Greater Than Code
The Human Side of Technology
About the show
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.
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Episodes
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Episode 028: Brains, Feedback Systems, Demons, and Goats with Janelle Klein
April 14th, 2017 | 1 hr 5 mins
In this episode, Janelle Klein, author of Idea Flow, talks about designing releases and best practices, measuring effort, and Agile Fluency.
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Episode 027: Hackathons and Flirting with Failure with Rachel Katz
April 7th, 2017 | 56 mins 7 secs
Rachel Katz, of AngelHack, talks about hackathons and the value of celebrating glorious failure and responding stress and pressure.
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Episode 026: Codeland, Capitalism, and Creating Inclusive Spaces with Saron Yitbarek
April 4th, 2017 | 1 hr 2 mins
Saron Yitbarek talks about Codeland Conference, making conferences, accessible, affordable, and unintimidating for people, leading by example and maintaining a positive personal, and ethics as technology scales.
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Episode 025: MotherCoders with Tina Lee
March 29th, 2017 | 54 mins 7 secs
We talk to Tina Lee, CEO of MotherCoders, about changing the culture around gender roles and caregiving, as well as challenging Silicon Valley elitism, sexism, and defining cultural norms.
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Episode 024: Seeing Programming Where Other People Don’t with Felienne Hermans
March 22nd, 2017 | 58 mins 10 secs
We discuss teaching programming as a language, what constitutes “real” programming, and digital literacy with Felienne Hermans.
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Episode 023: Politics and Software with Lorena Mesa
March 15th, 2017 | 52 mins 7 secs
In this episode, Lorena Mesa joins us to talk about politics and software, using Python for data collection, and communication and organization within communities.
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Episode 022: You Are An Asset
March 7th, 2017 | 56 mins
In this episode, we focus heavily on technical interviews and ideal work environments.
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Episode 021: Social Justice Warrioring and Codes of Conduct with Phil Sturgeon
February 23rd, 2017 | 1 hr 5 mins
Phil Sturgeon joins us to talk about codes of conduct, contempt culture, and what it means to be a Social Justice Warrior.
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Episode 020: Sexuality in Tech with Jenn Schiffer
February 16th, 2017 | 56 mins 6 secs
In this powerful episode, we talk to Jenn Schiffer about pixel art, sexuality in tech, and online presence.
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Episode 019: It’s Made of People!
February 9th, 2017 | 51 mins 57 secs
Cheryl Schaefer and Darin Wilson join that panelists to talk about what it means to be a Senior Engineer when you don't want to go into management, generativity, and what the job of an architect is.
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Episode 018: Growing Your Team and Mentorship with Cheryl Schaefer
February 6th, 2017 | 44 mins 31 secs
An awesome conversation with Cheryl Schaefer, of LaunchCode, about growing your team and mentorship.
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Episode 017: Ruby Together with André Arko and Carina C. Zona
January 31st, 2017 | 1 hr 10 mins
André Arko and Carina C. Zona join us for a discussion about Ruby Together.
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Episode 016: Blogging is Shipping with Julia Evans
January 23rd, 2017 | 47 mins 49 secs
In this episode, we talk to Julia Evans about writing blog posts, asking good questions, and DevOps.
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Episode 015: Zuri Hunter as Queen of Hackathons
January 11th, 2017 | 59 mins 51 secs
In this episode, Zuri Hunter talks about Hackathons, navigating the channels of your career, and hiring practices.
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Episode 014: Cancel All Negativity with Ra’Shaun Stovall (Snuggs)
January 4th, 2017 | 1 hr 2 mins
Snuggs joins us for a discussion about the differences between junior and senior developers and how everyone can work together to get where we need to be in our careers.
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Episode 013: Religion in Tech with Audrey Eschright of The Recompiler Mag
December 30th, 2016 | 52 mins 58 secs
Audrey Eschright, editor and publisher of The Recompiler Mag, talks to us about writing, religion in tech, and community and labor organization.