Chris Sexton

045: Miriam Tocino: Zerus and Ona

May 27th, 2020  |  43 mins 12 secs

children's book, miriam tocino, new mom, parenting, zerus and ona

Allison and Chris are joined by Miriam Tocino, a former architect turned teacher and coder, new mom, and creator of Zerus and Ona, a children's book that explains the difficult topics of the binary world.

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.

041: COVID-19

March 25th, 2020  |  46 mins 33 secs

covid-19, covid19, family, full time remote work, the new normal

Everyone's talking about it, covid-19 is all the rage. In today's episode KWu, Chris and Allison share their quarantine updates, remote work highlights, and dish on the extreme scenes seen in most grocery stores right now.

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.

036: The Process for International Adoption

December 11th, 2019  |  43 mins 12 secs

international adoption agencies, parenting school, process for international adoption, things to consider when adopting a child

035: Summer Vacation

November 20th, 2019  |  43 mins 40 secs

family vacations, road trips, summer break, summer vacation

Josh, KWu, JC and Chris reflect back on summer vacations when they were growing up, as well as the differences and similarities they're faced vacationing now as the parent. Plus, road trips are always nostalgic to reminisce on!

034: Extracurricular Activities

October 30th, 2019  |  56 mins 10 secs

activities, back to school, extracurricular

Special guest, Barrett Clark, joins Josh, Kwu, Allison, JC and Chris to discuss back to school and extracurricular activities for kids: how to help your kids find their passion, the expectations of school activities, the financial side, and what it means for the parents. Tune in for a deeper dive!

032: Tackling More

September 11th, 2019  |  42 mins 58 secs

back to school, engineering, management

Dana Jones talks about going back to school with four older children and teaching herself to code when they were little. We also talk about some of the similarities of management and parenting.

031: Negotiating A Shorter Workweek

June 12th, 2019  |  37 mins 55 secs

communication, remote work

Itamar Turner-Trauring talks about some of the tactics he wrote about in his book, "You Can Negotiate A 3-Day Weekend", such as overcoming "this isn't normal" and "entitlement" feelings, scheduling your shorter workweek, and optimizing your output value and impact when you're not measuring your working hours.

029: Organizing Conferences

May 15th, 2019  |  44 mins 55 secs

balance, conferences, time management

Andy Croll and Chris Sexton talk about their experiences with juggling organizing conferences and parenting.

028: Primary Caregiving

May 1st, 2019  |  39 mins 30 secs

communication, nannies, remote work

In this episode, Nick Gauthier stops by to talk about being a full-time parent as a man, partner dynamics and making decisions, how having a child has changed the way Nick works, and why he is a big proponent of Communication Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

027: Fear Mongering and Inducing Panic

April 17th, 2019  |  40 mins 10 secs

fear, panic, scary

Due to the "Momo Challenge": the latest in a series of internet "challenges" and urban legends, Chris, Jess, JC, and Mandy talk about fear mongering and inducing panic: What do we do as parents to protect our kids? Do we, as technologists, have an advantage in understanding "hoaxes" better than non-technologists? Should we ignore the hype and "let live and let go?" And how much do we/should we be monitoring our kids?

025: Girls in STEM

March 13th, 2019  |  40 mins 46 secs

learning, stem

Stephanie Rowe, the founder and CEO of Juelez, joins the panel to talk about getting girls involved in STEM. Conversations around topics such as designing into motivation, how parents can help, and gender ensue.

024: Teaching Kids to Code

February 27th, 2019  |  31 mins 2 secs

coding resources, learning, teaching

In this episode, Kevin Whinnery of Twilio joins the show to talk about teaching kids to code: getting them motivated, benefits to becoming coding literate, and using real-world technology and tools to pique their interest.

021: Self-Care For Parents

January 16th, 2019  |  35 mins 39 secs

self-care

In this episode, the panelists talk about the importance of self-care: having routines, setting environments, and taking time for yourselves as individuals while being okay with your child's temporary discomfort and happiness.

018: Designing Apps/Digital Products for Parents with Anne Halsall and Sara Mauskopf of Winnie

December 5th, 2018  |  35 mins 25 secs

In this episode, co-founders Anne Halsall and Sara Mauskopf join the show to talk about creating the app Winnie: a place where crowdsourced information is spread amongst parents that relays important information such as childcare, activities, and advice.