12. The Burdens of Working in Tech (with Hayden Mills & David Deepwell)

Working in tech is hard. Our last episode focused on using dating apps and this episode focuses on building them. Burdens can be a good thing, but they weigh us down; we need to encourage one another to work well in this stressful world. We need to work out of our rest that we can find in Christ.

Guests:

Hayden Mills is a Lead Product Manager at a Dating App company.

Dr. David Deepwell is a Software Developer at the University of Calgary.

0:00 - Intro

2:49 - Figma Acquisition

4:05 - How do you bring your Christian identity into the workplace?

7:25 - Why should Christians reflect more on their identity at work?

8:14 - Faithful Presence not Christian Nationalism

10:11 - A Story of Hayden at Work

13:58 - Christian Ethics & Influencing Dating App Development

16:25 - How Do Tech Companies Handle Ethics?

18:41 - We're in Phase Two of the Internet

20:10 - Recognizing The Risks of Rushing Ethical Decisions

23:22 - Understanding the dating space

24:32 - The Dating Algorithm Will Not Save You

27:13 - An Ethical Framework For Building Tech:

27:41 - #1 Build Tech While Loving God & Loving People

34:03 - #2 Working out of rest, rather than for rest

40:41 - #3 Bring Your Full Self To Work - Live By Biblical First Principles

Notes:

Wall Street Journal article about Facebook's algorithm - https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-algorithm-change-zuckerberg-11631654215