S24:E2 - Understanding and Supporting Neurodivergence in Tech (Frankie Nicoletti)

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Saron sits down again with Frankie Nicoletti who we heard from in Season 23. This time Saron and Frankie talk about neurodivergence. They talk about what neurodivergence is, how listening to people's needs and making accommodations to allow people to do their best work is and will always be good for everyone, not just those who are neurodivergent, and the benefits of being neurodivergent.

Show Links

• Code Comments (sponsor)
• IRL (sponsor)
• Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want
• Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
• Laziness Does Not Exist
• Loom
• Dyslexia
• Bottom-up thinking
• Autism
• ADHD
• Neurodivergence

Frankie Nicoletti

Francesca Kerberos Nicoletti (she/they) is an engineer, leader, educator, and polymath, and currently VP of Engineering at SoLo Funds. Previously they were AI Engineering Lead at a martech unicorn, Head of Engineering at a seed stage grocery startup, interim CTO at a big data startup, and an IC at several early-stage startups ranging from ecommerce to social media. They have been a career coach for 7 years. They hold several state records in power lifting.