04:31 - Amy’s Superpower: Search Algorithms and Finding Things
* Finding Things in Code
* Visual vs Spacial Awareness
08:39 - Toxic Masculinity and Hierarchies in Engineering Roles
* I’m not in security but whenever I hear people taking about who is more technical all I see is folks jockeying for status.(not blaming, that’s the culture we have made in software generally). But from outside whatever y’all mean when you say technical is completely opaque. (https://twitter.com/amynewell/status/1298957052694409218)
* “Soft Skills” vs “Technical”
14:22 - Measuring Skill Advancement
* The Individual Contributor (IC) vs Manager Track
* Management vs Mentorship
21:02 - Congressive vs Ingressive
* x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender by Eugenia Cheng (https://www.amazon.com/Mathematicians-Manifesto-Rethinking-Gender/dp/1541646509)
* GTC Episode 038: Category Theory for Normal Humans with Dr. Eugenia Cheng (https://www.greaterthancode.com/category-theory-for-normal-humans)
22:43 - Ways Toxicity Shows Up in The Workplace
* Doing/Recognizing “Real Work”
* Letting Go of Past Baggage
* Amy Newell - Lessons from Bipolar Disorder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf8TYuAZY8g) (The first time Amy said the word “Patriarchy”)
* Microaggressions
29:07 - Unlearning and Psychological Safety
37:07 - The Word “Nontechnical”
* Respecting Expertise
* Skilled/Unskilled Labor: All Labor is Skilled Labor!
40:41 - Recognizing and Feeling Value
* Being Your Authentic Self
* Making Culture Better for Everyone; Supporting People & Making Space
* Counting Emotional Energy
* Enough Leaning In. Let’s Tell Men to Lean Out. (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/opinion/sunday/feminism-lean-in.html)
* Yes, and-ing
Reflections:
Jessica: Every person has a unique set of ways they can have an impact and best contribute.
Jamey: Feeling like you belong and realizing that others might not. Being aware of both mindsets.
Amy: The onus really should be on people who have power and privilege in any conversation to be doing most of the work to be aware of what I see vs what they see. Special Guest: Amy Newell.
