Greater Than Code
Greater Than Code
105: Code Switching with Maurice Cherry
01:49 – Maurice’s Superpower: Extreme Empathy
04:06 – Code Switching
13:21 – Creating and Fostering Safe Conference Environments
19:34 – Overcoming Feelings of Discomfort
22:16 – Human Decisions in Software: Why We Should Care
31:57 – Trust: How We’ve Lost It and How Should We Re-establish It?
A Developer Relations Bill of Rights
41:24 – Establishing Trust in a Company From the Ground Up: Glitch
47:03 – Diversity in Design and Shifting Your Mindset From a Creator to a Chronicler
Reflections:
John: It’s useful to think about code switching in context of my own behavior and using it as a practice for increasing empathy by trying to determine if other people are code switching in a certain situation.
Janelle: Putting myself in an outsider situation.
Jess: Storytelling and experience creating.
Astrid: Parents encouraging young creators.
Maurice: We all have more work to do and we all have privileges we are blind to.
Are you Greater Than Code?
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Special Guest: Maurice Cherry.
