Episode 450 | Reem Altamimi - Leading Humans

Guest:

Reem Altamimi

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Reem Altamimi talks with Dave Rael about leading teams, culture, choices, opportunity, and learning human skills

Reem Altamimi is a Software Developer Lead with the Department of Transportation, State of Tennessee. Since she started working for TDOT in 2015, she has been enjoying adopting agile methodologies in software development and in life in general. She loves writing code as it requires logical thinking, creativity and solving problems. Her favorite thing about writing code is finding bugs and fixing them. She always looks for perfection in her code as well as life which can be challenging sometimes. Reem is always been passionate about learning new skills whether they are technical or human. She is a strong believer in helping other people learn and achieve their goals.

Chapters: 1:22 - Dave introduces the show and Reem Altamimi3:56 - How Reem got started in software and writing code in constrained circumstances8:56 - Reem on moving from Iraq to the USA to create a better life for her family14:02 - Opportunities and choices16:28 - Reem's passion for learning18:12 - Becoming a lead developer21:07 - Support, mentors, and exemplary leadership25:26 - Reem's story of failure - miscommunication with rectification28:17 - Reem's approach to learning29:52 - Reem's book recommendations31:19 - Reem's interest in Agile36:48 - Reem's top 3 tips for delivering more value39:20 - Keeping up with Reem

Resources: Reem on LinkedIn Manifesto for Agile Software Development

Reem's book recommendation: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ - Daniel Goleman Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel H. Pink

Reem's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Look at a situation from multiple perspectives Think positively - cut the circuit on negativity Listen and communicate face-to-face