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315: Gray work in software development (with Quickbase's Maya Palfreyman)

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In this episode, Jenna interviews Maya Palfreyman, product marketing director at Quickbase, who leads the company's research on gray work.

They discuss:

  • What gray work is and what sort of tasks qualify 
  • How it affects software developers
  • The impact of unaccounted gray work in planning cycles