Jacob Stoebel
Co-Host of Greater Than Code
Jacob is a software developer living in Berea, KY. He spends his days writing web applications in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/Typescript and React, working with data, and leveling up as a software engineer.
Jacob Stoebel has hosted 52 Episodes.
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171: Web Accessibility with Chris DeMars
February 26th, 2020 | 42 mins 55 secs
Chris DeMars talks about the importance of web accessibility: why it is so important, responsibility for creating an accessible web, getting your colleagues on board, where to start making changes, and accessibility for varying disabilities.
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170: The Case for Vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi
February 19th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
Chris Ferdinandi talks about the positives of using vanilla JavaScript, challenges as a developer, modern web development and thoughts on a better approach to web development, using the word “just”, and gradual movement of the codebase.
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168: Appolition with Dr. Kortney Ziegler
February 5th, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
Dr. Kortney Ziegler talks about the Appolition app: an app that helps users turn spare change into bail money for those in need across the USA. He also talks about his involvement with Trans*H4CK, and his future plans and endeavors for when he leaves tech.
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166: From Software Engineer to Management with Phil Wheeler
January 22nd, 2020 | 1 hr 2 mins
Phil Wheeler talks about making the move from software engineer to into management, how he came into the GTC community, commonalities between the US and NZ, the life science software experience, determining if one should get into management, the parallels of management and parenting, working from home or the office, overcoming impostor syndrome, empathy for managers and employees, and his thoughts for the future.
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164: Psychological Balance with Dr. Mireille Reece
January 8th, 2020 | 1 hr 24 mins
Mireille Reece talks about epigenetics, our brains and empathy, the brain versus the mind, three brains in one, HPA Axis, overcoming unconscious impulses, affective prosody, balancing transparency at work, effort over outcome, using the word “while”, decoding your anger, neural routes, and correlation vs. causation.
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162: Glue Work with Denise Yu
December 25th, 2019 | 1 hr 1 min
Denise Yu talks about the concept of "Glue Work", what she has done to improve the glue work situation, how to address changing the structure of glue work, offboarding yourself, release engineering, being a product manager, and being back in a development role.
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161: Making Space with Bärí A. Williams
December 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 27 mins
Bärí A. Williams talks about intersectionality and culture, gentrification, being born and raised in Oakland, connecting to your roots, unintended consequences, who’s job is it to educate school children about bias, diversity or inclusion, and taking space or making space.
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160: Thermodynamics of the Twitterverse
December 11th, 2019 | 42 mins 15 secs
The panelists talk about the thermodynamics of the Twitterverse. This includes getting sucked into Twitter vortexes, dynamics of human emotion, creating safe spaces for emotionally charged conversations, radical inclusion, overidentification, digital activism, tribal dynamics, having the right to rage, changing frequencies of people, call-out culture, and that ultimately: everyone is human.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
December 10th, 2019 | 12 mins 10 secs
On this day in Paris in 1948, the United Nations issued the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that sets out the fundamental rights and privileges of all people and all nations. In honor of the anniversary of this document, the panelists of Greater Than Code have come together to share their reading of the document with all of you.
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159: Bias in AI with Lauren Maffeo
December 4th, 2019 | 59 mins 3 secs
Lauren Maffeo talks about bias in AI, how the media affects people’s perception of AI, concerns of small to midsize businesses pertaining to AI, how to mitigate bias in AI, ethics in AI, fairness vs. accuracy in algorithms, preventing bias in AI, working remotely, and diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
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158: Exploring Company Values with Ariel Caplan
November 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
Ariel Caplan talks about extreme irritability, accessibility needs, rabbinical school, and developing company values.
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157: Reinventing Education with Willem Larsen
November 20th, 2019 | 1 hr 16 mins
Willem Larsen talks about accelerated community learning, reimagining the education system, stages of human life, the Thermodynamics of Emotion Symposium, and listening to what the community needs.
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155: Ethical Open Source with Don Goodman-Wilson
November 6th, 2019 | 55 mins 8 secs
Don Goodman-Wilson talks about ethics and Open Source, consequentialism vs contractualism, the paradox of tolerance, enforceability of open source licenses, compensation as an ethical consideration, quantifying the value the Open Source Software gives, and empowering people who participate in Open Source.
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154: Filtering Your Brain with Ambreen Hasan
October 30th, 2019 | 44 mins 46 secs
Ambreen Hasan talks about fixed mindset vs growth mindset, her hobbies outside of software, thinking about things in a molecular way, her journey into software engineering, self-advocating for new work experience, and empathy in engineering.
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153: Your Favorite Philosopher Is You with Mannah Kallon
October 23rd, 2019 | 40 mins 46 secs
Mannah Kallon talks about assessing identity and evaluating sense of self in a new culture, using offensive terms, moments of self-doubt when someone doesn’t believe you, empathy, retaliation, and recognizing privilege.
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152: Embracing Mathematics with Philip Wadler
October 16th, 2019 | 49 mins 32 secs
Philip Wadler talks about Programming Language Foundations in Agda, using a proof assistant, specifications, and how to translate abstract concepts so practitioners can use them.