Parent Driven Development

Parent Driven Development Episode 046: Mike McQuaid on paternity leave, Balancing Dad Podcast, and raising kids in different countries. 03:08 Welcome Mike McQuaid (https://twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid)! Mike McQuaid is a father of two and lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a senior engineer at Github where he’s worked for the last six years. In his free time, Mike is the package leader for the Homebrew (https://brew.sh/) package manager. He also likes going to the gym, walking his dog and hosting the Balancing Dad Podcast (https://balancingdads.com/) for working fathers. 03:40 Paternity leave Split time paternity leave (aka, you can break up your paid leave) Utilizing quarantine time to potty train 07:52 Mike on Balancing Dad Podcast (https://balancingdads.com/) Gender roles can creep in easily during transitioning into new parents Women are asked more, “how do you do it all,” but men are not.. Allison shares how society pushes relationships to not be equal 15:35 Mike shares a better future is possib