In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Yazhi talk about:
* How Yazhi doesn't know what "old" means ;)
* A life story framed as Lord of the Rings
* Growing up with stereotypical Asian parental expectations, coloring within the lines
* >>recordscratch>> growing up in FIJI?! (Kendall spends 5 minutes squee-ing)
* rachel's turn to squee, someone who sees the value of useful error logging :heart-eyes:
* A first taste of travel in the US
* Personal development smorgasbord at IBM
* Personal life upheaval driving big changes, no more coloring inside the lines
* Moving to the US and starting an IT consulting company
* When people usually rebel, how much of a rule-follower Kendall is
* Discovering America with gusto, FREE SODA REFILLS :D
* Trying out the stay-at-home mom thing and not being able to keep still
* Pivoting to building businesses from home
* Remembering you're working with actual people, not just resources
* Managing resistance to new process implementation through curiosity and humility
* How yet again, the problem is people
* Getting over yourself to get the job done
* The Rules and how to ignore them, for the sake of the children
* Why you should own goats
You can find Yazhi on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yazhi/
Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3