019: Being Adults

Parent Driven Development Episode 019: Being Adults 00:25 Welcome, Jonan Scheffler! Jonan is a free-range computer sciencer at Heroku and cheerleader for hire (all major hugs accepted). He is also a board member of RubyTogether and all-around swell human being! We recorded this episode live and in-person at this year's RubyConf in Los Angeles. 01:09 Catching Up On Sleep, Spending Time with Friends, and Spending Spousal Points Conferences are NOT vacations, y'all! Traveling as a job. Being present at home. Partying is WORK. 11:16 Communicating to Loved Ones at Home Facetiming, calling, audio messaging. 18:50 Going Home / Reentry to the Parenting World 25:04 It Takes a Village... Support Systems When Away 29:30 Self-Care While Away Treats! Massage! Movies on the plane! Room service! Fancy coffee! Tattoos!?! 32:34 Genius / Fail Moments Allison: Her son drew her a picture "so Mommy doesn't scream as much". (#Fail); Attending an anger management for parents of small children class. (#Genius) Mandy: Forgot to download things to her devices on the way to LA! (#Fail) Josh: Mistook a sprained ankle for growing pains. (#Fail) KWu: Mistook roseola for windburn! (#Fail) Jonan: Ruined waffles for his kids. (#Fail) Andy: His daughter learned how to swim! (#Genius) Follow & Support Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com. Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com. Support us via Patreon and get access to our our Slack Community. Panel Andy Croll Mandy Moore Allison McMillan Josh Puetz KWuSpecial Guest: Jonan Scheffler.

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Turns out children arrive with no manual. There's no coherent online tutorial. Between staying up to date with emerging technologies and balancing work and home life in an industry that often requires un-timeable bug fixes, on call schedules, and more, working parents are balancing a lot. Parents are also exploring additional technical issues like "screen time" or internet privacy, coming at these issues from a different perspective as technologists ourselves. We cover all of these topics and more using a panel of parents coming from diverse perspectives and a variety of technological backgrounds. We'll shine light onto these issues and provide a valuable food for thought for these folks. Want to ask a question that the panelists can discuss in an episode? Email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com. And if you're loving the podcast and want to support us, please visit our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/parentdrivendev)!