Episode 60: Yazhi Smith (Vista Equity Partners)

Authority Issues

In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Yazhi talk about:

• How Yazhi doesn't know what "old" means ;)
• A life story framed as Lord of the Rings
• Growing up with stereotypical Asian parental expectations, coloring within the lines
• >>recordscratch>> growing up in FIJI?! (Kendall spends 5 minutes squee-ing)
• rachel's turn to squee, someone who sees the value of useful error logging :heart-eyes:
• A first taste of travel in the US
• Personal development smorgasbord at IBM
• Personal life upheaval driving big changes, no more coloring inside the lines
• Moving to the US and starting an IT consulting company
• When people usually rebel, how much of a rule-follower Kendall is
• Discovering America with gusto, FREE SODA REFILLS :D
• Trying out the stay-at-home mom thing and not being able to keep still
• Pivoting to building businesses from home
• Remembering you're working with actual people, not just resources
• Managing resistance to new process implementation through curiosity and humility
• How yet again, the problem is people
• Getting over yourself to get the job done
• The Rules and how to ignore them, for the sake of the children
• Why you should own goats

You can find Yazhi on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yazhi/

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3