Greater Than Code

Greater Than Code


249: #TechIsHiring + eSports and Software Engineering with Chad Stewart

September 08, 2021

01:19 - Chad’s Superpower: Making People Laugh

Using Comedy to Deal with Problems

03:46 - #TechIsHiring

Bot: @TechIsHiring
Amplifying Others
Using Networks For Good
Being a Bridge/Connector
Actively Working to Benefit Others (Possibly Professionally?!?)
Diversify Tech

@DiversifyTechCo
Veni Kunche
Greater Than Code Episode #212: Diversify Tech with Veni Kunche

31:03 - eSports and Software Engineering

Street Fighter
Strategy & Feedback
Online vs In-Person Events
GGPO Rollback Networking SDK

github.com/pond3r/ggpo
Tony Cannon

Chad on Twitch
Netherrealm Studios
Guilty Gear Strive

Reflections:

John: The simple act of connecting others with a hashtag.

Mandy: Follow @GreaterThanCode for new content and RTs! Amplify others.

Mando: Drawing comparisons and connections between playing fighting games and software development and engineering. Bringing experience from one realm to another.

Chad: The possibility of being a connector in a professional sense and the validation of comparing fighting games and software development as a discipline worth talking about.

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Transcript:

JOHN: Welcome to Greater Than Code, Episode 249. I’m John Sawers and I'm here with Mando Escamilla.

MANDO: Thanks, John. Hi, and I'm here with my friend, Mandy Moore.

MANDY: Hey! And I’m here with our guest, Chad Stewart.

As a software engineer and esports athlete with many years of experience in both fields, Chad dives deep into issues that he comes across, drilling down to the core of a problem and finds solutions others may miss, letting the lessons of the journey guide future expeditions into the unknown. If you’re confused at comparing esports to software engineering, you’d be surprised at how similar they are.

Welcome, Chad.

CHAD: Thanks. Thanks for having me. I never imagined that writing that [chuckles] and it being literally the thing introduces me on a podcast. Wow, I’m sorry, I’m a little mesmerized.

MANDY: I really do want to ask about how we compare esports to software engineering. But before we do that, we have to ask our standard question that we ask all of our guests, which is what is your superpower and how did you acquire it?

CHAD: So, funny enough, I listened to a few episodes before coming on and I wanted to tell a silly joke, but that segues into what my superpower is, is I make people laugh. That's just something I like doing, it’s a big thing for me and I guess, I acquired it by watching Cartoon Network way too early in my life [laughs] and just being, I don't know, I just enjoy making people laugh. I enjoy making myself laugh and I guess, it's just fun. To be honest, that's what I kind of do on Twitter all day, make people laugh.

MANDY: That's awesome. That's a great coping mechanism. Especially these days, I find myself doing the same thing, trying to make light of situations so things don't seem as dark. [laughs]

JOHN: Years ago, a friend of mine, it wasn’t exactly a criticism but he was like, “Man, you’ll laugh at any joke,” and I'm like, “Oh, that's the option. I can either laugh more, or I can laugh less and I choose more.”

MANDY: Yeah, I always say I'd rather laugh than cry about it.

CHAD: I completely agree. There's so much sadness in the world at the moment. We've been in this pandemic for an extended period of time now and there's been people who've lost family members and friends, people who've lost livelihoods. Obviously, comedy is not necessarily going to fix all of that, but at the very least, it makes it easier to deal with those problems.

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