Casey Watts!

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.

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.

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.

261: Celebrating Computer Science Education with Dave Bock

December 1st, 2021  |  1 hr 14 mins

Dave Bock talks about being invigorated and revitalized by talking, teaching, and volunteering in computer science education. He talks about his preference to use Ruby as a teaching language, pros and cons of teaching remotely, and handling time management and energy to do the work.

258: Nerd Therapy with Michael Keady

November 10th, 2021  |  1 hr 16 mins

Michael Keady, The Nerd Therapist, runs nerdy programs like Roll for Growth, which uses role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons as a form of group therapy and Minecraft for individual therapy.

In this episode, he talks about gaming in engaging in talk therapy with both adults and children, and how to consume media by curating, engaging in, and explaining it responsibly.

255: Building Global Love Bubbles with Anne Griffin

October 20th, 2021  |  1 hr 19 mins

Anne Griffin joins the show to talk about making people feel they matter on teams by changing company culture, sharing concerns with upper management, and often, having difficult conversations. How do we help people who want to learn to be better people learn to be better people? How do we feel about having designated “work therapists”? How should teams share job responsibilities clearly and fairly?

250: Employee Resource Groups with Adrian Gillem

September 15th, 2021  |  49 mins 30 secs

Adrian Gillem introduces us to Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and what they do, what their goals are, and how they operate. He gives an example of how his employer, Booz Allen Hamilton, has successfully implemented new policies surrounding transgender healthcare, and talks about how ERGs are only as strong as the management supporting them.

248: Developing Team Culture with Andrew Dunkman

September 1st, 2021  |  1 hr 12 mins

Andrew Dunkman talks about setting boundaries both as an employee and a leader. He talks about ways to perform health checks on teams, keeping members happy to avoid things like burnout, and how psychological safety is of the utmost importance in a workplace.

247: Approaching Learning and Content Creation with Sy Brand

August 25th, 2021  |  54 mins 23 secs

Sy Brand talks about their gift of making complex topics digestible in teaching others to learn how to code through short (and cute!) Twitter and YouTube videos. They talk about how important it is to find something that motivates you when you’re first learning anything, and shares a little bit about their own content creation strategies, especially by seeing code as art.

244: Making Peace and Creating Trust with Brianna McGowen

August 4th, 2021  |  56 mins 22 secs

Brianna McGowen talks about making peace without giving up, practicing acceptance vs. resignation, the concepts of community-owned AI, and that trustless = antihuman.

She also chats about her involvement with Delicious Democracy and gives us her definition of “Equitism.”

243: Equitable Design: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know with Jennifer Strickland

July 28th, 2021  |  57 mins 53 secs

Jennifer Strickland talks about equitable and inclusive design, being aware of your biases and prejudices, how ego plays a part in these things, and empathy and accessibility for all.

241: Data Science Science with Adam Ross Nelson

July 7th, 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins

Adam Ross Nelson talks about becoming a Data Scientist, recommendations for aspiring Data Scientists, four tips for creating and maintaining a solid portfolio, and three immunity boosts in dealing with Impostor Syndrome.

238: Contributing to Humanity and Mutual Aid – Solidarity, Not Charity

June 9th, 2021  |  56 mins 36 secs

Mae Beale talks extensively about mutual aid and its goal of providing solidarity; not charity, somatics and the effects of yoga, meditation, and self-awareness, giving vs accepting help, and not only extending love, empathy, and forgiveness to others, but also to most importantly yourself.

237: Empathy is Critical with Andrea Goulet

June 2nd, 2021  |  55 mins 10 secs

Andrea Goulet, who is known for her work defining Empathy-Driven Development, talks about distilling complexity, being “technical” vs “non-technical”, and how empathy is critical in thinking about reforming hiring practices and giving performance reviews where continuous improvement is the goal.