177: Source Docs and People with Chris Stead

00:56 - Chris’ Superpower: Not Knowing In Public
* Asking Questions
02:53 - Source Documents and Their Relation To People
* Grace Hopper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper)
* Maintaining Code to Give People Context (Writing Code For People)
* Critical Complexity
* Indu Alagarsamy (https://indu.dev/)
06:44 - Encouraging Others To Write Code For People
* Modeling Behavior
* Event Storming
* ECO Mapping (Ego, Command, Outcome) (http://chrisstead.net/2020/01/17/ECO-mapping.html)
* Creating Culture
* Arlo Belshee: Naming is a Process (http://arlobelshee.com/tag/naming-is-a-process/)
12:39 - Naming Things in Code / Narratives in Software and Business
18:53 - Asking the Right Questions
* Google-Fu (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Google-fu)
* Mobbing Interviews
22:38 - Interviewing for the Benefit of the Interviewee
* The Problem with Being Transactional
* It’s People All The Way Down
* Empathetic Interviewing
33:44 - Treating People as People; Making Things More Humane
* Peopleware (https://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Tom-DeMarco/dp/0932633439)
* Books by Gerald Weinburg (https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Gerald+Weinburg&ref=nb_sb_noss)
* The Mythical Man-Month (https://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Anniversary-Software-Engineering-ebook/dp/B00B8USS14/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1L37LXA2PI79D&dchild=1&keywords=mythical+man+month&qid=1586297658&sprefix=mythical+man%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-2)
* The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings On Linux And Open Source By An Accidental Revolutionary (https://www.amazon.com/Cathedral-Bazaar-Musings-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0596001088)
* Willem Larsen (https://twitter.com/techgreatness)
38:23 - Code Stores Emotion
* Measuring Progression
* The Valley of Despair
45:19 - Deciding: “Will this be helpful for someone else?”
Reflections:
Jessica: The idea that code can convey emotions. Even code can be Greater Than Code.
John: Structuring interviews with goals around comfort and familiarity so people can perform at their best.
Jamey: Imbuing things with the feeling when you wrote it.
Chris: If you’re feeling frustrated, kind is great. Also, everything is a systemic whole.
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00:56 - Chris’ Superpower: Not Knowing In Public

Asking Questions

02:53 - Source Documents and Their Relation To People

Grace Hopper
Maintaining Code to Give People Context (Writing Code For People)
Critical Complexity
Indu Alagarsamy

06:44 - Encouraging Others To Write Code For People

Modeling Behavior
Event Storming
ECO Mapping (Ego, Command, Outcome)
Creating Culture
Arlo Belshee: Naming is a Process

12:39 - Naming Things in Code / Narratives in Software and Business

18:53 - Asking the Right Questions

Google-Fu
Mobbing Interviews

22:38 - Interviewing for the Benefit of the Interviewee

The Problem with Being Transactional
It’s People All The Way Down
Empathetic Interviewing

33:44 - Treating People as People; Making Things More Humane

Peopleware
Books by Gerald Weinburg
The Mythical Man-Month
The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings On Linux And Open Source By An Accidental Revolutionary
Willem Larsen

38:23 - Code Stores Emotion

Measuring Progression
The Valley of Despair

45:19 - Deciding: “Will this be helpful for someone else?”

Reflections:

Jessica: The idea that code can convey emotions. Even code can be Greater Than Code.

John: Structuring interviews with goals around comfort and familiarity so people can perform at their best.

Jamey: Imbuing things with the feeling when you wrote it.

Chris: If you’re feeling frustrated, kind is great. Also, everything is a systemic whole.

This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode

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Special Guest: Chris Stead.

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