Authority Issues Episode 57: Tessa Ann Taylor (The New Yorker)

In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Tessa talk about:

Studying computer science because she "ran out of math classes" at her high school
ACTUALLY using trigonometry in real life
How all-women educational environments are awesome
Unlearning the Seattle culture in favor of the New York culture
Translating academic experiences into tech industry programming interviews
Getting a foot in the door via content production
Freelancing to live, not living to freelance
The joys?! of maintaining legacy code and CMSes
Management training at NYTimes
Understanding the responsibilities of the middle manager
Going into management to create the environments she wants others to experience
Telling a bad job that you're not a "culture fit" for them
Being intrinsically motivated vs deferring to authority
Remembering that current authority structures are not designed for marginalized people
How leadership experience can be good and bad for non-work interactions

You can find Tessa on twitter and on Medium as @c0d3rgirl

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3