Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://sarajchipps.com/">Sara Chipps</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/SaraJChipps">@SaraJChipps</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Sara Chipps talks with Dave Rael about growing up with computers as a source of friends, being a founder, building things that matter, and women in technology</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Sara Chipps is a JavaScript developer based in NYC. She has been working on Software and the Open Source Community since 2001. She’s been obsessed with hardware and part of http://Nodebots.com since 2012. She is the CEO of http://Jewelbots.com, a company dedicated towards drastically changing the number of girls entering STEM fields using hardware. She was formerly the CTO of http://FlatironSchool.com, a school dedicated to teaching people of all ages how to build software and launch careers as software developers. In 2010 she cofounded Girl Develop It, a non-profit focused on helping more women become software developers. Girl Develop It is in 45 cities, and has taught over 17,000 women how to build software.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Sara Chipps</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's remarkable story of a great deal accomplishment in a short time</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - JewelBots - The friendship bracelet for the Smartphone era</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's history of using software and technology to make friends</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara and women in technology</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - JewelBots and accessibility for young girls</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Sara up" - being a maker</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's story of failure - damaged hardware making a demonstration unworkable</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's greatest success - Choreographed keynote - kids and dancing drones</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Sara stays current with what she needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that have Sara most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The greatest sources of pain in Sara's life and work</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Sara likes to geek out apart from software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's prediction for the future of software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Sara's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Sara</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@SaraJChipps/" target="_blank">Sara's New Blogging Home on Medium</a></li> <li><a href="http://sarajchipps.com/" target="_blank">Sara's Blog (replaced recently by Medium)</a></li> <li><a href="http://jewelbots.com/" target="_blank">JewelBots</a></li> <li><a href="http://sarajchipps.com/post/55986281444/how-to-contribute-to-open-source-when-youre-not">Sara's Blog Post About Her Start in Open Source Software</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OOZfod2rC4" target="_blank">RailsConf 2015 Day 1 Closing Keynote - Dancing Drones</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/developeronfire-58-richardcampbell" target="_blank">Richard Campbell on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://devchat.tv/freelancers/176-fs-leadership-and-management-with-marcus-blankenship" target="_blank">The Freelancers' Show - Leadership and Management</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/Podcast/Episodes/developeronfire-54-woodyzuill" target="_blank">Woody Zuill on Developer On Fire</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.codinghorror.com/sucking-less-every-year/" target="_blank">Jeff Atwood - Sucking Less Every Year</a></li> </ul> <h6>Sara's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Don't get discouraged by failure</li> <li>Break things up into discreet chunks you can deliver</li> <li>Show people early and often and let go of needing to be perfect</li> </ol> </div> </div>
