Episode 248 | Andrea Goulet - Square Zero

Guest: Andrea Goulet @andreagoulet Andrea Goulet talks with Dave Rael about becoming technical, feeling like an impostor, confidence, taking risks, and practicing empathy Andrea Goulet is the CEO of Corgibytes, a software development shop dedicated to maintaining and modernizing software applications and has been named by LinkedIn as one of the top 10 professionals in software under 35. She’s the founder of LegacyCode.Rocks and hosts a podcast dedicated to changing the way we think about legacy code. You may recognize her from prominent industry publications such as the First Round Review, Hanselminutes, Software Engineering Daily, and Developer Tea. Andrea is a sought after keynote speaker is currently working on her first book: Becoming Technical: Build an Amazing Career in Tech Starting at Square Zero Chapters: 1:45 - Dave introduces the show and Andrea Goulet6:03 - Andrea's early career and shaping experiences10:30 - Andrea's sales experiences and systems approach to selling14:39 - Andrea's story of getting reconnected with an old friend and finding a business and much more18:31 - Breadth, depth, and application of a lesson from one domain to another25:50 - Collaborations of people with different skills and complementing one another and attempting to understand one another32:44 - Confidence, courage, facing fear, and vlunerability40:40 - The many faces empathy47:31 - Accessibility of empathy and of technicality52:22 - The appeal of taking different approaches and bringing empathy to software55:55 - Andrea's top 3 tips for delivering more value60:27 - Keeping up with Andrea Resources: CorgiBytes Legacy Code Rocks! Andrea's Becoming Technical Book Teen Talk Barbie Queueing Theory Act! CRM John Cutler on Developer On Fire The Great Courses Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Television Series with Carl Sagan Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Television Series with Neil deGrasse Tyso Carl Sagan: "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." Accuracy and precision Technical? Non-Technical? Both! - Andrea Goulet Dr. Brené Brown Pavneet Singh Saund - Coding with Empathy Pavneet Singh Saund on Developer On Fire 6 Types of Empathy The Golden Rule Revenge of the Nerds Andrea's book recommendation: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead - Brené Brown Practical Empathy: For Collaboration and Creativity in Your Work - Indi Young Andrea's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Listen actively Follow up Reflect backward