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Episode 57: Tessa Ann Taylor (The New Yorker)
Manage episode 274057644 series 2317207
In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Tessa talk about:
- Studying computer science because she "ran out of math classes" at her high school
- ACTUALLY using trigonometry in real life
- How all-women educational environments are awesome
- Unlearning the Seattle culture in favor of the New York culture
- Translating academic experiences into tech industry programming interviews
- Getting a foot in the door via content production
- Freelancing to live, not living to freelance
- The joys?! of maintaining legacy code and CMSes
- Management training at NYTimes
- Understanding the responsibilities of the middle manager
- Going into management to create the environments she wants others to experience
- Telling a bad job that you're not a "culture fit" for them
- Being intrinsically motivated vs deferring to authority
- Remembering that current authority structures are not designed for marginalized people
- How leadership experience can be good and bad for non-work interactions
Books Tessa recommended:
https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth/dp/1491973897
https://www.amazon.com/Rework-Jason-Fried/dp/0307463745 + https://www.amazon.com/Doesnt-Have-Be-Crazy-Work/dp/0062874780/
Tessa's favorite leadership book:
https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Self-Deception-Getting-Out-Box/dp/1576759776
You can find Tessa on twitter and on Medium as @c0d3rgirl
Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3
100 episodes
Manage episode 274057644 series 2317207
In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Tessa talk about:
- Studying computer science because she "ran out of math classes" at her high school
- ACTUALLY using trigonometry in real life
- How all-women educational environments are awesome
- Unlearning the Seattle culture in favor of the New York culture
- Translating academic experiences into tech industry programming interviews
- Getting a foot in the door via content production
- Freelancing to live, not living to freelance
- The joys?! of maintaining legacy code and CMSes
- Management training at NYTimes
- Understanding the responsibilities of the middle manager
- Going into management to create the environments she wants others to experience
- Telling a bad job that you're not a "culture fit" for them
- Being intrinsically motivated vs deferring to authority
- Remembering that current authority structures are not designed for marginalized people
- How leadership experience can be good and bad for non-work interactions
Books Tessa recommended:
https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth/dp/1491973897
https://www.amazon.com/Rework-Jason-Fried/dp/0307463745 + https://www.amazon.com/Doesnt-Have-Be-Crazy-Work/dp/0062874780/
Tessa's favorite leadership book:
https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Self-Deception-Getting-Out-Box/dp/1576759776
You can find Tessa on twitter and on Medium as @c0d3rgirl
Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3
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