers with Arpit Mohan

    March 9th, 2022  |  42 mins 25 secs

    Engineering principles apply to more than just code and technology. Arpit Mohan believes a company's team members act a lot like servers in a distributed system: individuals who must work together to form a single cohesive unit.

    Find out how Arpit applies different engineering principles to the people he works with and how that helps them function better as a team.

  • 273: Motorcycling Adventures with Kerri Miller

    March 2nd, 2022  |  59 mins 9 secs

    A girl, a bike, and an open road.

    Kerri Miller joins the show to regale us with stories about her epic motorcycling adventures.

  • 272: People First – Self-Awareness and Being Excellent To Each Other with Ashleigh Wilson

    February 23rd, 2022  |  54 mins 52 secs

    Ashleigh Wilson sees “The Vision” and operates her company, Auditmate, under a “People First” mentality.

    We talk about listening, digging into defensiveness and uncomfortableness, personal growth and development, leading with gratitude, and ask the question, “Why is showing vulnerability perceived as unprofessional?”

  • 271: EventStorming with Paul Rayner

    February 16th, 2022  |  58 mins 24 secs

    Paul Rayner joins us to talk about Eventstorming and how it’s optimized for collaboration among teams, helps to visualize business processes, and helps with knowledge distillation and clarifying semantics.

  • 270: Trust Building and Authenticity with Justin Searls

    February 9th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

    Justin Searls released a talk on why trust has become so rare in the software industry. He joins Greater Than Code panelists to talk more about trust-building among leadership and teams and how power politics and privilege play a part in this endeavor.

  • 269: Being Your Authentic Self – Turning Adversity Into Power with Nikema Prophet

    February 2nd, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins

    Nikema Prophet talks about authenticity and power, seeing other people for their whole selves, facilitating safe spaces, becoming a founder, thoughts on education and homeschooling, and how impostor syndrome should not be normalized.

  • 268: LGBTQA+ Inclusion

    January 26th, 2022  |  48 mins 47 secs

    Greater Than Code panelists, Mandy Moore, Casey Watts, and Mannah Kallon talk about LGBTQIA+ topics such as the difference between “gay” and “queer”, pronoun usage and normalization, asking questions, and effective allyship.

  • 267: Handling Consulting Businesses and Client Loads

    January 19th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins

    Greater Than Code Panelists, Chelsea Troy, Mae Beale, and Casey Watts talk marketing, setting prices, and explaining their value and offerings for their personal consulting businesses while also sustaining connection to the well of “geek joy,” as GeePaw Hill mentioned in a recent Twitter thread. They talk about how it’s difficult to take on multiple roles when in management and agree that to lower burnout rates, there should be separate roles for separate people within companies.

  • 266: Words Carry Power – Approaching Inclusive Language with Kate Marshall

    January 12th, 2022  |  58 mins 4 secs

    Kate Marshall talks about setting healthy energetic boundaries with others, the fact that words hold immense power and gives advice on how to take responsibility for unintentionally causing harm without overthinking it because progress takes practice, and gives insight on what it’s been like to open a mutual aid-centered model yoga studio over the past few years where people feel included, safe, and loved.

  • 265: Computer Science Education – Forge Your Own Path with Emily Haggard

    January 5th, 2022  |  52 mins 52 secs

    Emily Haggard recently graduated from college and took a break from taking her finals to join us to talk about her community college path, computer science curriculums, and what makes a great mentor.

  • 264: #BlackTechTwitter and Black Tech Pipeline with Pariss Athena

    December 22nd, 2021  |  59 mins 46 secs

    Pariss Athena talks about being the creator of the hashtag, movement, and global community #BlackTechTwitter, and founding the Black Tech Pipeline.

    She and the panelists discuss being okay with losing opportunities, being vocal about wins, and being intentional about community because people who are not Black do not understand the Black experience. We, as a collective society, and as coconspirators, need to make sure the Black experience is changed for the better moving forward.

  • 263: Security Education, Awareness, Behavior, and Culture with Kat Sweet

    December 15th, 2021  |  46 mins 51 secs

    Kat Sweet talks about security education, awareness, behavior, and culture. She’s got terrible puns, so this is a super fun show!

    We talk about unconscious bias training that works, attempting to make safe things easy, and even dietary accessibility.

  • 262: Faith, Science, Truth, and Vulnerability with Evan Light

    December 8th, 2021  |  1 hr 19 mins

    Evan Light vulnerably gets deep into conversations around ADHD, faith, science, and truth, and explores areas of disagreement with the panelists. Psychological safety is discussed, as well as unconscious bias, neuroscience, and mindfulness.