Gina Maini talks with Dave Rael about broad interests, F#, community, care-taking, shaping experiences, growth, and freedom
By day, Gina Maini is a mild-mannered, Digital Service Expert working at United States Digital Service, a cross-cutting agency inside the White House which helps other federal entities provide better services to citizens, immigrants, veterans, and many others (https://www.usds.gov/). By night, she’s a functional programmer and FSharp Board member. Today, Gina is speaking about her personal background surviving art school, being a self-taught programmer, her engineering days at Jet.com & WalmartLabs, and now her latest adventure— the public sector and care-taking. In her spare time she likes: being a cat lady, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, biking along the Potomac, ukulele, philosophy, fiction and poetry.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Gina Maini
- - Progamming languages, tools, and community
- - Gina on care-taking, research, family, geeking out, and a supportive work environment
- - Gina on working for the US federal government, making an impact, and finding fulfillment
- - Gina's story and path to software
- - The masochistic nature of both theater and programming
- - Finding better ways
- - Gina on being an F# board memeber
- - Gina's success story - providing feedback, growth opportunities, and mentoring
- - How Gina stays current with what she needs to know
- - Gina's top 3 tips for delivering more value
Resources:
Gina's book recommendation:
Gina's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Lower your general stress level (including using meditation)
- Unplug every now and then (and use your body in a physical way)
- Realize all the things we take for granted are really silly - don't get too attached to specific tools