211: Becoming Humble and Kind with Brandon Weaver

01:16 - Brandon’s Superpower: Recognizing Others’ Superpowers and Spotting Potential Talent
* Convincing Others
* Recognizing and Talking About Failure(s)
09:23 - Brandon’s Personal Journey & Transformation Towards Humility
* Wanting To Be Heard
* Placing Identity
* Developing Empathy
* Speaking Candidly Re: Growth
* Talking About Negatives in Your Past
25:40 - The Importance of Community and Community Leaders
* The Ruby Scholar and Guide Program (https://rubyconf.org/scholarships)
* Michael Hartl’s Rails Tutorial (https://www.railstutorial.org/book)
* The Beerware License (https://people.freebsd.org/~phk/)
34:35 - Being Kind vs Being Nice
* Privilege
40:59 - Being Austistic and Being Visible
* Tales of the Autistic Developer - The Mentor (https://dev.to/baweaver/tales-of-the-autistic-developer-the-mentor-5hi6)
* Brandon’s illustrated conference talks with cartoon lemurs (https://twitter.com/keystonelemur/status/1291488545450926086)
* “Looks like me”
* Calling Out Hubris (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hubris)
52:32 - Tech Is Political
Reflections:
Jamey: When someone gives you feedback it’s because they trust you that you’re going to do something about yourself and do better.
Brandon: Thinking about who is saying something.
John: The power we can embrace by talking about our personal history.
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.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 (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.
Special Guest: Brandon Weaver.

01:16 - Brandon’s Superpower: Recognizing Others’ Superpowers and Spotting Potential Talent

Convincing Others
Recognizing and Talking About Failure(s)

09:23 - Brandon’s Personal Journey & Transformation Towards Humility

Wanting To Be Heard
Placing Identity
Developing Empathy
Speaking Candidly Re: Growth
Talking About Negatives in Your Past

25:40 - The Importance of Community and Community Leaders

The Ruby Scholar and Guide Program
Michael Hartl’s Rails Tutorial
The Beerware License

34:35 - Being Kind vs Being Nice

Privilege

40:59 - Being Austistic and Being Visible

Tales of the Autistic Developer - The Mentor
Brandon’s illustrated conference talks with cartoon lemurs
“Looks like me”
Calling Out Hubris

52:32 - Tech Is Political

Reflections:

Jamey: When someone gives you feedback it’s because they trust you that you’re going to do something about yourself and do better.

Brandon: Thinking about who is saying something.

John: The power we can embrace by talking about our personal history.

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: Brandon Weaver.

Sponsored By:

Support Greater Than Code