Recorded at Øredev 2017, Fredrik talks to Rikke Koblauch about social anxiety, turning a passion into a side project and possibly even a living eventually. One of Rikke’s examples is Steps - the service Rikke is creating to help overcome social anxiety. How can we make environments more inclusive in a world which seems very designed for extroverts? Healtcare and preventive tools - wouldn’t everything be better if we all could get help and tools easily before small health problems turn into big ones? Rikke has worked with the Danish mental health fund and shares some experience on getting support from and working with large government organizations. We also talk a bit about how to avoid burning out on passion projects should they become popular and generate excitement from others. Perhaps we need to manage our own expectations of ourselves better?

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Links

Passion projects, pixels and process - Rikke’s presentation at Øredev 2017
Introvert in a world designed for extroverts - Rikke’s blog post about the world beign designed for extroverts
Rikke’s website
Rikke on Twitter
Rikke on Medium
Steps
Social anxiety
Exposure therapy
The Danish mental health fund

Titlar

Where to start?
Going to the supermarket alone
More like a passion thing
The fear of being judged by others
Helping yourself through exposure therapy
Writing our code and pushing our pixels
Making it your full time thing
I see a lot of passion in this industry
My idea of burning out
Making the world a bit better
Handling your own expectations

Kodsnack 279 - Going to the supermarket alone, with Rikke Koblauch