Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://kranglefant.tumblr.com">Christin Gorman</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/ChristinGorman">@ChristinGorman</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Christin Gorman talks with Dave Rael about robots, including girls and women, and creating software consistent with conscience </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Christin got her first job as a programmer back in the fall of 2000 while still studying computing. 15+ years on and she has no intention of moving up the career ladder, but hopes her experiences can benefit others through her writing (http://kranglefant.tumblr.com) and public speaking. She spent her first 10 years working in the oil industry, among other things developing real-time seismic acquisition software. Since 2010, she's been working mainly on software used in the Norwegian public sector. First as a contractor, then as an in house developer. From April she will be joining a consulting firm called Kodemaker.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Christin Gorman</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Christin the maverick - candidly speaking the truth and triggering debate</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Christin's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Christin up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Christin got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Diverse paths to software and the ideal of creating software for your own problem</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Christin's story of failure - turning a small problem into a big one by speaking negatively of the software and being overly apologetic</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Christin's success story - quick feedback cycles with a highly collaborative approach with actual users</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Christin stays current with what she needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Christin's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Christin most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Christin's greatest sources of pain</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Christin likes to geek out</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Christin's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Christin's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Christin</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://kranglefant.tumblr.com" target="_blank">Christin's Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/2014/tdd-is-dead-long-live-testing.html" target="_blank">TDD is dead. Long live testing. - David Heinemeier Hansson</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-030-david-heinemeier-hansson-the-pareto-principle-and-stoic-philosophy" target="_blank">David Heinemeier Hansson on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/episode-039-linda-rising-lit-up-on-life-and-still-rocking" target="_blank">Linda Rising on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power" target="_blank">Thorium Reactors</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=834" target="_blank">.NET Rocks! Nuclear Power Geek Out</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.codenewbie.org/" target="_blank">CodeNewbie</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/blog/2101-update-on-1-28-service-outage" target="_blank">GitHub Outage Update</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201362988/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist - Frederick P. Brooks Jr.</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Christin's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321349601/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Java Concurrency in Practice - Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, Joshua Bloch, Joseph Bowbeer, David Holmes, Doug Lea</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010VH0R6I/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Flatland - Edwin A. Abbott</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Christin's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Prioritization is not about sorting your list, it's about taking things away from the list - say no</li> <li>Get to know your user - use your software and sit with users doing their job and feel their pain</li> <li>There's going to be work - don't be afraid to redo things and to work really hard</li> </ol> </div> </div>
