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Episode 1: A Conversation with Joe Grand
05/28/2023
Episode 1: A Conversation with Joe Grand
In her first episode Keely Grand talks to Joe Grand about his own struggles, how he turned his superpower into a career, and how we parent our neurodiverse children together. This is not a typcal tech interview that Joe is accustomed to, instead, we talk about his experiences as a young hacker trying to find his place in the world and the many turning points that have gotten him to where he is today. Joe is a self-taught hardware hacker who began his journey with electronics at age 7. He was a smart kid but describes himself as being a juvenile delinquent in his youth - he caused trouble, disrupted society at every opportunity, and hacked things just to see how far he could take it. In high school he got arrested, which was the impetus to his life shift. He found running as a positive outlet and became the youngest member of the legendary hacker group L0pht Heavy Industries. Joe graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering and in 2002 Joe founded Grand Idea Studio. He has spent his adult life hacking, learning, inventing, and teaching around the world. He has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Advancing Technologies. And was a co-host of Discovery Channel’s Prototype This! A show that brought engineering to the masses! He is considered the “father" of electronic conference badges, and has a YouTube channel documenting the process of various projects, including hacking crypto wallets to help people recover their cryptocurrency. Although Joe is a technical person, this podcast is more about being human - the struggles we face and how we can keep going. How the two of us raise our neurodiverse children with compassion. And the ways we help ourselves grow and become with our values intact. I may be biased, but Joe is a wonderful husband, an incredible dad of two incredible humans and one sweet doggy, and truly a rare human being. I hope you enjoy this episode! Podcast Editor: Andy Valdini Music: Ely Grand Joe Grand: MENTIONS:
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