Greater Than Code
For a long time, tech culture has focused too narrowly on technical skills; this has resulted in a tech community that too often puts companies and code over people. Greater Than Code is a podcast that invites the voices of people who are not heard from enough in tech: women, people of color, trans and/or queer folks, to talk about the human side of software development and technology. Greater Than Code is providing a vital platform for these conversations, and developing new ideas of what it means to be a technologist beyond just the code.
Featuring an ongoing panel of racially and gender diverse tech panelists, the majority of podcast guests so far have been women in tech! We’ve covered topics including imposter syndrome, mental illness, sexuality, unconscious bias and social justice. We also have a major focus on skill sets that tech too often devalues, like team-building, hiring, community organizing, mentorship and empathy. Each episode also includes a transcript.
We have an active Slack community that members can join by pledging as little as $1 per month via Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode)
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 284
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2022
082: Effective Change in Communities and Cultures with Aurynn Shaw
01:44 – Contempt Culture: An Overview
12:40 – Calling Others Out For Things and Distributing That Labor
17:16 – Technical Superiority (Technology is political)
21:24…
081: Your Emotional API with John K. Sawers
02:14 – John’s Superpower: Talking About Feelings in Public
04:57 – Programmers and Feelings
Coraline Ada Ehmke: Emotions as State Machines
09:39 – Being Educated About Your Emotions
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080: Crafting A Community with Kris Howard
02:05 – Knitting and Computing
Software Art Thou: Knit One, Compute One with Kris Howard
06:17 – The Knitting Community Vs The Software Community
09:38 – Moderation and Clear Communicatio…
079: Respect As Currency with Richard Schneeman
02:05 – Schneems’ Superpower: Not being grossed out by baby poop! And, debugging.
06:03 – The Skill and The Art of Troubleshooting
18:12 – Interviewing and Evaluating People
32:07 – Working in Ope…
078: Caring About Healthcare with Kenzi Connor and Laurie Voss
02:01 – Superpowers: Kenzi = Consensus Building; Laurie: Confuging Apache Quickly
03:35 – Trans-Inclusive Policy at npm and Cloud City
12:41 – Determining Whet…
077: Creating Space to Shine with Anjuan Simmons
RubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons
01:18 – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility
04:55 – Cultivating Variety on Teams
08:22 – What makes a great team?
13:46 – Empowering Others
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Special Edition: Code Is Social! LIVE from RailsConf 2018
In this special episode of Greater Than Code, the panelists and guest panelists talk to an audience live from RailsConf 2018 about our relationship with our code, and the ways we have emotional ties …
076: Changing Lanes
This episode touches on the topics of privilege and having tough conversations when not feeling it’s your place to have those conversations.
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps…
075: Code and Witchcraft with Coraline Ada Ehmke
02:40 – Coraline’s Superpower: Boundless Energy
06:16 – Practicing Self-Care and Outsourcing
12:20 – Being a “Code Witch” and Perceiving the Construct of Reality
17:25 – Evocation and Invocation
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074: Be Your Own Hero with Astrid Countee
01:41 – Astrid’s Superpower: Being Analytical and Logical
04:33 – Social Scientists and Technology
12:47 – Professionalization
The Code of Ethics Project: Data For Democracy
20:00 – A Day in the …
073: Driven By Need, Guided By Example with Dan North
01:41 – Dan’s Superpower: Optimization
03:26 – Are “Improve” and “Optimize” the same thing?
17:20 – How is cost accounting affected by demographics and privilege?
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072: Story Time with Kerri Miller
01:53 – Kerri’s Superpower: Looking ahead to the future.
08:33 – Community Gatekeeping and Contempt Culture
Liz Baillie: The Illustrated Adventure Survival Guide for New Rustaceans @ RustConf 2016
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071: Brein Power with Rein Henrichs
02:41 – Rein’s Superpower: Perceiving and Being Aware of Connections Between Things and People
03:49 – Power Dynamics in Companies
05:41 – Inherent Value and Self-Esteem; Recovering From Failure
070: Trusting The Universe with Kale Kaposhilin
02:10 – Kale’s Origin Story
05:10 – Connecting Through Story and Voice
08:17 – Communicating Through Text vs Communicating Through Speech
069: Identity Is An Arrow with Avdi Grimm
Greater Than Code Episode 002: Neutralizing Impostor Syndrome with Avdi Grimm
01:52 – Avdi’s Superpower: The Power of Inspiration, RubyConf India, and International Conferences vs Domestic
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068: Skills of Resilience with Gerry Valentine
01:28 – Gerry’s Superpower: Building Resilience
02:51 – What is Resilience?
08:59 – Creating an Atmosphere of Psychological Safety
11:04 – Having Tough Conversations: Resilience on the Societal Le…
067: Tech in Transition with Ashanti-Mutinta
01:09 – Ashanti’s Superpower: People say they’re funny on Twitter!
02:37 – Having Dialogue and Engaging with Others on Twitter
07:42 – Finding Safe Online Community Networks via Social Media Platfo…
066: Growing a Culture with Allison Kopf
01:15 – Allison’s Superpower: Making Unplanned and Hectic Situations Work Out
06:43 – Getting Into Agriculture
08:54 – Building a Company Culture
13:19 – Transmitting Cultur…
065: Radical Design with Marian Petre and André van der Hoek
01:39 – Marian’s Superpower: Picking Brains
064: Stories, Bias and AI with Aditya Mukerjee
00:58 – Aditya’s Superpower: Parking Karma
03:18 – Algorithmic Decision Making in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
09:06 – Recognizing the Effects of Bias