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The Monk Who Became a Founder with Lilly Chen, Founder of Contenda
The Monk Who Became a Founder with Lilly Chen, Founder of Contenda
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Lily Chen’s past experiences as a professional gamer and monk have given her powerful insight into running a successful and empathetic company. As the founder of Contenda, Lilly is ensuring her employees feel seen and valued.In this episode, Cassidy, Zach, and Lilly discuss communicating your feelings, why being on call is overrated, and the great Millsberry computer game.-------------------Episode Timestamps:(02:40): What Contenda does(05:06): What Lilly’s day-to-day looks like(13:50): Rapid Fire Questions(19:11): Random Segment Generator(19:36) What Lilly thinks is overrated/underrated in the dev community(28:13): How Lilly became a monk at 15(33:09): Cassidy’s Sage Advice-------------------“Sometimes we lose track of why am I actually doing this work? Does this help me get closer to my business problem? Does this help my customer? Does this help something? And thinking that instead of necessarily just the coding thing in front of you can go a long way.” – Lilly Chen-------------------Links:Lilly’s websiteTwitter - Follow LillyTwitter - Follow CassidyTwitter - Follow ZachThe Dev Morning Show (At Night) YouTube Page
Released:
Sep 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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