209: Self-Identity and Parenting in Tech with Mia Mollie De Búrca

01:25 - Mia’s Superpower: Adaptability
* Applicable Skills to Basic Computer Programming
* Parsing Information
* Research
05:31 - Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology
* Linguistic Relativism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity) (Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis)
08:36 - Parenting While Having a Career in Tech
09:42 - Objectivity and Truth in Software Development
11:04 - Tech Parenthood (Cont’d)
* Maternity Leave and Returning to Work
* Part-Time Flexibility
* “Keep-in-Touch Days”
* Returning to Work as an Individual Experience
* Discrimination & Stigma
* Multitasking Expectations For All
* Geographic Differences
* Company Culture
24:21 - Tenure in Tech, Job-Hopping, and Juggling Parenthood
* Parenting in View During the New COVID/Remote Work Era
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." – Elizabeth Stone: teacher and author
Psychological Safety (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_safety) and Privilege
Living and Operating in Fear
Code-Switching (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching)
Visibility of Parents
44:05 - Self-Identity in the Tech Industry
* The Handbook of Return to Work (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B017YMXHM4?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-s1060-mac00-other-smile-us000-pcomp-feature-scomp-wm-5&ref=aa_scomp)
55:36 - Diversity Hiring
Reflections:
Mia: Psychological safety and privilege.
John: “Just because I’m psychologically safe doesn’t mean everybody else is.”
Laurie: The dichotomy of Mia and Christina’s experiences of being parents in tech.
Christina: It is possible to remain optimistic that Moms in the United States will get better.
Rein: Comfort and guilt in diversity hiring.
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01:25 - Mia’s Superpower: Adaptability

Applicable Skills to Basic Computer Programming

Parsing Information
Research

05:31 - Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology

Linguistic Relativism (Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis)

08:36 - Parenting While Having a Career in Tech

09:42 - Objectivity and Truth in Software Development

11:04 - Tech Parenthood (Cont’d)

Maternity Leave and Returning to Work

Part-Time Flexibility
“Keep-in-Touch Days”

Returning to Work as an Individual Experience
Discrimination & Stigma
Multitasking Expectations For All
Geographic Differences
Company Culture

24:21 - Tenure in Tech, Job-Hopping, and Juggling Parenthood

Parenting in View During the New COVID/Remote Work Era

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." – Elizabeth Stone: teacher and author

Psychological Safety and Privilege
Living and Operating in Fear
Code-Switching
Visibility of Parents

44:05 - Self-Identity in the Tech Industry

The Handbook of Return to Work

55:36 - Diversity Hiring

Reflections:

Mia: Psychological safety and privilege.

John: “Just because I’m psychologically safe doesn’t mean everybody else is.”

Laurie: The dichotomy of Mia and Christina’s experiences of being parents in tech.

Christina: It is possible to remain optimistic that Moms in the United States will get better.

Rein: Comfort and guilt in diversity hiring.

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

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Special Guest: Mia Mollie De Búrca.

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