063: The Distribution of Brilliance and Opportunity with Rehema Wachira




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Summary: <p><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ianthro"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astrid Countee</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">| </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ReinH"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rein Henrichs</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> |</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/jessitron"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessica Kerr</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">|</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/geeksam"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Livingston-Gray</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">| </span><a href="https://twitter.com/janellekz"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janelle Klein</span></a></p> <p><b>Guest Starring:</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rehema Wachira: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/remy_stack"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@remy_stack</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://andela.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andela</span></a></p> <p><b>Join Our Slack Channel!<br> </b><b style="font-size: 1.8rem;">Support us via </b><a style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1.8rem;" href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon</b></a><b style="font-size: 1.8rem;">!</b></p> <p><b>Are you Greater Than Code?</b><b><br> </b><b>Submit guest blog posts to </b><a href="mailto:mandy@greaterthancode.com"><b>mandy@greaterthancode.com</b></a></p> <p><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p><b>01:22</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Rehema’s Superpower: Empathy</span></p> <p><b>02:53 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Rehema’s “Untypical” Origin Story</span></p> <p><b>07:20 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Enjoying Coding Because of the Complexity Behind It</span></p> <p><b>11:21 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Creating a “Culture of Saving”</span></p> <p><b>14:52 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– “Diversity of Thought” and Seeing the World Through Others’ Eyes</span></p> <p><b>22:20 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Being Creators and Makers</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Indie Hackers</span></a></p> <p><b>30:28 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– How Technology Empowers People</span></p> <p><b>38:27 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– The Distribution of Brilliance and Opportunity</span></p> <p><b>47:01 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Freedom of Creative Expression</span></p> <p><b>Reflections:</b></p> <p><b>Astrid: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Having to unlearn the need of being perfect.</span></p> <p><b>Jessica:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We want to speak to more guests on a global level! Please reach out!</span></p> <p><b>Sam:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Fixed vs growth mindset.</span></p> <p><b>Rein:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Diversity is not just good for ethical reasons, it also makes your organization more competent. </span></p> <p><b>Janelle:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Celebrating beautiful.</span></p> <p><b>Rehema:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> A fundamental right to freedom.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Transcript:</strong></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>ASTRID</b></span><span class="s2"><b>:<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span></b></span><span class="s1">Hello everybody and welcome to Episode 63 of Greater Than Code. I’m Astrid Countee and I’m here with my friend, Rein Henrichs.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>REIN:<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span></b>Good morning, or whatever time it is when you’re listening to this. I am here with my friend, the colorfully-haired Jessica Kerr.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>JESSICA:<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span></b>Good morning! And I am thrilled to be here today with Sam Livingston-Gray!</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>SAM:<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span></b></span></p>