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Inclusive Nerdery: The Secret Sauce of Great Teams | Podcast Awesome

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What is nerdery, really? 🤓 In this episode of Podcast Awesome, we dig into the heart of Font Awesome’s culture — inclusive nerdery. It's not about lone geniuses or command line gatekeepers. It’s about heart, curiosity, humility, and building awesome things with other people. 💛👾 You'll hear from FA team members Dave and Travis, plus a few snippets from topics we've covered on our blog and internal convos, all woven together to show how we:🎯 Hire for character over cleverness🔍 Celebrate deep curiosity (hello, nutrition nerds and D&D geeks!)🎉 Create space for serious play through our legendary team "Snuggles"🧠 Foster creativity through snack-sized projects like the Icon Wizard and Space Awesome gameThis episode is for anyone building company culture, or just trying to figure out how to lead with humanity in a techy world.✨ Icons may not change the world, but good people just might.🔍 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:00:00 – Welcome to Nerdery™02:00 – Defining what "nerd" means to us04:00 – Why we hire adults, not rockstars06:00 – Our 3-step hiring philosophy08:00 – Why we host company “Snuggles” (not summits!)10:00 – FARTS, the Icon Wizard & how fun leads to innovation12:00 – Space Awesome: building games on company time (and learning VueJS to boot!)14:00 – Why forced culture doesn’t work16:00 – A culture that’s built to last🔗 Mentioned in the Episode:🧙‍♂️ Space Awesome – FA dev projecthttps://spaceawesome.io/ 🛠 Our Hiring Philosophyhttps://blog.fontawesome.com/company-... ✨ The Icon Wizardhttps://blog.fontawesome.com/icon-wiz... 💼 More About FA Company Culturehttps://blog.fontawesome.com/nerdery/🎵 Theme music by Ronnie Martin🎹 Interstitial music by Zach Malm🎥 Video support by Isaac ChaseStay up to date on all the Font Awesomeness! 

What is nerdery, really? 🤓 In this episode of Podcast Awesome, we dig into the heart of Font Awesome’s culture — inclusive nerdery. It's not about lone geniuses or command line gatekeepers. It’s about heart, curiosity, humility, and building awesome things with other people. 💛 👾 You'll hear from FA team members Dave and Travis, plus a few snippets from topics we've covered on our blog and internal convos, all woven together to show how we: 🎯 Hire for character over cleverness 🔍 Celebrate de...

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