Chris Arcand
Co-Host of Parent Driven Development
Chris Arcand is a senior engineer at HashiCorp where he works on Terraform, a tool for building, changing, and versioning cloud infrastructure. He organizes RubyMN, and as a public speaker has had the privilege of speaking at major conferences as close as the American Midwest and as far as Kyoto, Japan. Beyond programming he enjoys ice hockey, backpacking, and fulfilling his responsibility as a native Minnesotan to making pointless connections to Minnesota at every opportunity.
Chris Arcand has hosted 11 Episodes.
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067: Goodbye, for now
March 31st, 2021 | 28 mins 40 secs
parent driven development, parenting, podcast
Allison, KWu, Chris A, and Chris S come together for a goodbye, for now, episode to reflect on their experience being a panelist on the Parent Driven Development Podcast.
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062: 3-Year Anniversary - Episode Highlights
January 20th, 2021 | 37 mins 31 secs
#parenting #podcast #3years #celebration #episodehighlights
KWu, Chris, Josh, and Allison reflect on the past 3-years of podcasting. They touch on their favorite episodes and guests over the years, as well as some favorite parenting genius and fail moments!
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058: Co-Parenting
November 25th, 2020 | 40 mins 48 secs
co-parenting, coparenting, covid, covid-19, parenting, remote work, virtual school
Brandon Hays joins the panelist to discuss how the pandemic has impacted parenting, co-parenting and the new responsibilities that come along with it.
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054: How to Manage Your Tech Career With Kids
September 30th, 2020 | 33 mins 35 secs
dev work, raising kids, tech manager, working parent
Chris and Chris discuss their experiences with balancing their tech careers, being a manager and raising kids! They also share key strategies on how to manage parents on their teams for optimal workflow.
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051: Allowances for parents with Scott Hanselman
August 19th, 2020 | 31 mins 56 secs
allowance for parents, coder, parent, programmer, quarantine, scott hanselman
Scott Hanselman joins the podcast to talk about his approach on allowances for parents, why they're important and how exactly they can benefit the entire family.
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050: Agile Household with Yvonne Marcus
August 5th, 2020 | 32 mins 15 secs
accountability, agile home, agile household, mom life, yvonne marcus
Yvonne Marcus joins the panelist to discuss Agile Household. Yvonne created Agile Homes, a four-week course that looks to get your family together by making everyone feel like a valued member of the team, and instilling autonomy and having fun!
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046: Paternity Leave + Dad Talk
June 10th, 2020 | 48 mins 50 secs
dad podcast, homebrew, mike mcquaid, paternity leave, raising kids in different countries
Chris and Allison are joined by Mike McQuaid discussing paternity leave, Balancing Dad Podcast, and what it's like raising kids in different countries. Unsurprisingly, there are more difference in the UK verse the US than just calling a diaper "nappie".
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043: Managing Parents on Your Team
April 29th, 2020 | 48 mins 27 secs
manager, managing parents, parents, teamwork
Today our panelists sit down with Nick Means to talk about strategies and experiences of managing parents on your team. Parent have unique needs as they care for little humans and some may not exactly know what those unique needs are, unless you too are a parent. We break down techniques and share experiences of what it's like managing parents in tech.
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039: Parenting Roles and Gender Equality
February 12th, 2020 | 45 mins 12 secs
equal parenting, equal partnership, fathers, mothers, progressive parenting
We're joined by Richard Schneeman this week to discuss parenting roles and gender equality. Inspired by the book, All the Rage: Mothers, Father and the Myth of Equal Partnership, we break down progressive parenting, invisible vs visible work, and how to implement a calendar system for maximum efficiency.
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038: Women Mentorship with Kari Clark
January 22nd, 2020 | 51 mins 27 secs
mothering, parenting, uplift parents, women mentorship, working mom
In this episode we feature Kari Clark, founder of Uplift Parents, a coaching service and women mentorship for working moms. Kari shares all that she's learned from the most successful working moms and offers great tips to amplify your life.
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037: New Panel Intro - Welcome Chris and Adarsh
January 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 23 secs
growing families, irregular schedules, traveling with kids
In this episode we welcome two new panelist to Parent Driven Development, Chris Arcand and Adarsh Pandit! We learn a little bit about our new panelist and then dive into topics about irregular work schedules, the kids, traveling with the kids, and our teams growing families.