Turns out children arrive with no manual. There's no coherent online tutorial. Between staying up to date with emerging technologies and balancing work and home life in an industry that often requires un-timeable bug fixes, on call schedules, and more, working parents are balancing a lot. Parents are also exploring additional technical issues like "screen time" or internet privacy, coming at these issues from a different perspective as technologists ourselves. We cover all of these topics and more using a panel of parents coming from diverse perspectives and a variety of technological backgrounds. We'll shine light onto these issues and provide a valuable food for thought for these folks. Want to ask a question that the panelists can discuss in an episode? Email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com. And if you're loving the podcast and want to support us, please visit our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/parentdrivendev)!
Parent 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 format
16:15 Parting words for listeners
Thank you!!
You’re doing a great job.
17:17 Final genius and fail moments
Chris Sexton’s daughter uses the word arithmetic with her peers, but no one knows the word leading her to question whether her parents played a prank on her.
Allison calms down her family with deep breathing after her daughter has a potty accident.
KWu’s 3-year-old son feels super proud after helping shovel the snow, and he helped!
Chris Arcand finds the perfect snow sled for his son to be towed around in the deep Minnesota snow.
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Chris Arcand (https://twitter.com/chrisarcand)
Chris Sexton (https://twitter.com/crsexton)
KWu (https://twitter.com/kwugirl)
Allison (https://twitter.com/allie_p)
17 Mar 2021
066: Finding a new job during the pandemic
Parent Driven Development
66: Finding a new job during the pandemic.
Welcome, Jean Hsu!
Jean Hsu (https://twitter.com/jyhsu) 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 (https://www.range.co/) and Co-founder of Co Leadership (https://coleadership.com/), 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 pandemic change your thought process
Intentionality of specific desires - management, leadership, flexibility
Enjoying the journey rather than letting comparison or stress take over
7:30 What would Jean do differently now?
Finding ways to lean into async communication with a remote team in different time zones, while keeping the team engaged and connected with each other
Hybrid mix of in-person and remote is the future for companies
13:13 Pre-pandemic commute tales
Feels like a different lifetime
15:40 New expectations for Range during the pandemic
Getting rid of the 9-5; windowed work with colored labels
Core hours for team meetings
Setting boundaries
19:40 Genius and fail moments
KWu closed her son’s fingers between a door hinge… #fail
Allison’s daughter turns 3 and shines at her yearly doctor's appointment. #genius
Jean downloaded TikTok and discovered the best parenting hack to tell your kids to do a task, rather than ask. #genius
Chris brings back his daughter's love of Star Wars. #genius
How can I support the podcast?
Please follow us @parentdrivendev (https://twitter.com/parentdrivendev) on Twitter or email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com (mailto:panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com).
Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com (https://parentdrivendevelopment.com).
Allison (https://twitter.com/allie_p)
KWu (https://twitter.com/kwugirl)
Chris Sexton (https://twitter.com/crsexton)
Special Guest: Jean Hsu.
3 Mar 2021
065: Teaching Programming to Kids
Parent Driven Development
Episode 065: Teaching Programming to Kids with Felienne
Welcome, Felienne!
Felienne (https://twitter.com/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 (https://www.felienne.com/book)” 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 become interested in programming education?
Research field towards programming education
Love of kids
3:33 Methods and strategies to help kids understand
Relevant for professionals
Full concentration disables full memory, so she lowers the cognitive load
After time, memory starts to build and functioning increases
6:02 Maximizing different learning styles in kids
Learn their preferences
Challenges their default learning style
9:57 Felienne’s new book
How people learn programming
The more information you know about your brain can help you understand how you learn
11:40 Interesting findings
Cognitive load
14:00 Top tips related to programming
Refactoring for personal comprehension
Let go of one golden standard that code is suppose to look like
17:29 Specific differences between professionals and kids
Motivation
Concrete vs open ended expression
20:50 - 1 take away
Take the kids hands, and guide them
22:20
Allison and her husband score a few days each solo as they transition back into their home #genius
Felienne’s students fuss over the different symbols of division in coding #fail
How can I support the podcast?
Please follow us @parentdrivendev (https://twitter.com/parentdrivendev) on Twitter or email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com (mailto:panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com).
Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com (https://parentdrivendevelopment.com).
Allison (https://twitter.com/allie_p)
Special Guest: Felienne Hermans.
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