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Deboarding The Bullet Train to Burn Out with Anjana Vakil, Freelance DevRel Consultant
Deboarding The Bullet Train to Burn Out with Anjana Vakil, Freelance DevRel Consultant
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Jan 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This episode features an interview with Anjana Vakil, Software Engineer, Educator, and Freelance DevRel Consultant. Anjana’s passion for computational linguistics and software development led her to engineering and developer advocate roles at companies such as Mapbox, Observable, and Hasura. She also travels the world to speak about the joy of programming and advocate for a more equitable and ethical tech industry.In this episode, Cassidy and Zach sit down with Anjana to discuss burnout, developing a healthy relationship with work, and the novelty of flip phones.-------------------Episode Timestamps:(00:32): What Anjana is working on right now(04:44): What Anjana’s day-to-day looks like(07:42): What tools Anjana uses(11:37): How Anjana got into the industry(18:30): Rapid Fire Questions(34:45): Random Segment Generator(48:37): Cassidy’s Sage Advice-------------------“I like many people, I think, during the last few years, especially during the lockdown times, really set myself on a bullet train for burnout town. And so, now trying to figure out a more sustainable way to be working and still protecting that inner core, that little flame of creativity and curiosity that I think is so important to be able to continuously do really good work over the long term. But, it's so easy to neglect in the short term and let just sputter out.” – Anjana Vakil-------------------Links:The Recurse CenterOutreachyTwitter - Follow AnjanaTwitter - Follow CassidyTwitter - Follow ZachThe Dev Morning Show (At Night) YouTube Page
Released:
Jan 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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