#51: What We Build with Power: The Fight for Economic Justice in Tech with David Delmar Sentíes

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David Delmar Sentíes is a professional designer and interface developer with experience working with award-winning startups, as well as established brands. Before founding Resilient Coders, he was at PayPal, leading a cross-disciplinary team of designers and coders.
He helped set up PayPal's startup incubator, Start Tank, and served as its UX subject matter expert. David believes in technology as an opportunity for real meritocracy. And he believes in the resilience of Boston's youth.
I spoke to him about his book What We Build with Power: The Fight for Economic Justice in Tech
Some of the topics we discussed includes:

• His reasoning for founding Resilient Coders
• Is meritocracy in tech a myth?
• The impact of policy: and comparison of opportunity between older and younger generations.
• The foundation of culture and what can be done for tech to be inclusionary rather than exclusionary.
• Do you really need to go to college to learn how to code?
• Self directed learning, how effective it can be and its dichotomy with having the time.
• The concept of Liberty: and the importance of not just 'having freedom from' but 'having freedom to'
• David's thoughts on the effectiveness of 'Diversity Training' within tech organisations
• The future of coding and Resilient Coders.

The Book and Audiobook: What We Build with Power: The Fight for Economic Justice in Tech is out now.
You can also find out more about David and his projects via his website: https://delmarsenties.com
Resilient Coders website: http://www.resilientcoders.org

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