12 December 2024 - Building Technology That Supports Humanity

Gender Identity Weekly

In this fascinating episode, get ready to geek out with Lindsay Tabas, a technologist also known as The Lady Engineer®. Lindsay and I have some great discussion around why technology works against us instead of for us. I only make a few diversions...like why that red button requires a new security architecture.

REFERENCES:

Lindsay Tabas professional website: https://www.lindsayt.com/

Follow Lindsay on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lindsaytabas

Make Sense w/ the Lady Engineer®: https://www.lindsayt.com/make-sense

Product-Market Fit E-book: https://www.lindsayt.com/product-market-fit

• (00:00) - Show opening
• (00:36) - Introducing Lindsay Tabas
• (08:02) - The Lady Engineer brand
• (12:47) - The tech industry gets an unwarranted free pass
• (17:09) - Developers give entrepreneurs a snow job...
• (18:57) - ...and sometimes the entrepreneur is just a dick
• (23:00) - Breaking the myths of entrepreneurship
• (28:53) - Dialing in your product's sights
• (32:00) - Find a real problem to solve
• (35:30) - The real problem in technology is hubris about the solution
• (41:59) - Being risk-averse is a good trait!
• (46:05) - Let go of the ego to invoke success
• (49:35) - Changing the system is neverending
• (57:45) - And in the end...this is identity
• (01:01:48) - Show closing