April Wensel: “Better People”

April Wensel has a powerful message for engineers about how to improve your own lives as well as the lives of your coworkers and the users you serve. April is the founder of Compassionate Coding, an organization that teaches emotional intelligence to software dev teams. If you’re already nodding, you’ll love this episode. If you don’t think it’s a problem, just listen to April’s perspective. She tells us two reasons why people resist becoming more compassionate—and one thing she sees that gives her hope.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Pair Programming and Mob Programming
• Start Where You Are by Meera Lee Patel
• Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
• It’s Time to Retire “RTFM", from the Compassionate Coding blog

MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THIS EPISODE ON SPOTIFY:

“Better People” by India Arie

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Stayin' Alive in Tech is an oral history of Silicon Valley and technology. Melinda Byerley, the host, is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Timeshare CMO, a digital marketing intelligence firm, based in San Francisco.

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