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The Monk Who Became a Founder with Lilly Chen, Founder of Contenda

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Lily Chen’s past experiences as a professional gamer and monk have given her powerful insight into running a successful and empathetic company. As the founder of Contenda, Lilly is ensuring her employees feel seen and valued.

In this episode, Cassidy, Zach, and Lilly discuss communicating your feelings, why being on call is overrated, and the great Millsberry computer game.

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Episode Timestamps:

(02:40): What Contenda does

(05:06): What Lilly’s day-to-day looks like

(13:50): Rapid Fire Questions

(19:11): Random Segment Generator

(19:36) What Lilly thinks is overrated/underrated in the dev community

(28:13): How Lilly became a monk at 15

(33:09): Cassidy’s Sage Advice

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“Sometimes we lose track of why am I actually doing this work? Does this help me get closer to my business problem? Does this help my customer? Does this help something? And thinking that instead of necessarily just the coding thing in front of you can go a long way.” – Lilly Chen

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Links:

Lilly’s website

Twitter - Follow Lilly

Twitter - Follow Cassidy

Twitter - Follow Zach

The Dev Morning Show (At Night) YouTube Page

  continue reading

28 episodes

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Lily Chen’s past experiences as a professional gamer and monk have given her powerful insight into running a successful and empathetic company. As the founder of Contenda, Lilly is ensuring her employees feel seen and valued.

In this episode, Cassidy, Zach, and Lilly discuss communicating your feelings, why being on call is overrated, and the great Millsberry computer game.

-------------------

Episode Timestamps:

(02:40): What Contenda does

(05:06): What Lilly’s day-to-day looks like

(13:50): Rapid Fire Questions

(19:11): Random Segment Generator

(19:36) What Lilly thinks is overrated/underrated in the dev community

(28:13): How Lilly became a monk at 15

(33:09): Cassidy’s Sage Advice

-------------------

“Sometimes we lose track of why am I actually doing this work? Does this help me get closer to my business problem? Does this help my customer? Does this help something? And thinking that instead of necessarily just the coding thing in front of you can go a long way.” – Lilly Chen

-------------------

Links:

Lilly’s website

Twitter - Follow Lilly

Twitter - Follow Cassidy

Twitter - Follow Zach

The Dev Morning Show (At Night) YouTube Page

  continue reading

28 episodes

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