BDD: Baby Driven Development

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Compares parenting to coding with concrete evidence and fixes: uses a home debugging process to isolate a baby sleep issue and collects data via a survey of ~100 parents surveyed that finds actionable trends — over half of mothers report pumping issues, one-third of mothers prefer anonymity, and several parents say careers slow after kids. Recommends company changes: parental leave remote work and pumping rooms, part‑time transitions, manager training and realistic goal resets.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:07Parallels between coding and parenting
3. 2:57The urn dogmatism effect
4. 7:35Parenting and coding struggles
5. 9:12My typical day
6. 10:48Code challenges
7. 12:44Community challenges
8. 15:12Schedules flexibility
9. 17:51Worklife balance
10. 19:21Parental leave
11. 22:29Working from home
12. 24:20Parental leave support
13. 25:56Realistic expectations
14. 27:04Parent guilts
15. 29:15Leaving your company
16. 30:53Summary
17. 32:54Questions

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