Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mayaposch.com/">Maya Posch</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/MayaPosch">@MayaPosch</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Maya Posch talks with Dave Rael about being driven to tinker, difficulties with being different, broad interests, and kindness in life and software</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Maya Posch is a software engineer by trade and self-professed electronics, robotics and AI nut. She runs her own software development company ('Nyanko') together with her good friend Trevor Purdy, where she works on various game development projects and also some non-game projects. She also does various freelance jobs for companies around the globe. Beyond writing software, she like to play with equations and write novels, such as her awesome re-imagining of the story of the Nintendo classic Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the survival-horror novel she recently started titled Viral Desire. Another major topic of interest for Maya is that of biochemistry, robotics and the reverse-engineering of the human body.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Maya Posch</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Maya got started in software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Maya's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Maya's story of failure - the challenges and pain of having a unique body</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Career impact of being intersex</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Maya's courage</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Maya's greatest success - human connection, shared journey, and emotional support</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Maya stays current with what she needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Maya's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Maya most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The greatest sources of pain in Maya's life and work</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Maya's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Maya's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Maya</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mayaposch.com/" target="_blank">Maya's Home Website with Links to Her Blogs</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex" target="_blank">Intersex</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil" target="_blank">Ray Kurzweil</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.singularity.com/" target="_blank">The Singularity</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidetic_memory" target="_blank">Photographic Memory</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679722661/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car" target="_blank">Driverless Car</a></li> </ul> <h6>Maya's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679722661/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro</a></li> </ul> <h6>Maya's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Absorb information and make it your own</li> <li>Have patience</li> <li>Practice kindness</li> </ol> <p></p> </div> </div>
