Summary

In this episode, Eve Porcello interviews Rizèl Scarlett, a staff developer advocate at TBD. They discuss Rizèl's job at TBD and the projects she is working on, including improving payments and identity verification. Rizèl shares her motivation for joining TBD and her experience at the Resilient Coders Bootcamp. They also talk about the importance of developers being teachers and how Rizèl creates talks and workshops. Rizèl discusses the use of AI tools in content creation and the intersection of accessibility and AI.

Takeaways

• TBD is working on projects to improve payments and identity verification, making it easier to send money across borders and enabling digital identity verification.
• The Resilient Coders Bootcamp is a free program that provides coding education and support to low-income individuals.
• Developers have a responsibility to be teachers and share their knowledge with others, whether it's through talks, workshops, or documentation.
• AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT can be helpful in content creation and coding, but it's important to understand their limitations and use them as aids rather than replacements for human creativity.
• Rizèl's goals for the year include learning new programming languages, improving documentation skills, and being able to do six pull-ups.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Job at TBD

03:00 Projects at TBD

06:29 Importance of Improving Payments and Identity Verification

10:46 Motivation for Joining TBD

13:31 Resilient Coders Bootcamp

16:35 Developers as Teachers

19:08 Creating Talks and Workshops

23:12 Using AI Tools in Content Creation

25:36 Accessibility and AI

28:16 Goals for the Year

30:32 Living with Another Developer

32:24 Where to Find Rizel