DEV Community

Greater Than Code

177: Source Docs and People with Chris Stead

00:56 - Chris’ Superpower: Not Knowing In Public

  • Asking Questions

02:53 - Source Documents and Their Relation To People

06:44 - Encouraging Others To Write Code For People

12:39 - Naming Things in Code / Narratives in Software and Business

18:53 - Asking the Right Questions

22:38 - Interviewing for the Benefit of the Interviewee

  • The Problem with Being Transactional
  • It’s People All The Way Down
  • Empathetic Interviewing

33:44 - Treating People as People; Making Things More Humane

38:23 - Code Stores Emotion

  • Measuring Progression
  • The Valley of Despair

45:19 - Deciding: “Will this be helpful for someone else?”

Reflections:

Jessica: The idea that code can convey emotions. Even code can be Greater Than Code.

John: Structuring interviews with goals around comfort and familiarity so people can perform at their best.

Jamey: Imbuing things with the feeling when you wrote it.

Chris: If you’re feeling frustrated, kind is great. Also, everything is a systemic whole.

This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!

Special Guest: Chris Stead.

Support Greater Than Code

Episode source