Finding Your Superpower with Kris Nóva

Ardan Labs Podcast

Bill Kennedy

Ardanlabs, Golang, Computer Science, Technology, Tech, Kubernetes, Go Time Podcast, Ardan Labs, Docker, Tech Careers, Education, Bill Kennedy, Engineering

5 • 7 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Kris Nóva is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Twilio Inc. We hear about her incredible journey from a nerdy teen installing Linux on the family computer to becoming an outspoken voice in the tech community. Growing up in Texas with conservative parents, Kris faced many challenges that helped mold her into the person who she is today. Kris leaves us with a few big lessons today: Advocate for yourself, it’s OK to speak upObscurity is everyone’s secret superpowerBe proud of yoursel...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Arn Labs podcast.
0:09.6	This is Bill Kennedy and our special guest today from somewhere outside of San Francisco is Chris Nova.
0:19.0	Chris, thank you so much for coming on the show and talking to us today.
0:23.9	Yeah, absolutely.
0:24.8	I'm super stoked to be here and get to see you again.
0:28.0	Yeah.
0:28.4	Oh, my goodness.
0:29.2	I think the last time we saw each other was Italy.
0:31.6	That sounds right.
0:32.5	I think so.
0:33.3	Yeah, because we were in Florence together.
0:36.2	Yeah.
0:37.0	Yeah, at the GoLab conference.
0:38.9	I think that was the last time.
0:40.0	And so much has happened since then.
0:42.8	And we've met a whole handful of times over the years,
0:47.0	but I know at least for me, I've never actually gotten to hear your,
0:51.5	at least a good part of your story and how you got into tech.
0:55.0	And I know you've done some really wild, lower level things over the years as a while.
1:00.0	I remember having conversations with you being blown away like, oh my God, that's, wow, I can't appreciate you.
1:05.0	You know, it's cool stuff.
1:07.0	So, but as you know, the show kind of starts a little bit from the beginning to get a kind of sense of how you got into tech and your first experiences with it.
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