007: Learning After Kids

We talk about how we keep up to date and learn new things with limited time.

An episode of the Parent Driven Development podcast, hosted by Parent Driven Development, titled "007: Learning After Kids" was published on May 23, 2018 and runs 54 minutes.

May 23, 2018 ·54m · Parent Driven Development

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Summary

Parent Driven Development Episode 007: Keeping up to date with tech 00:27 Welcome back Allison 01:00 Today topic: Learning during the work day 02:47 It's ok if learning doesn't happen when your kids are little 04:14 Learning if you're a single parent is more difficult It's more difficult if you don't have a partner to hand things off to Real talk: you will always just have less time 7:15 Choices and Bringing your laptop along Being efficient and aware of the time you have But don't burn out 12:36 The pressure to always be learning Pros and cons to these feelings How it relates to burn out How it related to work/life balance 15:35 Staying competitive in the industry Tools, tips, and tricks 18:36 Learning staycations 22:33 Know how you learn and setting goals Knowing how you learn is really important How much do you want to learn? To what extent? etc. 23:34 Learning while you're on the clock Convincing your employer to give you time to learn Selling learning time to your boss 34:36 External groups like meetups, slack, etc. are extremely important for having a peer group to learn from Support groups are super important Coworking locally is even helpful if you can't make it to meetups, etc. 37:10 Genius / Fail moments Chris - Conference swag as gifts for kids when you get home #Genius Allison - I get to do 3 because it's been a while. I started a subscription to Le Tote so I can get new clothes that are nursing and postpartum body friendly #Genius Baby has been sleeping for the entire podcast #Genius My son didn't realize he could get out of his room on his own in the morning and he thought he had been left home alone #Fail Josh - Labo is a set of projects made out of cardboard and it's integrated into a Nintendo Switch. It's awesome, but we haven't had a chance to do it yet. #Genius JC -We're participating in the mulch fundraiser. My kids had to go out and hustle and sell mulch, cover fees, etc. But the fail was that my 15 year old had a snarky answering machine message on his phone and he lost a sale as a result. #Genius turned #Fail 53:00 Contact Us! Tell us what you're learning! Follow & Support Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at [email protected]. Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com Support us via Patreon and get access to our our Slack Community. Panel: Josh Puetz Allison McMillan Chris Sexton JC Avena

Episode Description

Parent Driven Development Episode 007: Keeping up to date with tech 00:27 Welcome back Allison 01:00 Today topic: Learning during the work day 02:47 It's ok if learning doesn't happen when your kids are little 04:14 Learning if you're a single parent is more difficult It's more difficult if you don't have a partner to hand things off to Real talk: you will always just have less time 7:15 Choices and Bringing your laptop along Being efficient and aware of the time you have But don't burn out 12:36 The pressure to always be learning Pros and cons to these feelings How it relates to burn out How it related to work/life balance 15:35 Staying competitive in the industry Tools, tips, and tricks 18:36 Learning staycations 22:33 Know how you learn and setting goals Knowing how you learn is really important How much do you want to learn? To what extent? etc. 23:34 Learning while you're on the clock Convincing your employer to give you time to learn Selling learning time to your boss 34:36 External groups like meetups, slack, etc. are extremely important for having a peer group to learn from Support groups are super important Coworking locally is even helpful if you can't make it to meetups, etc. 37:10 Genius / Fail moments Chris - Conference swag as gifts for kids when you get home #Genius Allison - I get to do 3 because it's been a while. I started a subscription to Le Tote so I can get new clothes that are nursing and postpartum body friendly #Genius Baby has been sleeping for the entire podcast #Genius My son didn't realize he could get out of his room on his own in the morning and he thought he had been left home alone #Fail Josh - Labo (https://labo.nintendo.com/) is a set of projects made out of cardboard and it's integrated into a Nintendo Switch. It's awesome, but we haven't had a chance to do it yet. #Genius JC -We're participating in the mulch fundraiser. My kids had to go out and hustle and sell mulch, cover fees, etc. But the fail was that my 15 year old had a snarky answering machine message on his phone and he lost a sale as a result. #Genius turned #Fail 53:00 Contact Us! Tell us what you're learning! Follow & Support Please follow us @parentdrivendev (https://twitter.com/parentdrivendev) on Twitter or email us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]). Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com (https://parentdrivendevelopment.com) Support us via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/parentdrivendev) and get access to our our Slack Community. Panel: Josh Puetz (https://twitter.com/joshpuetz) Allison McMillan (https://twitter.com/allie_p) Chris Sexton (https://twitter.com/crsexton) JC Avena (https://twitter.com/jcavena)