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
Episode 024: Seeing Programming Where Other People Don’t with Felienne Hermans
00:16 – Welcome to “The Netherlands Invented Gay Marriage, So We Should Be Scared of Them Now!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:28 – Origin Story
03:17 – Programming Perspectives From People of D…
Episode 023: Politics and Software with Lorena Mesa
00:16 – Welcome to “Hey! I Made a Bong Out of This Podcast!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:26 – Origin Story
05:46 – Politics and Software; Data Collection
Episode 022: You Are An Asset
00:16 – Welcome to “Mob Programming” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
02:39 – Origin Stories From All!
Tim Ferriss and The 4-Hour Workweek
12:37 – Work/Life Balance and Ideal Work Environments
Episode 021: Social Justice Warrioring and Codes of Conduct with Phil Sturgeon
00:28 – Welcome to Greater Than Code: The SJW Takeover
00:53 – Origin Story, Superpowers, and Bike Messengering
Had pesto chicken pasta for dinner, in honor of…
Episode 019: It’s Made of People!
01:11 – What it means to be a Senior Engineer When You Don’t Want to Go Into Management
05:07 – Generativity: The difference between your team’s output with you on it and your team’s output without …
Episode 018: Growing Your Team and Mentorship with Cheryl Schaefer
Posted another patrons-only outtake from today's precall with @CherylGSchaefer! https://t.co/g4GZA9LWle
— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) February 1, 2017
00:16 – Welcome to “Let’s Get this Ship…
Episode 017: Ruby Together with André Arko and Carina C. Zona
00:16 – Welcome to “Cyberpunk Dystopia” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:45 – Origin Stories
Gay marriage: the database engineering perspective
André Arko: Falsehoods programmers believe
11:38 –…
Episode 016: Blogging is Shipping with Julia Evans
Intro music by Rod Johnson: Prelude in C# minor, commonly known as The Bells of Moscow.
01:07 – Welcome to “Anarcho-Suyndicalist Tech!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
02:03 – Writing Blog Posts: “B…
Episode 015: Zuri Hunter as Queen of Hackathons
00:16 – Welcome to “Snowpocalypse!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:50 – Zuri’s Background and Origin Story
04:19 – Hackathons
Meet Zuri. The Queen of Hackathons.
16:37 – Overcomin…
Episode 014: Cancel All Negativity with Ra’Shaun Stovall (Snuggs)
00:16 – Welcome to “DevPunks!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
00:42 – Snuggs’ Background and Origin Story
Episode 013: Religion in Tech with Audrey Eschright of The Recompiler Mag
00:16 – Welcome to “Lucky Episode 13!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:10 – Audrey’s Background and Origin Story
10:37 – The Recompiler
Episode 012: Vets Who Code with Jerome Hardaway
00:16 – Welcome to “It’s Made of People!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
02:17 – Jerome’s Background and Origin Story
09:30 – Vets Who Code: Funding, Technology Stack, Curriculum,…
Episode 011: Introducing Art Into STEM Education with Amy Wibowo
00:16 – Welcome to “Trapped in a BinarySort!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:21 – “STEAM” Education
02:36 – Getting Involved in Technology and Being a Maker
05:33 – Making a Zine and Making it …
Episode 010: Citizen Cybersecurity with Jesse Pollak
00:16 – Welcome to “Who’s Line of Code is it Anywhere?…” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:37 – Getting Started with Computer-ing & Security
Episode 009: Living with Disability with Travis B. Hartwell
00:16 – Welcome to “Software Eats Human…” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:25 – Travis’ Superhero Origin Story
09:00 – Explaining a Disability and Limitations…
Episode 008: 99 Bottles of OOP with Sandi Metz and Katrina Owen
00:16 – Welcome to “99 Bottles of Podcasts!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
99 Bottles of OOP by Sandi Metz and Katrina Owen
01:31 – Collaboration on the Book
Episode 007: Overcoming Adversity and Battling Unconscious Bias with Neem Serra
00:16 – Welcome to Greater Than Code
02:02 – Neem Serra Introduction
Neem Serra: “From Babies to Software Development”
03:23 – 2016 Election Thoughts, Fears, and Aspirations; Importance of Ally Su…
Episode 006: Getting Technology Into the Hands of Children with David Bock
00:17 – Welcome to “PC Principal Shit!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
00:35 – David Bock Introduction and “Smoked Pork” Discussion
04:56 – Teaching Kids Computer Science Concepts
Episode 005: Learning New Languages with James Edward Gray II
00:16 – Welcome to “PodcasTRON...” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:00 – James Edward Gray II’s Introduction
02:03 – #CastleGraySkull
“It’s hard to find a castle in a good school district.” ~ Da…