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
063: The Distribution of Brilliance and Opportunity with Rehema Wachira
01:22 – Rehema’s Superpower: Empathy
02:53 – Rehema’s “Untypical” Origin Story
07:20 – Enjoying Coding Because of the Complexity Behind It
11:21 – Creating a “Culture of Saving”
14:52 – “Diversit…
062: The Beauty of Art and Technology with Jamey Hampton
01:22 – Jamey’s Superpower: “The Fharlanghn Sense”
02:40 – Working in Agriculture
04:03 – Theories on Automation
05:56 – Pivoting Into Computer Science and Software Development
10:35 – Feeling Li…
061: Destruction-Focused Development with Safia Abdalla
00:53 – Safia’s Superpower: Sight
03:04 – Learning Languages — Both Human and Programming
07:56 – Being Empathetic in an International Perspective and Building Universal…
060: Coping with Complexity with Kent Beck
01:19 – Kent’s Superpower: Putting Things Together That Don’t Necessarily Go Together
04:01…
059: Science All The Things! with Pamela Gay
01:13 – Pamela Podcasting, Since…well, FOREVER!
02:19 – Pamela’s Superpower: Solving Random Problems with Software
05:19 – Becoming a “Reluctant…
058: Kindness and Patience with Tara Scherner de la Fuente
00:16 – Welcome to Episode 111010 of the Greater Than Code Podcast!
02:09 – Tara’s Superpower and Origin Story: Patience
04:56 – Conflating Patience with Kindness
07:39 – Is writing code making us…
057: Everything is UI with Christina Morillo
01:08 – Christina’s Background and Superpower: Multitasking and Automation
See Also: GTC 056: Systematize Your Hustle with Kronda Adair
04:42 – Automation Processes: Discovery and Reconnaissance, a…
056: Systematize Your Hustle with Kronda Adair
01:26 – SYSTEMS! Implementing Repeatable Processes Via Automation
Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter
09:28 – Strategies for Implementation
12:18…
055: Change Ourselves a Little, Many Times with Keith Bennett
00:16 – Welcome to “Metamours United For Frequent Dialogue” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:47 – Keith’s Background and Superpower
10:03 – Conflict Resolution
054: Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo
01:19 – Nadia’s Superpower
02:01 – Code Hospitality and Being a Good Host
Nadia Odunayo: The Guest: A Guide To Code Hospitality @ GORUCO 2016
Daniel Dennett’s “Intuition Pump”
10:22 – People and …
053: BOOK CLUB! The Responsible Communication Style Guide
01:33 – Superpowers and Acquisition
02:50 – Reflective Listening
05:27 – The Responsible Communication Style Guide
11:54 – Asking Content-Related Questions
15:10 – Who is the target audience for …
052: Master’s Degrees, Double Binds, and Data Science with Emily Dresner
01:06 – Emily’s Background and Superpower
02:49 – Having a Master’s Degree: Was it worth it?
08:08 – Struggles After Retaining a Master’s
10:31 – Role Model: Emily’s Mom and Her Story
12:11 – “Th…
051: Creating Safer Spaces with Soo Choi
00:16 – Welcome to “The Venn Diagram Podcast. It’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but it’s definitely not that other thing.” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:09 – Soo’s Background a…
050: Open Source Anarchism with Steve Klabnik
00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Crabmeat” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:02 – Steve’s Background, Origin Story, and Superpowers!
06:00 – Contributing to Open Source
049: Technology For the Greater Good with Reyn Aubrey
Guest Starring:
Reyn Aubrey: @ReynAubrey | PocketChange | [email protected]
00:16 – Welcome to “For Good or For Awesome?” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:18 – Reyn Aubrey’s Background, Or…
048: Finding Our Lane with Marco Rogers
00:16 – Welcome to “Greater Than Code: Like Uber, But For Not Being Shitty” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
02:04 – Background and Superpower
03:03 – Being Outspoken and Dealing with Pushback on Twi…
047: Communicating Across Boundaries with Declan Whelan
00:16 – Welcome to “I Rolled a Natural 20 For My Agility Check” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:31 – Background and Superpower; Empathy
09:08 – Cross-Cultural Communication Dynamics
046: Specialization vs Collaboration with Aria Stewart
00:16 – Welcome to “The World is Upside Down. Can DevOps save us?” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:07 – Background and Superpowers
09:22 – Diagnostic Troubleshooting: “Expert Intuition Effect”
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Special Edition: Innovation Amidst a Disaster with Jeff Reichman
This episode stars, Jeff Reichman, who talks about how the Houston tech community came together to help people through Hurricane Harvey and the aftermath, the technology opportunities in disaster res…
045: Sexual Assault and Project Callisto with Lynn Cyrin
Content/Trigger Warning: This episode discusses sexual assault.
00:16 – Welcome to “Fullstack Activism” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:22 – Lynn’s Background Story and Superpowers