037: New Panel Intro - Welcome Chris and Adarsh

Parent Driven Development
Episode 037: New Panel Intro - Welcome Chris and Adarsh!
This episode we feature two new panelists on Parent Driven Development, Chris Arcand and Adarsh Pandit!
Chris is a Minnesota native holding two bachelor degrees in musical performance and computer science. After some years spent in Washington DC, Chris and his wife decided to return to their home in Minneapolis to start their family. They have a 2-year-old son and one more on the way! Chris currently works as a software engineer at Hashicorp. Welcome Chris.
Adarsh is a developer consultant living in Oakland, California with his wife and two sons. He is the founder of Cylinder Digital and is currently on the Ruby Developer Board. Originally from Michigan, this former scientist taught himself code while working for boutique consulting firms. Adarsh is currently the primary caregiver at home and is embracing every sock and sandal dad moment he can get! Welcome Adarsh.
00:30 Welcome Chris and Adarsh!
00:51 Chris Arcand
Chris shares a bit about his past work experience, family and himself!
03:04 Adarsh Pandit
Adarsh shares a bit about his past work experience, family and himself!
05:40 Do we do too much?
Adarsh’s wife is practicing physician and is super busy! Early mornings, late nights and even weekends
Adarsh is totally a hands-on dad! Taking on the majority of childcare in the home (socks and sandals kind of guy with no shame)
Bringing in software development tools into parenting, scheduling activities, etc… and they are useful!
07:25 Irregular work schedules
This can cause more difficulty in scheduling for kids
Kids thrive under routine and consistency and irregular schedules can be tough
Adarsh currently does leadership consulting and is a CTO working about 20-30 hours a week, this gains him flexibility
09:10 Consulting and irregular work schedules, how do they mesh?
Coding needs more focus and uninterrupted time, not conducive to irregular scheduling
To-do lists are super important, but so is knowing when to let them go!
11:59 Summer vs. school schedules
Allison’s kids are currently in year-round school, she preps for the years of summer camps, activities, and whole new schedules… uh oh!
14:05 Older kids get more responsibility
You’re actually managing less as your kids grow up.
Baby bags are essential!
Kids bring extra hands on vacations
Parents now empathize with crying babies AND the parents holding them
15:40 Traveling with young kids
Trend in families with a known “bad baby traveler”
The treats are not really necessary, a crying baby is normal
Chris had a seat neighbor draw a panda on a bag for his youngster when he had an uncomfortable flight
Overall consensus, we shouldnt be bribing each other
19:40 How moms and dads are treated differently
Mom’s may be glared at for having a screaming baby on a plane, dad’s are instantly supported
More empathy comes from parenthood, especially when you get more educated on child development
24:30 Growing families
KWu’s son starts part-time preschool, and is expecting her second!
Chris expects his second child as well
Doula‘s plus photography bundle - are these photos too personal?
Emergency births are very overwhelming
Scheduled C sections are bizzare, but can be more calm
31:45 Multiple kids
Is it the different personalities of the kids, or is the younger child a bit easier to manage?
Multiple kids can help entertain each other
Time goes quicker after each kid
Kids learn lessons when having siblings
Oldest vs youngest child
43:28 Genius / fail moments
Adarsh's family camping trip ends in the hospital #fail
Chris fails at pre-planning to move-out of his house.. by taking a vacation the week before!
KWu fails at unpacking from her cross-country move, misplacing her microphone and engagement ring…
Allison has a genius finishing her daughter’s “quiet book”
Chris finds success by implements reading time before bed #genius
JC has a proud dad moment #genius
KWu’s forgets the bug repellent #fail, but scores from a teenager to keep her son safe! #genius
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Panel
KWu (https://twitter.com/kwugirl)
Allison McMillan (https://twitter.com/allie_p)
Chris Sexton (https://twitter.com/crsexton)
JC Avena (https://twitter.com/jcavena)
Chris Arcand (https://twitter.com/chrisarcand)
Adarsh Pandit (https://twitter.com/adarshp)

Parent Driven Development

Episode 037: New Panel Intro - Welcome Chris and Adarsh!

This episode we feature two new panelists on Parent Driven Development, Chris Arcand and Adarsh Pandit!

Chris is a Minnesota native holding two bachelor degrees in musical performance and computer science. After some years spent in Washington DC, Chris and his wife decided to return to their home in Minneapolis to start their family. They have a 2-year-old son and one more on the way! Chris currently works as a software engineer at Hashicorp. Welcome Chris.

Adarsh is a developer consultant living in Oakland, California with his wife and two sons. He is the founder of Cylinder Digital and is currently on the Ruby Developer Board. Originally from Michigan, this former scientist taught himself code while working for boutique consulting firms. Adarsh is currently the primary caregiver at home and is embracing every sock and sandal dad moment he can get! Welcome Adarsh.

00:30 Welcome Chris and Adarsh!

00:51 Chris Arcand

Chris shares a bit about his past work experience, family and himself!

03:04 Adarsh Pandit

Adarsh shares a bit about his past work experience, family and himself!

05:40 Do we do too much?

Adarsh’s wife is practicing physician and is super busy! Early mornings, late nights and even weekends
Adarsh is totally a hands-on dad! Taking on the majority of childcare in the home (socks and sandals kind of guy with no shame)
Bringing in software development tools into parenting, scheduling activities, etc… and they are useful!

07:25 Irregular work schedules

This can cause more difficulty in scheduling for kids
Kids thrive under routine and consistency and irregular schedules can be tough
Adarsh currently does leadership consulting and is a CTO working about 20-30 hours a week, this gains him flexibility

09:10 Consulting and irregular work schedules, how do they mesh?

Coding needs more focus and uninterrupted time, not conducive to irregular scheduling
To-do lists are super important, but so is knowing when to let them go!

11:59 Summer vs. school schedules

Allison’s kids are currently in year-round school, she preps for the years of summer camps, activities, and whole new schedules… uh oh!

14:05 Older kids get more responsibility

You’re actually managing less as your kids grow up.
Baby bags are essential!
Kids bring extra hands on vacations
Parents now empathize with crying babies AND the parents holding them

15:40 Traveling with young kids

Trend in families with a known “bad baby traveler”
The treats are not really necessary, a crying baby is normal
Chris had a seat neighbor draw a panda on a bag for his youngster when he had an uncomfortable flight
Overall consensus, we shouldnt be bribing each other

19:40 How moms and dads are treated differently

Mom’s may be glared at for having a screaming baby on a plane, dad’s are instantly supported
More empathy comes from parenthood, especially when you get more educated on child development

24:30 Growing families

KWu’s son starts part-time preschool, and is expecting her second!
Chris expects his second child as well
Doula‘s plus photography bundle - are these photos too personal?
Emergency births are very overwhelming
Scheduled C sections are bizzare, but can be more calm

31:45 Multiple kids

Is it the different personalities of the kids, or is the younger child a bit easier to manage?
Multiple kids can help entertain each other
Time goes quicker after each kid
Kids learn lessons when having siblings
Oldest vs youngest child

43:28 Genius / fail moments

Adarsh's family camping trip ends in the hospital #fail
Chris fails at pre-planning to move-out of his house.. by taking a vacation the week before!
KWu fails at unpacking from her cross-country move, misplacing her microphone and engagement ring…
Allison has a genius finishing her daughter’s “quiet book”
Chris finds success by implements reading time before bed #genius
JC has a proud dad moment #genius
KWu’s forgets the bug repellent #fail, but scores from a teenager to keep her son safe! #genius

Follow & Support

Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at [email protected].

Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com.

Support us via Patreon and get access to our our Slack Community.

Panel

KWu

Allison McMillan

Chris Sexton

JC Avena

Chris Arcand

Adarsh Pandit