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April Wensel: “Better People”
Stayin' Alive in Tech
English - January 30, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MB - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsTechnology News Tech News siliconvalley technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
April Wensel has a powerful message for engineers about how to improve your own lives as well as the lives of your coworkers and the users you serve. April is the founder of Compassionate Coding, an organization that teaches emotional intelligence to software dev teams. If you’re already nodding, you’ll love this episode. If you don’t think it’s a problem, just listen to April’s perspective. She tells us two reasons why people resist becoming more compassionate—and one thing she sees that gives her hope.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Pair Programming and Mob Programming Start Where You Are by Meera Lee Patel Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod It’s Time to Retire “RTFM", from the Compassionate Coding blogMUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THIS EPISODE ON SPOTIFY:
ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Stayin' Alive in Tech is an oral history of Silicon Valley and technology. Melinda Byerley, the host, is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Timeshare CMO, a digital marketing intelligence firm, based in San Francisco.
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