The Parental Programmer
summary
A global survey of programming parents reports kids aged 6 weeks–21 years, languages from Ruby to Python, and roles from contractors to business owners; clear findings: set a top priority, expect life stages to shift availability, and outsource where possible (daycare, cleaners, relatives). Practical tactics that work include hiring a part-time nanny, keeping a dedicated workspace with an office door that shuts, doing focused work 8pm–1am or before kids wake, using small preplanned open‑source patches, and offering childcare at conferences and workplaces.
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chapters (34)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:50How many people have kids
- 1:26Why this talk
- 2:53Responses
- 3:42Know Your Priorities
- 4:01Make a Conscious Choice
- 4:30Children Turns Out Age
- 4:47Children Become Possible Again
- 5:32Relax You Cant Have It All
- 5:54Be Kind to Yourself
- 6:53Take It With a Grain of Salt
- 7:32Working From Home
- 7:45Advice
- 8:14Technology
- 8:53Childcare
- 9:27Sleep
- 12:32Boundaries
- 13:17Other adults
- 14:50Keep things small
- 17:15Learning
- 17:42Digests
- 18:03Commute time
- 18:43Outsourcing
- 19:08Time for yourself
- 19:27No extended leave
- 21:20Why is this a topic
- 23:15Flexible hours
- 23:32Parttime work
- 24:51Other things
- 27:10Meetups
- 28:11Summary
- 30:30The trap
- 32:19Remote work
- 37:17Survey
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