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Trendy with Kim AllisonFrom Kilimanjaro to Scalp Garden: Christine McMillan’s Wild Journey to Becoming a TrichologistWhat makes someone leave hairdressing, climb Mount Kilimanjaro, live with the Maasai Tribe, join the military as an emergency medic, and then come back to specialize in scalp health?Meet Christine Macmillan — founder of Scalp Garden and a certified trichologist who sees the scalp like soil… and hair as the garden it grows.In this episode we talk about:• ADHD and why it led her to try everything • Climbing Kilimanjaro & living with the Maasai Tribe • Blood rituals, iron deficiency, and what she learned about the...
2025-11-0250 min
Run Your Story PodcastSuzie Wilder - "Don't beat up on yourself"Like the episode? Let us know with a quick text!In this episode, Allison welcomes Suzie, a long-time runner and member of the Bay Area Runners, to the podcast.Suzie shares her journey, which began in 1995 and was inspired by life changes and a friend's suggestion.From running her first two-mile race to completing Marathon and half-marathon challenges, Suzie highlights the evolution of the running community over the years, the value of relationships built through running, and the significant contributions of the Bay Area Runners to local causes.She offers insightful...
2025-08-261h 00
Let's talk e-cigarettesLet's talk e-cigarettes, June 2025Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Nicola Lindson interview Lauren McMillan, University of Stirling about her project evaluating the effectiveness of an e-cigarette intervention for smoking cessation at centres for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Associate Professor Jamie Hartmann-Boyce and Associate Professor Nicola Lindson discuss the new evidence in e-cigarette research and interview Lauren McMillan from the Institute for Social Marketing and Health (ISMH) at the University of Stirling.
In the June podcast Lauren discusses Project SCeTCH - a cluster RCT that evaluates the effectiveness of an e-cigarette intervention vs usual care at centres for people experiencing or at risk of...
2025-06-3017 min
Journey LinesFeaturing: Allison McMillanSend us a textAllison McMillan takes us on a journey from running a non-profit, to learning code, launching a start-up, running teams and now back to doing her own thing. Check out her Journey Line here, and learn more about Tavlin Consulting here
2025-03-211h 21
For The Love With Jen Hatmaker PodcastUsing Storytelling to Address Complex Social Issues: Dr. Tressie McMillan CottomDescription:Jen first met Tressie McMillan Cottom the way most normal people meet – under the bright lights on the set of an Oprah special, invited by Ms. Winfrey to speak on a panel, along with other influential voices including Rebel Wilson, Amber Riley, Katie Sturino, Jamie Kern Lima, Busy Philipps and others to talk about diet culture, the harmful narratives we have surrounding our weight and our bodies, and how we can begin reframing the conversation away from one centered in shame to one focused on body acceptance. The entire studio was gobsmacked by Tressie which is fi...
2025-02-191h 08
CTO Insights PodcastPrioritizing Communication to Scale Successfully with Allison McMillanIn this episode of CTO Insights, host Katerina Trajchevska is joined by Allison McMillan, Fractional VP of Engineering and Leadership Consultant. Together, they navigate effective strategies for planning and budgeting from a CTO perspective, how to enhance team productivity through better meeting practices, and the challenges of scaling high-performing engineering teams.Allison is the Founder of Tavlin Consulting and serves as a Fractional VP of Engineering for various organizations. With a rich background in leadership roles at companies like GitHub and Quarterpath, Allison specializes in enhancing communication and collaboration within engineering teams. Her expertise lies in enhancing...
2025-02-1249 min
The Scaling Tech PodcastAllison McMillan of Tavlin Consulting: Unlocking Leadership Potential Through Continuous LearningLearning is a lifelong journey—successful leaders know this and live by it. They remain open to new knowledge, feedback, and ideas, which keeps their skills fresh and constantly makes them even better leaders. In this episode of Scaling Tech, we are excited to welcome back Allison McMillan, a Fractional VP of Engineering, leadership consultant, team […]
2024-10-2951 min
Code with Jason232 - Allison McMillan, Fractional VP of Engineering & Leadership ConsultantOn this week's episode, I talk with Allison McMillan to discuss working environments, the importance of getting a remote team together on a regular basis, the benefits of a well thought out offsite, not-so-great offsite types, elements of a worthwhile offsite, and more.Allison McMillan.comAllison McMillan on LinkedInAllison McMillan on Twitter
2024-09-1153 min
The Rock and Roll Geek ShowThe AI Rock and Roll Geek ShowI'm all alone in San Francisco in Don's Den with no dogs, no wife, no grandkids. I give an update on the Handsome Dick Manitoba European tour and a friend of the show is going to drive the van! Tim Smith calls in with a Robert Plant/Allison Krauss show review Jeff Thieleke and Beau Gus went on a website and created AI Rock and Roll Geek Songs and they sound as good as anything on the radio I read a Zach Bryan show review from Moya Watson I go to a punk rock show in a delicatessen and...
2024-07-021h 42
Tech Wrecked22. Allison McMillan talks about connecting peopleIn the latest episode of Tech Wrecked, we meet Allison McMillan, a leadership consultant with a diverse background in tech and nonprofit sectors.
Allison shares insights on her consultancy which covers fractional engineering assistance, meeting design and facilitation and 1 on 1 mentorship. She discusses her journey from the nonprofit world to founding a startup, self-teaching coding skills, and transitioning into various tech roles at companies like GitHub and series A and B startups.
Allison also offers valuable advice for modern job-seekers aiming to break into tech, emphasizing the importance of...
2024-06-2026 min
Nothing But The BluesNothing But The Blues #798Bob Corritore (Real Bad Day); H-Bomb Ferguson (My Brown Frame Baby); Syl Johnson (Ms. Fine Brown Frame); Curtis Salgado (Salt In My Wounds); Papa Egg Shell (Far From Home); Troy Ferguson (You Better Keep It At Home); Maria Muldaur (Meet Me Where They Play The Blues); Mose Allison (Meet Me At No Special Place); Matt Schofield (Shipwrecked); Jerry Dugger (Don't Crow, Don't Cry); Jeff McMillan (Howlin' At The Moon); Sista Monica Parker (It's Good To Be Alive); Pee Wee Crayton (Don't Ever Fall In Love); T-Bone Walker (First Love Blues); Hanna PK (Two And Four); Chris O'Leary (Need For...
2023-12-301h 00
Running Book Reviews with Alan and LizAlan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on the Last 10 BooksSend us a textWe love these episodes because it means we get to reminisce about the books we've read over the last 5-6 months. Since we're on a strict reading schedule of one book every 2 weeks, we don't get to wallow in that after-good-book feeling you get after finishing a book, so these recaps are the next best thing.In this episode we reflected back on this list of books (with links to the episodes in case you haven't heard them or want to re-listen):The Humiliation Tour, by Jeffrey Recker
2023-12-011h 24
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots498: RubyConf San Diego with Chelsea Kaufman and Allison McMillanIn this episode, the focus is on RubyConf, the upcoming conference dedicated to the Ruby programming language. They start by talking about the origin and evolution of RubyConf, highlighting its growth in attendance and its impact on the Ruby community. Chelsea details how the conference has adapted to the digital format due to the COVID-19 pandemic but points out the value of in-person connections. They are looking forward to the Community Day event, which will feature various activities to encourage community interaction and an acknowledgment of scholarships that would help more people attend.
The event will offer...
2023-11-0235 min
Rooftop Ruby Podcast29: Ruby Central’s Adarsh Pandit and Allison McMillanSend us a textRuby Central’s Adarsh Pandit and Allison McMillan join the show to discuss Ruby Central, how organizing conferences has changed in the past few years, and more.Ruby CentralRubyConf — Buy your ticket now.Join the Discord Follow us on Mastodon: Rooftop Ruby Collin Joel Show art created by JD Davis.
2023-10-2440 min
The Scaling Tech PodcastAllison McMillan on Engineering Team Health and Offsites (Scaling Tech Podcast Ep26)Building a good team is like solving a puzzle, as our guest Allison McMillan describes in this episode of the Scaling Tech Podcast. Allison is an engineering leadership consultant who works as a fractional VP of Engineering, and also consults to companies on Engineering Team Health and highly effective Team Offsites. Allison shares with us […]
2023-10-241h 01
Geeks Who Lead PodcastAllison McMillan - Making offsites meaningfulIn a world where getting everyone into the same office five days a week is increasingly difficult, offsites are becoming an essential tool for aligning and connecting teams, departments and companies. But all too often, the planning falls to someone with limited events or facilitation experience - on top of their day job - and substantial value is left on the table.Allison - (currently an engineering leadership consultant - previously VPE at QuotaPath and Head of Engineering at Forem) has been planning offsites for 25 years and in this thoughtful interview she shares advice on setting meaningful goals...
2023-10-2042 min
The Ruby on Rails PodcastEpisode 488: Rubyconf 2023 Preview with Allison McMillan and Chelsea KaufmanSpecial co-host Kevin Murphy joined Brittany this week to interview Allison McMillan and Chelsea Kaufman, co-chairs of the upcoming Rubyconf 2023 happening in San Diego. The quartet discussed lessons learned from Railsconf 2023, the approach to thinking about and planning this year's Rubyconf and what is new and different at the event.
Show Notes:
Buy Tickets to Rubyconf 2023
Ruby Central
Allison McMillan's website
Chelsea Kaufman on LinkedIn
Kevin Murphy's website
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2023-09-2033 min
The Animal Radio® Show1237. Black Dog Syndrome - Using Pets To Teach Anti-BullyingBlack Dog Syndrome While there is no hard evidence to back Black Dog Syndrome, it is largely felt that black animals take a back seat when it comes to adoption. Pet Photographer Fred Levy believes it's because they are hard to photograph and don't look desirable online photos. He'll have tips for photographing your black dog or cat. Listen NowSelecting A New Car With Your Pet In Mind So who influences you when you need to buy a car? According to Auto-trader, more than half of America's 54 million dog owners consider buying a vehicle...
2023-08-171h 19
Not Every Fight Ends at the BellA survivor's fight for herself with Allison PicottAbout the episode It’s time to get back to the ring and talk to a very special member of the Haymakers family, Allison Picott. Allison shares with Todd and Julie about her first experience at the gym, the challenge that it meant to learn a new sport and the unexpected community she found in the boxing world. Tune in and listen to Allison’s inspiring story on how she fought breast cancer and reclaim herself in the ring. JUMP STRAIGHT INTO:(01:13) - Round 1: Give a warm welcome to Allison, one two punch, Picott...
2023-04-0430 min
Runner's Round TableS2 EP19 Conversations with Coaches: Allison Gaillard (@runyourstory_podcast_training)Season two of the Runner’s Round Table will feature conversations with different female run coaches. In this episode, Stephanie talks with coach Allison Gaillard about the power of community and the beauty behind exploring each person’s run story. Enjoy our conversation and thanks for listening.
*For the YouTube video, go here: https://youtu.be/0nj-cUO8kT0
About Stephanie:
Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga F...
2023-02-101h 14
Am I Doing This Right?How To Connect With Your Feminine Energy with Heather AllisonOUR HOSTS: Corinne Foxx - @corinnefoxxNatalie McMillan - @nataliemcm and @shopnataliemcmillan What we're drinking: Taste Nirvana Coconut Water MEET OUR GUEST: Heather Allison - @iamheatherallison and primordialfeminine.comABOUT OUR GUEST: Heather Allison is a digital creator and she's here to be your guide into your own divine feminine energy so that you can live your most aligned, powerful, and pleasurable life. She teaches courses and does one-on-one coaching for people wanting to lean into their feminine energy and to use it to...
2023-01-1755 min
Developing LeadershipFrom Bottle-feeding to Bottlenecks: Parenting & Engineering Leadership with Allison McMillanAllison McMillan, VP of Engineering at Quota Path, joins us to talk about the transformation engineering leaders go through when they become parents and the lessons we can take parenting to our day-to-day as managers. From communication to rewards vs. consequences to dealing with other humans and their unique challenges.
Deep dive into the topics discussed in this episode at go.developingleadership.co/ep35
Join the discussion and follow us on twitter @ devleadership_
Developing Leadership is a podcast presented by Athenian. We are introducing the world of engineering to metrics and data that i...
2022-12-2743 min
The Supply Chain AmbassadorLanding Government Contracts with Allison McMillan, owner and proposal manager at JametecAllison McMillan was looking for the next stage of her career and noticed a big gap between what small business owners have the time to do, to bid on government contracts. On Today's Podcast, I speak with Allison McMillan and how she is helping small businesses land government contracts.
2022-09-1313 minAm I Doing This Right?Student Loans 101: How To Not Get ScrewedOUR HOSTS: Corinne Foxx - @corinnefoxxNatalie McMillan - @nataliemcm and @shopnataliemcmillan What we're drinking: 2021 Bodega Garzón Reserva Albariño TOPIC: In the US alone, one in three adults under the age of 30 has student debt. It’s a major crisis not only here in the US, but also in the UK, Canada, and Australia. On today’s episode, we break down how student loans work, what to consider before taking one on, and ways to pay down your student debt if you have it. We get into the...
2022-08-3042 min
Best Picture This2007: It's JUNO Day, HomeskilletDirector Jason Reitman teamed with first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody to release one of 2007's most surprising smash hits: "Juno," starring Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jason Batemon, Jennifer Garner, J.K. Simmons and (breath) Allison Janney.
In this episode, Mike and Brian talk iconic characters, when "quirkiness" became cool, what makes a film a "message movie" and if "Juno" fits that bill and, finally, if this indie darling deserves a place in the top five of 2007.
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2022-05-3025 min
DevDiscussS8:E8 - Take a Look Inside Forem’s Product and EngineeringIn this episode, we talk about Forem’s product and engineering with Jennie Ocken, Forem’s head of product, and Allison McMillan, Forem’s head of engineering.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Forem DEV Jennie OckenJennie Ocken brings a business and market perspective into the software development process and represent the software development team to the business and market. As a passionate user advocate and visionary product owner, she strikes the right balance between user needs and business results, between market...
2022-03-3034 min
Level-up EngineeringThe Secrets of Productive Virtual Offsites - Tips from GitHubInterview with Allison McMillan, Director of Engineering at GitHub. She shares her best virtual offsite ideas, hands out some tips you can try yourself and warns you of the pitfalls to avoid. Real life stories from behind the scenes at GitHub.Sign up to the Level-up Engineering newsletter!In this interview we're covering:Definition of virtual offsitesGround rules for virtual offsitesRealistic expectations for virtual offsitesChallenges of virtual offsitesPreparations for virtual offsitesVirtual offsite ideasExcerpt from the interview:"I consider an offsite a state of mind rather than a physical location.
2021-12-0141 minAm I Doing This Right?How To Feel Less Shame and Guilt About Having Debt with Budget Expert Allison BaggerlyOur Hosts: Corinne Foxx - @corinnefoxxNatalie McMillan - @nataliemcmWhat we're drinking: Altos Los Hormigas Clasico Malbec 2018Meet Our Guest:Allison Baggerly - @inspiredbudgetAllison's Free Budget Course Allison's Debt-Free TrainingVisit Allison's Website For More! - inspiredbudget.comINTRONatalie compliments Corinne's "fun" nails. The two discuss how nails can uplift your mood! ABOUT OUR GUESTAllison is a blogger, influencer, and founder of Inspired Budget. As a teacher and small business owner...
2021-05-2541 min
The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara FosterRelationship Expert Tracy McMillanTracy McMillan is a relationship expert, author, and television writer. She joins Erin and Sara to talk about the biggest mistakes people make when dating, what it means to "marry yourself," the importance of vulnerability, and more.Executive Producers: Erin Foster, Sara Foster, and Allison BresnickAssociate Producer: Montana McBirneyAudio Engineer: Josh WindischThis episode is sponsored by Jenni Kayne. (www.jennikayne.com PROMO CODE: FOSTER)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-05-131h 15
Parent Driven Development067: Goodbye, for nowParent Driven Development
Episode 067: Goodbye, for now.
1:00 Parent Driven Development reflects on what it’s like being a panelist on the podcast
Imposter syndrome
Multiple purposes to be an effective parent
Expanding perspectives, ideas, and parenting techniques
Ability to relate with one another
8:40 What we hope to our listeners take away from the podcast
There is no one way to parent
You’ll continue to grow as a parent
You are not alone - every parent, kid, family, circumstances are different
13:30 What would we have done differently?
Earlier sponsorship
Episode form...
2021-03-3128 minParent Driven Development066: Finding a new job during the pandemicParent Driven Development
66: Finding a new job during the pandemic.
Welcome, Jean Hsu!
Jean Hsu is a writer, coach, and software engineer turned leadership coach after working for a decade in Silicon Valley. She is the VP of engineering at Range Labs and Co-founder of Co Leadership, which focuses on filling the gaps in leadership development in the tech industry. Jean doesn’t miss writing code, but she does miss deleting it.
0:53 Finding a new job during the pandemic
Desire strikes for leadership
The hiring process
5:20 How did the pa...
2021-03-1729 minParent Driven Development065: Teaching Programming to KidsParent Driven Development
Episode 065: Teaching Programming to Kids with Felienne
Welcome, Felienne!
Felienne is the creator of the Hedy programming language, and was one of the founders of the Joy of Coding conference. Since 2016, she has been a host at SE radio, one of the most popular software engineering podcasts on the web. Felienne is the author of “The Programmer’s Brain” a book that helps programmers understand how their brains work and how to use it more effectively. In 2021, Felienne was awarded the Dutch Prize for ICT research.
0:50 How does Felienne b...
2021-03-0327 minParent Driven Development064: Moving and RenovatingParent Driven Development
Episode 064: Moving and Renovating
0:30 Moving and renting realities
KWu moves
Allison’s home renovations
Preparation before the kids
4:30 Toys
Ethical parenting of getting rid of toys
Hiding and cleaning out old toys from the kids (out of sight out of mind)
10:05 Establishing new house rules
Setting realistic expectations on new floors, new rooms, new finishes
Furniture socks
Furniture caster cups
Respect and Take Care of Things
Learning to get along book series
18:35 Caution police in new house
Acceptance is key
Roommates with no impulse control.. yo...
2021-02-1727 minParent Driven Development062: 3-Year Anniversary - Episode HighlightsParent Driven Development
062: Celebrating Our Favorite Episodes from the past 3 Years!
Episode Highlights
KWu, Chris, Josh, and Allison reflect on the past 3-years of podcasting. They touch on their favorite episodes and guests over the years, as well as some favorite parenting genius and fail moments!
1:30 Episode 43 - Managing parents on your team with Nick Means
3:10 Episode 19 - Being Adults, Live from Ruby Conf with Jonan Scheffler
7:25 Episode 11 - Being a Trans-Parent with Jess Szmajda
10:35 Episode 26 - Breastfeeding with Allison, Mandy, and KWu
13:06...
2021-01-2037 min
Advocate For MeFacebook Live- Meet the coaches for the Moms Thrive On Coaching Program for Special Needs MomsMeet the Coaches-
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2021-01-1720 minParent Driven Development061: DHH - Internet Famous with KidsEp 61 : DHH on being Internet Famous with Kids
1:48 Welcome, DHH
David is the creator of Ruby on Rails, cofounder & CTO at Basecamp, best-selling author, Le Mans class-winning racing driver, frequent podcast guest, and family man.
2:50 Security concerns
Social Media
COVID times
Parenting boundaries
13:45 Privacy
Picture surplus
Authenticity
16:45 Engagement with parenting on the web
The highlight parenting reel
Avoid the humble brag as a parent
Internet jousts
DHH recommended books:
The Myth of the Spoiled Child - Alfie Kohn
Punished by Rewards - Alfie Kohn
* The Self-Driven...
2021-01-0647 minParent Driven Development60: Must HavesEp 60 : Must Haves for Parents
Facebook Rabbit Holes for Parents + Kid Toys
Subculture for wooden toys
The Nugget couch
Parents become hyper focused on specific products
Careful what your Google
How to choose your Facebook groups
The Social Dilemma
Social media groups are "bad"/addicting, but also useful..
Geo-fencing - creating fairer ways for international purchases
The lottery
Lucie's List
Pandemic toys for the New Year
More pressure for parents
Moms targeted mostly in the Facebook Groups
Marketing kids toys with trigger language: “Investment piece”
Parents: You are doing a GREAT job.
Genius / Fail...
2020-12-2328 minParent Driven Development059: Hiring and InterviewingParent Driven Development
059: Hiring and Interviewing
Jess, Chris S, and Allison discuss the hiring and interviewing process in tech. They share their experience as the interviewee, as well as the interviewer. The team identifies the underlying bias in the process, good signs and bad signs, and why it's important to set up a potential interviewee in the best environment possible.
01:45 Hiring and Interviewing in tech
Jess writes a book and gets a new job
How to reduce bias in interviewing process
03:33 Tech interviews hinder parents and caregivers
Take-home vs pairing...
2020-12-0937 minParent Driven Development058: Co-ParentingParent Driven Development
Episode 058: Co-parenting with Brandon Hays
Welcome Brandon!
Brandon Hays is a dad and engineering leader based in Austin, TX. His professional mission is to help the tech industry improve by organizing people to accomplish things together in environments that recognize and support their "human-ness". His personal mission is to survive parenthood until the kids are in college.
02:40 Brandon's co-parenting
Starting with traditional gender roles
Co-parenting was a foriegn concept until remote work..
The invisible work becomes more visible
Covid has forced parents to confront the amount of...
2020-11-2540 min
Mixed Reviews with Allison & AubreyWaiting to ExhaleIn our eighth episode we watching this 1995 classic directed by Forest Whitaker, "Waiting to Exhale". In this film we see some of Hollywood's greatest female actresses come together to portray Terry McMillan's hit novel. Tune in as we watch every relatable moment for the very first time. Contact:mixedreviewspodcastlewis@gmail.comTwitter - @mixedreview_podInstagram - @mixedreview_pod
2020-11-201h 29Parent Driven Development057: Virtual SchoolParent Driven Development
Episode 057: Virtual School
03:04 Welcome to Parent Driven Development
03:30 Virtual school with school age children
Kindergarten, middle school, high school
Missing out on the life experiences
Pros and cons
05:25 Exposure to other students
Not enough time to build up relationships within the zoom chats
Teachers stepping up to engage the kids with each other and in class
Tough in kindergarten because the kids can’t break off without a teacher
11:29 Less the supervising time on virtual school
First week, very hands on, but less and less ov...
2020-11-1134 min
'Round The CampfireEpisode 11 - Once in a Blue Moon Halloween Special - A Selection of ReadingsHappy Halloween! On today's episode we have a special selection of readings from Ghost Stories YYC Volume 2!
Fair Silver Air with Art & Story by Amy Gaulin
Ghost of their Former Selves with Art & Story by Anita Harris
Prairie Reliquary with Art by Jamie Gray & Story by Ashley Gray
Growl with Art & Story by Bruce Watson
The Mountain Climber with Art & Story by Chris Flodberg
Witches' Hands with Art & Story by Jessica Richter
The Musher & The Devil with Art by Jesse Horne & Story by Dylan Childs
2020-10-302h 23Parent Driven Development055: Jambo Books with Mijha GodfreyParent Driven Development
Episode 055: Jambo Books
02:22 Welcome, Mijha Godfrey!
Mijha Godfrey is the founder of Jambo Books. Jambo, which means both “hello” and “welcome” in Swahili, is a book subscription service for children aged 0 – 13 where all the books feature lead characters who are children of color. The stories in Jambo Books focus on the beauty of childhood, the joys of friendship and family, the thrill of new adventures, the wonderful tapestry that is the life of a child of color.
Mijha is passionate about helping parents raise children who won’t need to be t...
2020-10-1438 min
RISK!ReadjustingHenry McMillan, Laura Ford and Sheila Arnold share stories about penile problems, foster parenting, and Black history.Support RISK! on Patreon at Patreon.com/RISKMake a one-time donation to RISK! at PayPal.me/RISKshowGet tickets to RISK! live shows at RISK-show.com/tourGet the RISK! book at TheRISKBook.comTake our storytelling classes at TheStoryStudio.orgHire Kevin Allison to make a personalized video at Cameo.com/TheKevinAllisonHire Kevin Allison as a coach at KevinAllison.com
2020-09-221h 26RISK!ReadjustingHenry McMillan, Laura Ford and Sheila Arnold share stories about penile problems, foster parenting, and Black history.Support RISK! on Patreon at Patreon.com/RISKMake a one-time donation to RISK! at PayPal.me/RISKshowGet tickets to RISK! live shows at RISK-show.com/tourGet the RISK! book at TheRISKBook.comTake our storytelling classes at TheStoryStudio.orgHire Kevin Allison to make a personalized video at Cameo.com/TheKevinAllisonHire Kevin Allison as a coach at KevinAllison.com
2020-09-221h 24Parent Driven Development053: The Parenting Playbook with Anna MackenzieParent Driven Development
Episode 053: The Parenting Playbook with Anna Mackenzie
Sponsor: Nurture Life
Welcome, Anna Mackenzie
Anna Mackenzie is a Software Engineer who is dedicated to improving parental leave policies in tech. She is currently working at Voiceflow, a software startup that specializes in workflow tools for building voice experiences. She is the co-author of “The Expecting Playbook,” a toolkit that helps start-ups of all sizes to roll out supportive parental leave policies. Her follow-up book, titled “The Parental Playbook,” provides start-ups with the necessary tools to support parents upon their return t...
2020-09-1635 minParent Driven Development052: Taking BreaksParent Driven Development
Episode 052: Taking Breaks
02:16 Taking breaks as a parent, how have you been coping?
Is everyone taking breaks?
Chris breaks with home projects
Allison opts for a few full days off, rather than breaking during her day
KWu dives into Downton Abbey
07:32 Productive breaks
Increasing your home ROI
Decreasing internet time during “breaks”
Home improvements
09:15 A break crisis!
Dinner Time chaos
How syncing self care time with business trips is no longer an option
Making an intention plan for a stay-cation
15:35 Planning for fun
Animal Crossing
Maki...
2020-09-0232 minParent Driven Development051: Allowances for parents with Scott HanselmanParent Driven Development
Episode 051: Allowances for Parents with Scott Hanselman
Welcome, Scott Hanselman
Scott is a programmer, teacher, and speaker. He works out of his home office in Portland, Oregon for the Web Platform Team at Microsoft. Scott has been blogging for 10 years and enjoys blogging about technology, culture, gadgets, diversity, code, and the web. Scott is excited about community, social equity, media, entrepreneurship and above all, the open web.
02:49 Allowances for kids and parents
Father of two boys
The large “A”, and the little “a”
Partner side-eyeing
How to make onl...
2020-08-1931 minParent Driven Development050: Agile Household with Yvonne MarcusParent Driven Development
Episode 050: Agile Household with Yvonne Marcus
Yvonne is a home system strategist, mom of two, lover of Girl Scout cookies, cake, craving song parodies and getting outdoors with the family. She is on a mission to revolutionize everyones view of #MomLife. She is the creator of your Agile Home, a four-week course that looks to get your family together, feel like a valued member of the team, instilling autonomy and having fun!
00:50 Welcome, Yvonne Marcus
Background in TV production
How Agile Home came about
Bringing Agile into her home
...
2020-08-0532 minParent Driven Development049: Arit AmanaParent Driven Development
Episode 049: Arit Amana
01:50 Welcome, Arit!
Software engineer
Mother of two, 8 and 3 years-old
Background in public health
02:50 Panel check-in
Pandemic times
Adjustment for the kids, work and home life
Stress level through the roof
06:20 Childcare Responder Duty while WFH
The younger the child, the more work required for the parent
Calendar essential for parent and kids
Animal crossing is the new obsession and a MUST
18:35 Arit jumps into a new role - Dev Community
Open source coding
Async communication style
Flexible during the day with her...
2020-07-2234 minParent Driven Development047: Black Lives MatterParent Driven Development
Episode 047: Black Lives Matter, How to be Anti-Racist, How to Talk to Your Kids about BLM
00:20 Black Lives Matter Movement
02:00 How NOT to raise racist kids
Allison and Kwu both have young kids, so conversations are slightly different
Gender inequality talks
Explaining to kids how and why people are treated differently in different areas
Changing the language in the house: racism, violence, hate
07:50 Exposing pictures, graphics and videos to your children, no matter the age. What's appropriate?
Protesters getting arrested
Bail rates vary depending on race
Children...
2020-06-2440 minParent Driven Development046: Paternity Leave + Dad TalkParent Driven Development
Episode 046: Mike McQuaid on paternity leave, Balancing Dad Podcast, and raising kids in different countries.
03:08 Welcome Mike McQuaid!
Mike McQuaid is a father of two and lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a senior engineer at Github where he’s worked for the last six years. In his free time, Mike is the package leader for the Homebrew package manager. He also likes going to the gym, walking his dog and hosting the Balancing Dad Podcast for working fathers.
03:40 Paternity leave
Split time paternity leave (ak...
2020-06-1048 minParent Driven Development045: Miriam Tocino: Zerus and OnaParent Driven Development
Episode 045: Miriam Tocino - Zerus and Ona
01:56 Welcome Miriam!
Zerus & Ona were born from Miriam's own circumstances as a mom. By the time she had her baby, Miriam was the coordinator and teacher of a Development Bootcamp in Amsterdam. So, when the time came to go back to work (her son was 3 months old), she jumped back. After some weeks in the job, Miriam realised she couldn't do it. She was constantly sleep deprived and with no help around from family (we're expats). Miriam quit her job and stayed at...
2020-05-2743 minParent Driven Development044: Recipe SwapParent Driven Development
Episode 043: Recipe Swap
01:15 Welcome!
02:04 Feeding kids is a full time job
What are your meal time rules?
Home delivery meal service
Personal chef for the kids?? No…
Meal time is meal time, and if the kids don’t eat, tough nuggets.
08:59 Dinner table time
Phone vs no phone?
Are you a fast eater or slow eater?
Time to share conversations with the family
Limiting or monitoring the amount of food for kids, do you do this? Sometimes the doctors have given us parents too much to mull over...
2020-05-1352 minParent Driven Development043: Managing Parents on Your TeamParent Driven Development
Episode 043: Pressure and Considerations Around Leaving a Job for Ethical Reasons.
Welcome, Nick Means!
Nickolas Means loves nothing more than a story of engineering triumph (except maybe a story of engineering disaster). When he's not stuck in a Wikipedia loop reading about plane crashes, he spends his days as a Senior Engineering Manager at GitHub working on Security and Compliance tooling for our users. He's also a co-host of the Managing Up podcast, a show about leading and managing in the world of technology. He works remotely from Austin, TX, and...
2020-04-2948 minParent Driven Development042: Career SwitchingParent Driven Development
Episode 042: Career Switching and Learning to Code After Babies.
Welcome, Bekah!
A content-creator by nature. Bekah is working on websites, coding-related projects, and her blog, but she has also written three screenplays, three pilots, and is finishing up a memoir. Bekah is all about getting creative!
A mom to four young kids (3-10), Bekah has spent the last ten years of her life adjuncting in various university English departments. She is practically doing a 180 learning to code, and is sharing her failures, successes, and everything that falls in between.
2020-04-1542 minParent Driven Development041: COVID-19Parent Driven Development
Episode 041 : COVID-19
In today's episode we discuss what everyone is talking about, COVID-19. Yes, we talk about it. We're talking about the new normal, full time remote work, childcare - or the lack there of, how to communicate the situation to our children, and what this means for our world moving forward. Tune in!
00:55 COVID-19 check in
On a scale of freaking out vs totally chill… How many tweets are you reading?
Self quarantine pre plan
Chris has a dry run when his son catches the flu... *The actual fl...
2020-03-2546 min
Focus: Black OklahomaEpisode 0.2-Our second episode which originally aired March 2020-remasteredHosts Arielle Davis and Kolby Webster introduce this episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma, our second broadcast. This originally aired on KWGS in March of 2020. In our first story, we learn what Hunger Free Oklahoma is doing to keep children across the state fed amongst the many disruptions of the COVID 19 crisis. Executive Director Chris Bernard takes us through the connections from food insecurity to the school to prison pipeline, health outcomes, college and career readiness, and disease prevention. Find out more at mealsforkidsok.org & hungerfreeok.org.With the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Anniversary on the...
2020-03-0652 minParent Driven Development040: Ethics and Leaving a JobParent Driven Development
Episode 040 Pressure and Considerations Around Leaving a Job for Ethical Reasons.
00:20 Welcome
We discuss what it's like to work for a company that you may not agree with their ethics
The difficult decisions and thoughts when you have a family and dependents counting on you
00:55 Examples of companies dealing with ethical controversy
Companies working with ICE, kickstarter
Ethical clients, customers, organizers, labor oriented - who’s responsible?
02:34 Technology, good or evil?
Surveillance
Hyper aware of indications within our jobs and technology
Being in the tech industry, able to...
2020-03-0442 minParent Driven Development039: Parenting Roles and Gender EqualityParent Driven Development
Episode 039: Parenting Roles and Gender Equality with Richard Schneeman
Welcome Richard Schneeman!
Schneems writes Ruby at Heroku, and maintains CodeTriage.com, a tool for helping people contribute to Open Source. He is in the top 50 Rails contributors and is an accidental maintainer of Sprockets and Puma. When he isn't obsessively compulsively refactoring code for performance, he writes such gems as Wicked, and derailed_benchmarks.
00:30 Welcome, Richard Schneeman!
01:00 All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers and the Myth of Equal Partnership
The book: All the Rage: Mothers Fathers...
2020-02-1245 minParent Driven Development038: Women Mentorship with Kari ClarkParent Driven Development
Episode 038: Women Mentorship with Kari Clark from Uplift Parents
Welcome, Kari Clark! Kari is the founder Uplift Parents, a coaching service for working moms. She previously worked at Google for 8 years, invented their live case product, and co-created many other products. Kari has two kids and believes that they both made her a better at her job! Interviewing over 100 women, all at the top of their field, Kari breaks down the common threads in successful working moms and how we all can amplify our lives. These are the best tips for working...
2020-01-2251 minParent Driven Development037: New Panel Intro - Welcome Chris and AdarshParent 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...
2020-01-021h 00Parent Driven Development036: The Process for International AdoptionParent Driven Development
Episode 036: Adoption
This episode will discuss the process of international adoption, the major changes that hit home, and future challenges adopting parents and children face
00:28 Welcome, Kalimar
How long does it take to adopt a child internationally? It took Kalimar 2 ½-3 years!
Kalimar and his wife have had their baby girl for 6 months, she is now 21 month old
Huge learning curve welcoming a child that already has mobility
01:12 Why choose adoption?
Kalimar and his wife are 35+ and decided this was the right option for them
01:39 What is process f...
2019-12-1143 min
Software Engineering UnlockedParent Driven Development at Github with Allison McMillanLinks:Allison's WebsiteAllison's Parent Driven Development PodcastGithub's website
2019-12-0356 minParent Driven Development034: Extracurricular ActivitiesParent Driven Development
Episode 034: Back to School and Extracurricular Activities for Kids
00:59 Welcome, Barrett Clark
Barrett Clark is a data programmer, speaker and author of Data Visualization ToolKit. He is a longtime member of the Ruby community and a co-organizer of RailCamp South. Married for 22 years, Barrett and his wife have two teenage boys and a new dog.
Ruby community
Family: 2 highschool teenage sons (senior / sophomore) both in band.
Parent advisors and past president to children’s band team
01:46 Extra curricular activities for kids
Ba...
2019-10-3056 minParent Driven Development033: Raising Children Away From FamilyParent Driven Development
Episode 033: Raising Children Away From Family
00:28 Welcome, Adarsh Pandit
Adarsh is a self taught coder, scientist and consultant. He is the founder of Cylinder Digital, a software design and development studio, and is on the board of Ruby Together.
This episode we discuss what it’s like to raise a family, while living away from your parents and other family members.
03:00 The difficulties of raising a family away from family
Lack of support
Career trade offs
Finding a sitter
07:01 Home-Ops: The Business Side of Ra...
2019-10-1350 minParent Driven Development032: Tackling MoreParent Driven Development
Episode 032: Tackling More
00:45 Welcome, Dana Jones
Our guest, Dana Jones, Engineering Manager at Abstract.
Dana has 4 children. Came in to software development from an untraditional path.
2:00 Dana goes back to school
Dana has also recently gone back to school to get her college degree and talks about her experience
5:15 talking about the people side of our work and people management
8:40 how do you organize yourself?
14:00 kids and driving
16:30 how are challenges different at different times in your...
2019-09-1142 minParent Driven Development031: Negotiating A Shorter WorkweekParent Driven Development
Episode 031: Negotiating A Shorter Workweek
00:16 Welcome, Itamar Turner-Trauring
Itamar Turner-Trauring started his software career in the cutting-edge field of multimedia CD-ROMs. He currently works as a consultant helping speed up Python code and deployments, and shares his software and career mistakes every week with 3700 programmers on his Software Clown newsletter. His crowning achievement as a parent was when months of brainwashing paid off and his daughter stopped saying "my legs are tired" and started saying "my legs are getting stronger! Itmar is that author of "You Can Negotiate A 3-Day...
2019-06-1237 min
The VerbSpeaking of ViolenceIan's guests on the 'late-night language lock-in' are the novelist Mark Haddon on his new novel The Porpoise' and poet Rachael Allen, whose debut collection 'Kingdomland' has just been published by Faber. We're also joined by Verb Regular Kate Fox and Allison Davies, who has written the next in our series of Verb dramas.Presenter: Ian McMillan
Producer: Faith Lawrence
2019-05-1044 minParent Driven Development028: Primary CaregivingParent 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. Before co-founding Nomics, Nick created MeetSpace, a video conferencing application for distributed teams. Before that, Nick worked at Codeship 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 "...
2019-05-0139 minParent Driven Development026: BreastfeedingParent Driven Development
Episode 026: Breastfeeding
01:21 Making Feeding Decisions
KWu and Allison both breastfed. Mandy did not.
Feeling tied down vs feeling guilt.
13:32 Things They Don't Tell You
Nursing clothes suck.
Lactation happens even if you don't breastfeed!
So many people struggle with nursing issues.
Hormone shifts as you ween.
19:05 Navigating Conflicting Information
Everyone has an opinion.
There is no one way to do it.
30:30 Breastfeeding in Public
When kids play with your boobs.
Covers are B.S.
33:18 Toddler Talk
Feeding around siblings.
34:34 Health Benefits and...
2019-03-2742 min
Tech Done RightEpisode 55: Engineering Management With Allison McMillanEngineering Management With Allison McMillan
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Guest
Allison McMillan: Engineering Manager at GitHub; Atom; Creator of the Parent Driven Development Podcast. Blogs at DayDreams in Ruby.
Summary
Today on the show we’re talking about engineering management. Allison McMillan is an engineering manager for the Atom team at GitHub. We talk about what her role is within the team, how she helps her team gr...
2019-02-1338 minParent Driven Development023: The Holidays: A Retrospective** Warning: This episode contains potential holiday spoilers for young children.
Parent Driven Development
Episode 023: The Holidays: A Retrospective
00:18 Spending the holidays with your extended family...
When families celebrate different holidays and observe different religions
Code-switching
12:28 ...Or spending the holidays alone and making new traditions!
Elf on the Shelf
NORAD Santa Tracker
17:00 Compromise and Respect; Expectation Setting
When kids are younger, the holidays don't matter as much.
You want to pass on things you did as a child to your own child(ren)
25:31 The Reality
When no...
2019-02-1336 minParent Driven Development022: Single ParentingParent Driven Development
Episode 022: Single Parenting
00:46 Single parenting is becoming more common...
... but events can feel ostracizing.
Logistics are hard to navigate.
There are full-time and half-time single parents.
04:06 It takes a village
Having a support system. (Friends, neighbors, family members)
Non-nuclear families / modern family situations.
10:55 Dating as a single parent
Introducing kids to significant others.
When is it appropriate?
When kids do/don't get attached to partners.
21:27 Challenges and eases of single parenting
Drama: engaging and avoiding.
Making decisions solo vs with someone else.
Holding onto resentment...
2019-01-3047 minParent Driven Development020: Fertility StrugglesParent Driven Development
Episode 020: Fertility Struggles
00:23 Welcome, Adam Cuppy!
Adam started as a professional actor, turned the corner into advertising, and found his way to tech entrepreneurship and education. Adam performed for the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival before making his way into creative direction for Dutch Bros. Coffee, where he oversaw brand strategy for all of their franchised locations. After six years at Dutch Bros., he co-founded Define Your Edge; the mission: to maximize the customer experience, understand the “why,” and let that influences the “how.” Within a few years, he co-founded Zeal.
Wh...
2019-01-0239 minParent Driven Development019: Being AdultsParent Driven Development
Episode 019: Being Adults
00:25 Welcome, Jonan Scheffler!
Jonan is a free-range computer sciencer at Heroku and cheerleader for hire (all major hugs accepted). He is also a board member of RubyTogether and all-around swell human being!
We recorded this episode live and in-person at this year's RubyConf in Los Angeles.
01:09 Catching Up On Sleep, Spending Time with Friends, and Spending Spousal Points
Conferences are NOT vacations, y'all!
Traveling as a job.
Being present at home.
Partying is WORK.
11:16 Communicating to Loved Ones at Home
...
2018-12-1943 minParent Driven Development018: Designing Apps/Digital Products for Parents with Anne Halsall and Sara Mauskopf of WinnieParent Driven Development
Episode 018: Designing Apps/Digital Products for Parents
00:24 Welcome, Anne Halsall and Sara Mauskopf!
Anne is the co-founder & head of product of at Winnie. Sara is the CEO.
01:12 Coming Up With Winnie: Providing Local Information for People With Children
Great app to use for travel!
Gives parents child-friendly reccomendations for activities, places to eat, things to see.
03:12 Content Moderation and Quality
Winnie is a crowdsourced platform similar to Yelp or Quora where you can both ask questions or give advice.
You can post under a pseudonym...
2018-12-0535 minParent Driven Development016: Media Picks! Great Apps, Books, Shows, Etc. For KidsParent Driven Development
Episode 016: Media Picks! Great Apps, Books, Shows, Etc. For Kids
01:15 T.V. Shows / Binge Watching Discussion
The Good Place (Josh)
05:56 Music
Avoid "Kids" Music!!
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (Allison)
Apple Music (Chris)
08:54 Games
A great bluffing game is Sheriff of Nottingham (Chris)
Go Fish (Allison)
Chutes and Ladders (Allison)
Fish Stix (Allison)
How to make Candy Land tolerable (even fun) (Josh)
What Are the Odds? Chutes and Ladders (Josh)
BoardGameGeek (Josh)
Survive: Escape from Atlantis (Chris)
Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle (Josh)
PBS Kids App...
2018-11-2143 minParent Driven Development014: Conferencing After BabiesParent Driven Development
Episode 014: Conferencing After Babies
00:16 Welcome, Tess and Sean Griffin!
Tess is a Site Engineer at GitHub. Sean is a developer at Shopify, renowned Rails committer, the creator of the Diesel Framework, host of The Yak Shave podcast, and a former host of The Bike Shed podcast.
02:14 Deciding on Conference to Go To and Speak At
Conferences who offer on-site childcare are very attractive. Shoutout to Ruby Central conferences and Rust Belt Rust!
09:56 Evening Childcare
Going through conference organizer recommendations is preferencial because...
2018-11-0739 minParent Driven Development013: Babies at WorkParent Driven Development
Episode 013: Babies at Work?!
00:15 Welcome, Leah Silber!
Leah is the CEO of Tilde Inc. She is also an organizer of EmberConf, RustConf and RailsConf, and Ember.js Core Team Member, a jQuery Core Team alum, author of Event Driven: How to Run Memorable Tech Conferences, and all around technophile.
01:08 KWu is Planning Her Son's 1st Birthday Party! + How Old Are They?
Don't let first birthday parties get out of hand. Not worth it. Get a cake. Let the kid smash. Also, please stop referring to your...
2018-10-3156 minParent Driven Development012: Traveling with KidsParent Driven Development
Episode 012: Traveling with Kids
00:48 The Great Screen Debate
Today's particular panelists are all about screens while traveling as long as it's not detracting from the travel experience. Everyone agrees that screens are a great way to keep kids occupied and quiet.
08:09 Transportation Challenges, Woes, and Genius Tips
When your kid gets flagged on her first plane ride...
TSA Pre√ (Worth its weight in gold!!)
Download shows to devices in advance
Have a variety of activities (besides screens)
Hotel Paper & Pens
Books
Cheerios
... and a Walkman?
Building Up Go...
2018-10-2450 minParent Driven Development011: Being a Trans ParentParent Driven Development
Episode 011: Being a Trans Parent
00:30 We're joined by our friend Jess today
We've been soliciting questions from our audience which will help guide our conversation today
02:00 How do you help young children who want to categorize everything in to boys and girls?
How do we talk about boy parts and girl parts and gender identity especially with young children?
It's a complex topic. Different children classify in different ways. Does it talk to how we socialize children? It changes when your children interact with other...
2018-09-1154 minParent Driven Development010: Doing Good with Our Children LIVE! From Ruby For GoodParent Driven Development
Episode 010: Doing Good with Kids, Live Episode
00:50 We're LIVE from Ruby For Good
02:30 How do we make our kids do good?
School is a good place to start. There are lots of options for kids and parents to start out.
We talk about different activities at different ages, preschool to high school
03:37 Where to start when you want to have childcare at your conference
Treat it as any other vendor
Go to the conference venue and ask for recommendations
Ask for...
2018-08-1545 minParent Driven Development009: Planning Childcare at ConferencesParent Driven Development
Episode 009: Planning Childcare at Conferences
00:25 We're joined by Abby Phoenix today
01:00 When did childcare at Ruby Central events start?
started in 2015 and have now been at 6 conferences
The intention is to always have childcare at RailsConf and RubyConf
03:37 Where to start when you want to have childcare at your conference
Treat it as any other vendor
Go to the conference venue and ask for recommendations
Ask for recommendations from the hotel, local user groups, etc.
6:10 Smaller conferences
...
2018-07-1155 minParent Driven Development008: Remote Work with KidsParent Driven Development
Episode 008: Remote working with kids
00:37 Who all works remotely?
02:30 Working remotely with kids at home
Lifestyle choice
Nursing and alternate schedules
Spouses working from home as well
06:00 Working remotely before and after having a child
The difference between working from home with a spouse also working from home vs. not
Hard starts and stops to your day
10:00 JC forgets pickup
11:00 Dealing with interruptions
This classic example
Interruptions from your spouse vs. the kid(s)
2018-06-2054 min
The Bike Shed158: This is How I Ruin Meetings (Aaron Patterson)We're joined by Aaron Patterson for puns. Aaron also updates us on compacting GC for Ruby and Ruby 2.6's JIT compiler before telling us how he really feels about functional programming.
Aaron Patterson (@tenderlove) on Twitter
Parkinson's Law of Triviality (The Bike Shed Effect)
Cargo Cult
Building a Compacting GC for MRI by Aaron Patterson
Allison McMillan on Twitter
CAR and CDR
Honeypot
The method JIT compiler for Ruby 2.6
Closing Keynote by Aaron Patterson
Opening Keynote: FIXME by David Heinemeier Hansson
The Future of Rails 6: Scalable by Default by Eileen Uchitelle
The Crystal Programming Language
Support The...
2018-06-1547 minTech Done RightEpisode 38: Diverse Agile Teams with Marlena Compton, Betsy Haibel, and Jennifer TuDiverse Agile Teams with Marlena Compton, Betsy Haibel, and Jennifer Tu
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Guests
Marlena Compton: Organizer of PearConf.
Betsy Haibel: CTO at Cohere.
Jennifer Tu: Co-Founder at Cohere.
Summary
How do common Agile practices like pair programming and retrospectives work when you have diverse teams? How can you make sure that underrepresented team members have their voices heard, and how does doing so improve...
2018-05-2347 minParent Driven Development007: Learning After KidsParent Driven Development
Episode 007: Keeping up to date with tech
00:27 Welcome back Allison
01:00 Today topic: Learning during the work day
02:47 It's ok if learning doesn't happen when your kids are little
04:14 Learning if you're a single parent is more difficult
It's more difficult if you don't have a partner to hand things off to
Real talk: you will always just have less time
7:15 Choices and Bringing your laptop along
Being efficient and aware of the time you have
But don't burn...
2018-05-2354 minParent Driven Development004: Managing Multiples00:19 - Dave Bock - Multiples!
Dave has been a software engineer since 1991, with several forays into management, and even ran a small consulting firm with a couple of friends for 8 years. He’s currently the DevOps Service Area Lead at Excella Consulting, a father of 10 year old triplet boys, is the director of the nonprofit LoudounCodes, helps organize the RubyNation and DevOps DC Days conferences, and co-organizes a handful of meet ups in the Northern Virginia area.
00:55 10 Year old triplet boys!
Dave and his wife did IVF. They were hoping for one child an...
2018-03-0750 minParent Driven Development003: Internet Privacy and Kids0:31
First Guest!
Heidi Waterhouse - Parent of two. Developer evangelist for LaunchDarkly. Volunteers teaching sex ed to teenagers. She likes to sew her own conference dresses and ride her bike.
1:00 Internet privacy and safety and how it is adaptable to kids of all ages.
How should kids protect themselves online, have manners, and use their time wisely. Online behavior is permanent these days, so kids should also consider using obfuscated names online. Pseudonyms are personas you can discard if necessary while keeping you safe. Online predation is possible, but you are more...
2018-02-2144 minParent Driven Development002: Travel Guilt, Playing Hooky, and Getting Judged as Parents00:34 - Combating Burnout
Mandy was on “vacation” and has to make an appearance at another conference. Her daughter doesn’t want her to go and Mandy feels really bad about it. She’s been on the road a lot the past six months and is feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. JC says it’s important to learn to say no and recharge by doing hobbies. Chris says it comes down to priorities.
06:12 - Playing Activity Hooky: AS A PARENT!
Mandy also feels bad because she knowingly skipped her daughter’s gymnastics practice because after returning fr...
2018-02-0747 minParent Driven Development001: Greetings & Salutations01:40 - Allison Intro
Allison talks a bit about kids being curious, asking questions, and how they somehow sneakily get past some safety measures we try to put in place. The older ones blatantly just write us notes and leave the house.
04:53 - Andy Intro
Andy introduces us to parenting multiples and how he’s been “leading a small team!” We also comment on how our children always seem to plot against us.
08:17 - Sarah Intro
Sarah goes into how she’s navigating being the parent of a gymnast and how kids...
2018-01-2559 min
Ruby RoguesRR 327: Hack Your Workday to Maximize Learning with Allison McMillanTweet this EpisodeAllison is a developer in the Washington DC area. She is a non-profit executive turned developer. She helps organize the RubyConf and RailsConf Scholar Program. She organizes a local meetup call Silver Spring Ruby. She works at Collective Idea.The Rogues talk to Allison about being a mom in coding and work-life balance. They also talk about transitioning from non-profits to coding. This episode goes into depth on:Prioritizing your family and still having a great careerGoal setting, focus, and growthTeam collaborationContributing to open sourceand much, much more...Links:Delayed JobAllison's BlogBaby Driven Development talkRails GirlsRuby Dev SummitRSpecMinitestRailsCastsInteractor Ge...
2017-09-1258 min