Authority Issues Episode 60: Yazhi Smith (Vista Equity Partners)

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

Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3