Parent Driven Development
Episode 028: Primary Caregiving
00:17 Introducing Guest, Nick Gauthier! Becoming a Full-time Parent
Nick is currently the CTO and Co-founder at Nomics (https://nomics.com/). Before co-founding Nomics, Nick created MeetSpace (https://www.meetspaceapp.com/), a video conferencing application for distributed teams. Before that, Nick worked at Codeship (http://codeship.com/) on the Codeship Pro Continuous Delivery platform, as well as various other web application consulting projects in Ruby on Rails, Go, and JavaScript.
03:55 Being a Full-Time Parent as a Man
"Aww, you're babysitting!" 🙄
Experiences with "Mommy and Me" groups and Meetups.
Feeling instrusive in Mom spaces.
Breaking into a "Mommy Group".
08:17 Partner Dynamics and Making Decisions
Getting the scoop and being thankful to not have other parents' problems.
Liking vs not liking the baby phase.
11:07 Changes as Baby Grows
Transitioning to a nanny but still working from home.
When going to work is a "vacation" or an "escape".
Fielding distractions.
17:11 How Having a Child Has Changed the Way Nick Works
Working with other parents.
Context switching and protecting time.
Asynchronous communication.
24:16 Communication Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Any communication, the normal expected turnaround time is 24 hours; unless in text is says urgent.
Cell phone calls are last resort, but must be answered.
Everything is "Do Not Disturb".
Keep communcation very close to or 100% on topic.
29:06 Team Relationship Building + Watercooler Talk
Optional "huddles" with no agenda. Explicit watercooler time.
Company retreats.
31:21 Genius / Fail Moments
Nick's daughter announced "Oh yeah! Get some beer!" in the middle of the store. (#Fail) But, she is mastering potty training with M&Ms as rewards! (#Genius)
Chris: M&M inflation. (#Fail) "Scream Parade" on the other hand... (#Genius)
Allison: Flow picture charts for the morning on what her son needs to do to leave the house 👍🏻. (#Genius)
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Panel
Josh Puetz (https://twitter.com/joshpuetz)
Chris Sexton (https://twitter.com/crsexton)
Allison McMillan (https://twitter.com/allie_p) Special Guest: Nick Gauthier.
