Podcasts by Developer Tea

How Code Evolves Through Human Influence from 2023-12-12T19:26:52.974190

In today's episode, we're talking about our humanity, combined with deadlines, revenue or other business goals get in the way of how we write our code day to day, but if we recognize the humanit...

3x3: 3 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Resumé In Just 10 Minutes from 2022-03-07T00:28:19.773307

In today's episode, we continue the first 3x3 week with a list of 3 things you can do to improve your resumé, quickly.

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The Future (and Past) of Legal for Developers w/Gary Nissenbaum (part 1) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.661134

In today's episode, we start a discussion about the legal implications of the new digital age with my guest, Gary D. Nissembaum. You can see Gary's firm and check out the services they provide at g...

The Future (and Past) of Legal for Developers w/Gary Nissenbaum (part 2) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.660233

In today's episode, we start a discussion about the legal implications of the new digital age with my guest, Gary D. Nissenbaum. You can see Gary's firm and check out the services they provide at g...

3x3: The 3 Things you Shouldn't Be Doing As A Developer from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.659387

In today's episode, we kick off the first 3x3 week with a list of 3 things you shouldn't be doing.


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3x3: 3 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Resumé In Just 10 Minutes from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.658368

In today's episode, we continue the first 3x3 week with a list of 3 things you can do to improve your resumé, quickly.


Today's episode is brought to you by Linode. Linode provides su...

Practical Advice for Changing Your Habits from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.648405

In today's episode, we discuss some practical advice for habit change.

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The Power of A Question from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.593829

In today's episode, we discuss the power of inquiry and Socratic question oriented thinking.

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Interview with Joshua Aziz (Part 1) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.592691

In today's episode, I interview Joshua Aziz from TransferWise.

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Interview with Joshua Aziz (Part 2) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.591788

In today's episode, I interview Joshua Aziz from TransferWise.

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Re-Air: The Anatomy of Change from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.584648

In today's episode, we're talking about the transtheoretical model of behavioral change. This will help you understand the different stages you go through when making a resolution to shift your beh...

Finding Perspective in 2018 from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.583792

Today's episode is a re-air of a discussion we had in 2017 about finding your perspective.

Interview w/ Chris Shinkle (Part 1) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.582784

In today's episode, I talk with Chris Shinkle, Director of Innovation at SEP. I believe today's episode is one of the most important interviews I've done to date, and I hope you enjoy it as much as...

The Detriments of Social Comparisons from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.573236

In today's episode, we discuss the potential detriments of over-comparing yourself to others.

Research Bias (Part 1) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.572294

In today's episode, we start a discussion about the authority and persuasive ability of research and how bias can have major effects without us realizing it.

Research Bias (Part 2) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.571468

When does bias begin?

We know that bias begins way in advance of your research starting and that's what we'll be talking about in today's episode.

Research Bias (Part 3) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.570333

In today's episode, we discuss more research biases that can lead you down the road of bad decisions and bad information.

Improvisational Problem Solving Based on Characteristics from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.556708

In today's episode, we'll talk about working with what you've got to solve a problem.

Delayed Pain from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.555842

You've probably heard of delayed gratification? In today's episode we're talking about what we're willing to pay for gratifications now vs in the future and how to use the tendency to want immediat...

How Our Tools Shape Us from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.554706

Basically everything you interact with is a tool. How does this shape you? How does it shape your evolution and learning? We'll talk about how you can pick your tools better in this episode.

More Misunderstood Truths About Statistics from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.544795

We've established that statistics are useful and more relevant in our day-to-day work life, but how do statistics effect our personal selves? In Today's episode we're talking about what statistics ...

Broken Brains Take On Statistics from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.544015

Today we're talking about ways that we exacerbate ways of seeing things clearly. More specifically we're determining how to uncover truth as it relates to our surroundings, or inspection.

Creating Consensus, Defeating Bias and Getting Better from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.542826

Biases are going to change the way you view statistics. In today's episode we're talking about different ways you can work around your biases.

Randomizing live w/ Max Hawkins (Part 2) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.482154

What is your plan for today? Where are you going to go and what people are you going to interact with? A lot of the decisions we make become automatic. That's what we're talking about today with [...

Secondary Tools from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.476178

Take a moment to think about the tools you use to do your development work? What text editor are you using? Which web browser are you defaulting to?

In today's episode, we're talking abo...

Avoiding Dogmatic Protocol from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.474096

If you've ever lived in a dorm room, then you've probably heard of the furniture company - IKEA. Its affordable furniture that comes unassembled and building furniture gives you a feeling of accomp...

Future Thinking & Imagination Barriers from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.465601

When was the last time you slowed down your thinking to focus a little further out. Today, we're going to focus on our fears and anxieties about our future selves and use that to help us do our cur...

Debugging With Isolation & Modularity from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.464806

One of the skills that you'll always need to get better at is debugging. Today, we're getting extremely practical and talking about how debugging is an incredibly complex thing that developers have...

What You Get Wrong About Productivity - A Humanist Approach from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.463976

How do you set yourself up for a productive day? That's what we're going to be talking about in today's episode and how we can use our own motivations to get us through some of the harder parts in ...

Treating Time Seriously from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.463186

Take a moment to think about what time it is. In today's episode, we're going to talk about how time matters to the work you do.

No Good Options from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.455162

We've been talking about choice on the past few episodes of Developer Tea and today we're going to continue down that road in today's episode.

Today we're talking about how we navigate ou...

Attentional Bias & Cognitive Expectations aka "It Was Right In Front Of You The Whole Time" from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.454081

It's important to understand yourself. Most importantly, it's important to understand how your brain works. What are the things that stick with you and why do those things stick with you?

A Problem Solving Paradox from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.453206

In today's episode, we're talking about the paradox that happens when we get caught up seeking the perfect code. How do we address this and get past our own assumptions?

A Research-Backed Argument for Empathy from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.452354

In today's episode, we're talking about empathy and why everyone needs it.

Future Features (Are Futile) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.393255

What code do you need today? Today's episode is all about business objectives that get translated into our code.

Primitive Obsessions from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.392343

Today, we're talking about doing good work and writing better code, and this episode will ask you to question what good code is. We'll be exploring that through the lens of the code smell called Pr...

Fluidity of Time from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.391202

One of our most popular episodes on the show was on a subject that's tough to talk about. The subject was time and time management, and that's what we're going to talk about in today's episode - th...

Accepting Irrationality from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.390105

When was the last time the opposite of what you expected occurred? In today's episode, we're going to talk about why we can experience something entirely different than we were initially expecting.

What Exactly Is Bias, Anyway? from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.380825

We talk about bias on this show quite a bit but haven't talked about what biases are. In today's episode, we're going to identify different types of biases and give you some tools to respond when y...

Magnitude of Our Beliefs from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.380052

In today's episode, we're talking about our development beliefs and how we can prepare ourselves if those development beliefs are challenged and change.

The Advantage Inexperienced Developers Have from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.379276

In today's episode, we're going to talk about how the experiences you have influence your behaviors and the pros and cons of being experiences vs. experiencing something for the first time.

Why Great Developer Still Google Their Errors from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.369917

Today we're talking about how we can still become great developers in craft and yet still find ourselves googling the things we've forgotten. We'll talk about how to get beyond ourselves as being g...

How Code Evolves Through Human Influence from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.369119

Working with code that's been directed by humans can be intimidating. We come to the table with our emotions, bias, opinions and experiences and approach writing code from one day to the next.
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Exploring the Dreyfus Model from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.367921

In today's episode, we're going to talk about the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition.

Interview w/ Trevor Hinesley (Part 1) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.361699

Today we have an awesome guest that I met outside of his profession. Today's guest is Trevor Hinesley, who is the CTO of Soundstripe, and in part 1 of this two-part interview with Trevor, we talk a...

3 Counterintuitive Rules of Communication with Co-workers from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.352367

In today's episode, we're talking about communication with co-workers and how we can improve those interactions.

Exit Points - Where Productivity Turns Into Procrastination from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.351542

It's November now and we're closing in on the end of the year. As we look past the year and forward toward the future, we reflect and observe. Most of the days past were filled with things we could...

3 Rules for Designing Lasting Habits from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.350499

In today's episode, we're talking about three rules or practices to live by when building healthy and sustainable habits.

Could We All Be Right? Event vs. Construct Theories from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.349743

When was the last time another developer said something that you disagreed with? In today's episode, we're talking about theories. How someone can be wrong but more often how we can all be right.

Make Programming Principles More Useful with These 3 New Angles from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.348989

One of the ways you can do better work and uncover more about the world around you are through different patterns of thinking and angles that usually come from rules we've learned. In today's episo...

Practical Tips for Minding the Details from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.340386

It's December and a lot of folks are thinking about the gifts they plan to purchase or make for loved ones. In today's episode, we're going to talk about how we can take advantage of our appreciati...

Bad Bugs - Avoiding Burnout When Solving Elusive Problems from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.339405

Today we're talking about hunting down bugs. We'll cover the history of solving for bugs, recognize the appreciation that we're even able to solve these problems, and offer two tips to keep you enc...

The Zen Developer - What Are You Pushing On? from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.337574

On today's episode, we're talking about the idea of striving or pushing toward a goal. That energy we're putting into our goals based on our past. In this episode, we're asking you to think about w...

Interview w/ Ben Orenstein (pt. 2) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.289629

You might remember today's guest back in episode 19 & 20. Today, we talk about new projects with the guest of the show, Ben Orenstein. During part 2 of this two-part episode, we dig into financial ...

Expectations vs. Reality from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.288770

What are you learning today? In today's episode, we're talking about movement in our careers and how our tools can be progressing or limiting our options and how to self-correct. We're also announc...

Visualize Your Goals in Details from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.287860

One of this year's goals may be to become a healthy developer. In today's episode, we're giving a few tips to keep you on a path to maintaining a healthy lifestyle as a developer.

5 Tips for Improving Your Principles of Experimentation from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.286740

In today's episode, we're talking about variables to inspect when encountering different problems. At the end of the episode, you'll get 5 tips to add to your toolkit to use when you can use in app...

Poisoning Retrospectives With Hindsight Bias from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.272819

We recommend structured retrospectives. Identify things that went well and things that didn't go so well during a project or given week.

Beating Procrastination from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.271903

In today's episode, we're talking about specific reasons why we may be running into procrastination in our jobs.

How We Construct Software - Part 1 (Substitute Questions) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.270874

In this special series on Developer Tea we're talking about the different ways that software information flows.

Habits of Successful Software Engineers - Seeking Feedback from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.263445

In today's episode, we're talking about the habits of successful engineers.

Interview w/ Bryan Helmig - CTO at Zapier (Part 1) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.262340

In today's episode, we talk with CTO and co-founder of Zapier, Bryan Helmig about the different challenges he faced when starting Zapier and the challenges he's facing today.

Interview w/ Bryan Helmig - CTO at Zapier (Part 2) from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.195904

In today's episode, we continue the discussion with Bryan Helmig, CTO of Zapier

Habits of Successful Software Engineers - Clarity, Brevity and Context from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.194846

What do you do as a developer?

Mental Accounting from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.181203

What do company benefits, birthday presents, and IOUs have in common? That's what we're talking about in today's episode of Developer Tea

Feedback Shouldn't Be Scary from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.180285

How can a concept mean so many different things for different people? Why does feedback cause to fear for some and productivity to others?

Fail Mode from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.179507

Imagine for a moment that you are a hiring manager who needs to determine who is a good addition to a team of developers. You need to make a judgement call. That's what we're talking about in today...

Contingencies and Planning for Failure from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.169563

Most of the time, even when we're succeeding the steps we take on a daily basis are failures. Failure is what we're talking about in today's episode of Developer Tea

What Kind of Decisions Are You Optimizing For? from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.168649

What Kind of Decisions Are You Optimizing For? In today's episode, we focus on the individual contributor level and managerial level.

The Fear : Value Connection from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.167867

What do you value? Values aren't always easy to find. In today's episode, we talk about using the lens of fear to understand our values better.

Metal Simulations - Artificial Constraints from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.167121

Think back to a moment when your mind shifted at a fundamental level. Today, we're talking about mental simulations and artificial constraints

3 Assumptions That Can Hurt Your Job Search from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.157462

What should we care about when looking for a job?

Mid-Year Resolutions from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.140102

What are your goals for the rest of your year? That's what we're talking about in today's episode of Developer Tea

What You Feed Will Grow from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.138417

In today's episode, we're discussing young developers and mentoring. This episode is all about clarity.

Part 1: An Elegant Puzzle Book Discussion w/ Will Larson from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.096804

Will is an engineering manager at Stripe, and he recently published a book titled, An elegant puzzle.

Part 2: An Elegant Puzzle Book Discussion w/ Will Larson from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.095925

Will is an engineering manager at Stripe, and he recently published a book titled, An elegant puzzle.

3x3 - Misconceptions About Senior Engineers from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.086514

You just got your first job as an engineer. What exactly does it mean to be a senior engineer?

How to Engineer More Epiphany Moments in Your Day-to-Day from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.085657

Where do great ideas come from?

Going Beyond Simply Fixing Failures from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.084695

Failure is a fundamental part of improvement.

Advice I Would Have Rejected Ten Years Ago from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.075564

Something difficult to accept is the fact that you will probably change.

The Nuances of Behavior and Research from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.060358

The science of motivation is tricky. We know some of the things we want but don't know how to get them.

Digging Up Your Purpose from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.059362

In today's episode, we discuss the difficulty of finding your personal purpose, and the tension we can all feel when we can't put our finger on our purpose.

Imagining a Clearer Reality from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.058277

In today's episode, we talk about the difficulty of imagining an alternate reality, and how that affects our decision making for the future.

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Dealing With Overwhelm from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.050604

You have a lot to do and sometimes it feels like life can't get any more stressful, until it does. So what do you do when faces with overwhelm?

Priming Effects from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.049870

Imagine you're at your home and it's late at night, watching a thriller with a lot of jump-scares that that startle you.

The Ocean of Choice Between Can and Will from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.049130

When we think about what we can do, the possibilities are virtually infinite, but what we will do is a completely different story.

Steps to Become a Terrible Developer from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.048372

What does it mean to be a bad developer? That's what we're talking about on today's episode of Developer Tea

Ask Better Questions from 2022-02-22T11:45:19.038408

What do your questions create? Every question we ask as a developer or manager has an impact on the person or people we are asking. In today's episode, we're talking about shifting question asking ...

Productivity In The Face of Ambiguity with Functional Assumptions from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.999505

A senior engineer will often answer every question starting with "It Depends..." In today's episode, we're talking about context and decision making beyond, "It Depends".

Tracing Chained Motivations from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.998497

What causes us to do the things we do? In today's episode, we're discussing the complexity of motivations and identifying the chains of motivations in our actions as developers.

Focusing On Improving One Value At A Time from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.997677

In today's episode, we're talking about how we can practice values and stay focused without overanalyzing every detail.

Colliding Titles and Roles from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.979908

How do titles and roles function on a team and how can they lead us astray? Today, we're talking about roles on development teams and what they mean.

Hypocognition and the Importance of Concepts from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.978766

Can you experience a feeling that you don't have a name for? In today's episode we're talking about complex feelings and building a framework for creating memories and knowledge.

Justifying Feature Work with User Roles and Motivations from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.977947

What was the last feature you built that wasn't as useful as you'd hoped? How can we avoid this scenario?

Better Feedback Loops (Part One) - Validation and Cycle Time from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.977205

In today's episode, we're focusing on self-improvement, specifically focusing on the idea of a feedback loop and how we can use them to change and improve.

A Key Misconception About Resolutions from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.970425

As you begin this new year, we shouldn't overlook the transition of this decade. In today's episode we're talking about a major misconception that can inhibit us from

Success and Cumulative Advantage from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.969619

We can't promise that we can make anyone successful, but we can talk about success as a concept from the perspective of systems.

Connecting Tasks to Operating Modes from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.968694

What will be different at the end of today as a result of the actions you take?

Engineering Your Habits Like Interfaces from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.958220

What are the outcomes that you expect in your day-to-day life? That's what we're talking about in today's episode of Developer Tea

Defining Your Reference Points from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.957411

What was the last question someone asked you that changed the way you think today?

Getting Stacked Value From your Daily Activities from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.956691

What makes something worth doing? How do you decide what activities are worth doing?

Redefine Your Career Search Rules from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.948627

In today's episode, we're talking about changing your approach to looking for a job.

Breaking Your Own Rules Accelerates Bad Habit Formation from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.947806

This episode is about quality over quantity when it comes to finding a solution to a problem. When is it right to take time and do something right vs. moving fast?

Four Questions for the Weekend from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.946717

Questions are the most powerful tool you can use to clarify situations and solve problems. Today, we're talking about finding different sources for questions that require you to pause and think.

4 Reasons You Will Never Pick the "Right Tool For the Job" from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.945910

Picking the best tool for the job is a smart solution for developers, but in today's episode, we're talking about how choosing the best tool for the job can sometimes limit us from the best solutio...

Practical Steps for Reframing Problems from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.896755

What words are you using to describe a problem you're working on? Today, we're talking about framing and how to effectively communicate what you're trying to solve.

Growth, Uncomfortability, and Deliberate Practice from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.896016

In today's episode, we're talking about intensional discomfort and knowing when it's a growth practice and when to identify it debilitating.

Forcing Functions from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.895279

In today's episode we're talking about different challenges we face and creating tough situations on purpose to drive us forward in career development.

Improving Through Bad Ideas and Silly Questions from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.894308

In today's episode, we're talking about the social instinct that prevents us from sharing silly or bad ideas and asking dumb questions during meetings.

When To Walk Away From (and come back to) A Problem from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.887453

In today's episode, we're answering a reviewer question; "When do you walk away from a problem to find the solution?"

There Is No, "Way We've Always Done It" from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.886510

In today's episode we're talking about the shape of our restrictions and what we take for granted in our current situations.

Simple Prioritization Visualization from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.885754

Today's episode is a visualization exercise. Think about the 10-20 minute tasks that will eventually make up your day.

Productive Self-Sabotage from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.884992

What causes us to fail? In today's episode we're talking about some of the answers to why we fail.

Play, Stakes, and Learning from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.877294

How important is learning in your career?

In today's episode, we're talking about the importance of both learning and play in the development of your career.

What Does It Take To Change Your Mind? from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.876523

What does it take to change your mind?

Most of us haven't thought about that before and often times, it's hard to remember the last time we changed a belief or significant behavior.

4 Points Of Advice For Brand New Developers from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.875720

At the youngest stage of your career you are most likely to quit. In today's episode, we're providing encouragement to those new developers for when the career decision gets tough.

Your Present is Soon Your Past from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.861451

Your perspective is centered on now. It's very hard to imagine that the now, will soon be considered the past.

Offensive and Defensive Software Engineering Strategies from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.860725

Most of the time when we're writing code, we think about what the code is meant to do for us, we think of it as an offensive response to what we're solving, but what if we think of our code as a de...

The Stories Your Code Tells from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.859920

What is the story of your code?

Using Your Brain Without Thinking from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.854283

What does it mean to "use" your brain, and how is that different than simply thinking?

As developers we engage in thinking all the time, but how can we use our brains better when solving ...

The Critical Importance of Labels from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.853529

What exactly is a label? What is a name?

In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about the impact of naming or labeling our work as developers.

We'll talk about why i...

5 Stages Of Relationships With Mistakes from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.847275

What is your relationship with mistakes?

The thing about mistakes is that they will always happen. In today's episode, we're talking about acceptance of mistakes and how we can behave to ...

Complexity Is A Scarce Resource from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.846311

Complexity is often given a bad rap as an engineer. We're always trying to reduce complexity.

In today's episode, we're viewing complexity as an expendable resource that helps us make bet...

Self Confidence is Accepting Your Weakness from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.838558

We talk about trust all the time on this show. In today's episode, we're talking about trust from the lens of looking at yourself.

Elm in Action: Interview w/ Richard Feldman (part 1) from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.792664

What are the benefits of picking up a new language?

In today's episode, we're talking to Richard Feldman about Elm and some of the benefits of using Elm both in your career development an...

Elm in Action: Interview w/ Richard Feldman (part 2) from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.791830

What are the benefits of picking up a new language?

In today's episode, we're talking to Richard Feldman about Elm and some of the benefits of using Elm both in your career development an...

Think About Invisible Things More Often from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.777760

As we come new to the close of 2020, we're thinking about a category of information that's hard to think about come naturally.

Exactly How Different Are You From Average? from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.776957

We've been talking about making decisions and in today's episode, we're going to focus on the status quo.

Leading A Team During Difficult Times w/ Venkat Venkataramani (part 1) from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.776077

In today's episode we sit down with Venkat Venkataramani to talk about his role as a co-founder and CEO of Rockset.

In this part 1 of our two part interview, we dig into leading a company...

Teaching in Public w/ Kent C. Dodds (part 2) from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.767606

This week, we sit down with Kent C. Dodds to talk about learning and teaching code in public.

Learning in Public w/ Shawn Swyx Wang (part 1) from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.766558

In today's episode we talk to another person who is dedicated to learning in public. Today's guest is Shawn Swyx Wang and this week we're talking about his new book, "The Coding Career Handbook".

Learning in Public w/ Shawn Swyx Wang (part 2) from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.765718

This week we're talking to another person who is dedicated to learning in public.

Today's guest is Shawn Swyx Wang and this week we're talking about his new book, "The Coding Career Handb...

The Dangers of Measuring Side Effects from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.759714

You want to measure what matters. But your measurements might change what matters.

Understanding that anything that is measured might modify behaviors, it's important to then understand wh...

Optionality Sweet Spot from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.758680

Today, we talk about options.

A few thoughts we consider: Are options always good? How often do we think about *all* of our options? Is there a way to trend towards having only good option...

Series kickoff - Post-Pandemic: Work and Life as an Engineer from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.750212

In this episode, we kick off a series of episodes about how COVID has and will continue to affect our lives and jobs as software engineers.

Post-Pandemic: Work and Life as an Engineer - Remote Everything? from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.740020

In this episode, we continue series of episodes about how COVID has and will continue to affect our lives and jobs as software engineers. We'll talk about where we will work, and how COVID has chan...

Friday Refills - Don't Cram the Information Firehose... Filter and Focus! from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.691400

We are not well adapted to focus and filter information. For the majority of human history, the information available was virtually all relevant.

But now, we have an overload of informatio...

Design Lead at Basecamp, Jonas Downey - Part One from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.689016

Jonas Downey is the design lead at Basecamp. In this interview we discuss the ethics of designing and building constraints into your product that change human behavior.

Lego Problems - Modes of Operation on Component-Driven Problems from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.681033

There are only so many ways you can manipulate LEGO. In today's episode we talk about those fundamental transformation steps and how they apply to your daily problem solving.

Clean Up Your Goals from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.680030

In today's episode we talk about good key results and objectives, and how to clean up your goals. Having a goal is not enough and knowing your principles and what makes you different from others is...

Friday Refill - Divergent and Convergent Meetings from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.678589

We seek agreement by default. It feels good. But is it what we really want? What we really need?

Biases of Attention from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.677738

There is far more information that we ignore than what we pay attention to. This selective attention is important to understand as both a necessary skill and a potential pitfall.

Friday Refill: Seek Leverage and Access from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.658757

Look at your calendar. What doors are opening? What exponential gains are you building? Leverage and access are the key to building your career long term.

Find Your Values in the Dark from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.657925

Uncomfortable places may feel dark, but they often carry the most illuminating lessons. In today's episode we discuss using these darker moments as a compass to find your values.

Minding the Observer Effect as We Transition Together from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.657101

As we transition together through strange periods (whether at large scale like the present moment, or at a smaller scale within your organization or culture), the way we look at each other changes....

Friday Refill: Making Limited Work Look Good on a Resumé from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.656235

How do you make work look good on your resumé when you feel like you haven't done anything impressive? Only the people who work with you know the value of what you did, so how can you communicate t...

Conflating Uniqueness with Value from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.642598

Uniqueness is not inherently valuable. Our heuristic brains interpret uniqueness as worth paying attention to and possibly valuable, and for that reason we tend to over-index on protecting that val...

Detaching to Seek an Outside View from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.640675

Our inside view is made up of invisible, inescapable walls. Can we simulate an outside view?

Friday Refill - Seeking a Different Inside View from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.639396

Our inside view is not on the outside of others' inside views. In order to think empathetically, we need to develop skepticism about our own perspectives.

Finding Resonance from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.479677

What specific components of your situation have an outsized effect on you? What resonates in a given scenario? This mental model will help us understand and come to accept why sometimes things just...

Friday Refill: Growth, Uncomfortability, and the Unknown from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.478435

Growth and comfort rarely mix. But there's more to growth than getting uncomfortable. Different kinds of growth produce different kinds of uncomfortability; which types are you seeking?

Make Your Obstacles Irrelevant from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.477524

Your obstacles are not a test of pride or an opportunity to prove yourself. They are in your way. There's more than one way to deal with this - so why do we so often choose a difficult path? Perhap...

Too Serious to Succeed from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.476589

We grow up believing there is a continuum from serious to fun, and that as you get older, you traverse towards the serious side.

The truth is, the more serious you are, the more fun you ne...

Local and Global Rationality from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.468512

When two smart people or groups disagree, what is happening? Sometimes one is plainly wrong about the facts. But more often than not, these two people are arguing from a local rationale. We'll talk...

Friday Refill: Intuition Over Memorization from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.467596

There's too much to remember. Instead, integrate that information. You don't need to memorize everything. Develop your intuition.

The Tension Between Purpose and Mindfulness from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.466352

Should you live every day like it's your last? What about preparing for the future? Chasing your goals and dreams? How can you both be mindful of the present moment and plan for the future? We don'...

Step One Always Goes On Your Calendar from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.459447

Everyone has the tendency to procrastinate.

Is there something you're putting off? It seems simple, but finding the first step and putting it on your calendar in as much detail as possible...

Friday Refill - Stay Mindful During Phases of Execution from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.458353

The execution phase of any work you do is where you find the most satisfaction. But it's possible that you aren't finding flow because you have a broken working process.

It's difficult to ...

Uncomfortable Silence: What If You Do Nothing? from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.448051

What if the best thing you could do was nothing?

Not indefinitely, of course - but often, we intervene in the world when the right choice is to do nothing.

This is uncomfortable b...

Joel Beasley from Modern CTO from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.446913

Joel Beasley is the host of Modern CTO, a podcast with guests coming from IBM, Microsoft, Nasa, Reddit, and hundreds of others. Joel and I have wanted to have this discussion for a long time, and w...

Friday Refill: Give Tomorrow-You Advice from Today from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.445967

Happy Friday everyone! Today we talk about fighting the inertia of the daily slide into habits. How many days have seemed to slip through your fingers? One way to combat this is to develop a "meta-...

Joel Beasley from Modern CTO, Part Two from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.445091

Joel Beasley is the host of Modern CTO, a podcast with guests coming from IBM, Microsoft, Nasa, Reddit, and hundreds of others. Joel and I have wanted to have this discussion for a long time, and w...

Flexibility is a Resource to Gather When You Least Need It from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.392237

Flexibility is not something you conjure in a moment of need. It is something that is developed and gathered like a resource when you least require it.

Use Your Expectations As a Tool from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.391334

Expectations can cause pain, but they can also be useful. An expectation should be a hypothesis. Where we go wrong is when we mix our expectations with our hopes or fears.

Two Razors for More Efficient Decision-making from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.390077

If you can make better decisions, every other effort you put forth will benefit.

One common error made when making decisions is overtuning on perfection. In today's episode, we'll talk abo...

Limit Your Options By Limiting Your Obligations from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.381508

The number of things you have to choose to do in a day is constantly being fought over. Your calendar, if it's like most calendars, has very little to do with how you *want* to spend your time.
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Two Illusions of Agreement from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.380516

It's easy to believe that everyone you get along with agrees with you about anything and everything.

The truth is harder to confront, but often, this illusion can cause problems - especial...

Habits, Languages, Processes, and Other Behavior Engines from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.372549

What do you want to change? The things you do repeatedly have the most impact on your life. Focus on the systems that produce repeated behaviors. We talk about these as "engines" of behavior in tod...

Less Confidence, More Bravery from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.371500

Confidence is often used as an artificial bluff, to help us feel less dread of failure. But this is problematic; when we put blinders on, we don't prepare adequately, often leading to blame-shiftin...

The Focus IS the Work from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.349287

The focus is the work.

When anyone asks how they can be more productive, I give them the exercise I talk about in this episode. It's extremely simple, but not easy.

What are you f...

Welcome Back Interview with Ernie Miller, Head of Engineering at Monograph, Part One from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.348306

Today I talk with Ernie Miller. Ernie is the head of engineering at Monograph. (They are hiring!)

We talk about the four-day work week, fragility of culture and the importance of taking ca...

Welcome Back Interview with Ernie Miller, Head of Engineering at Monograph, Part Two from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.346942

Today I talk with Ernie Miller. Ernie is the head of engineering at Monograph. (They are hiring!) This is the second part of my interview with Ernie, and the second time Ernie has been on Developer...

Developing Purpose Oriented Resolutions from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.296434

In today's episode, we discuss purpose-oriented resolutions. We'll discuss an exercise you can use to help drive this development process. We'll also continue this discussion about resolution devel...

Purpose Oriented Resolutions, Part Two, and 7 Years of Developer Tea! from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.295528

First off, thank you for an incredible 7 years! Our listeners and sponsors make it possible to do this show, and I'm incredibly grateful for every one of you.

In this episode, we continue ...

Seek Context to Offset Prediction Errors from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.288748

When we have context, we predict more accurately. When we translate numbers into more meaningful concepts, we create context where previously things were fuzzy. This makes our predictions more mean...

Taking Advantage of Uniquely Human Capabilities from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.287833

In today's episode, we discuss the fact that intuition isn't all that bad to use when estimating... we just shouldn't use it to estimate a number. Taking advantage of things humans are already good...

Two Shifts to Change Our Working Mindset from Static to Dynamic from 2022-02-22T11:45:18.286688

The world around us isn't static, but our brain processes as if it is.

In this episode we talk about subtle shifts to help break that mold for the most important interactions we have in th...

Opportunities of Convergence and the Cost of Divergence from 2022-02-22T08:00

Opportunity comes in moments of convergence. Loss is measured in divergence. Pay attention to what is converging now - this is how you take advantage of opportunities and reduce your cost from dive...

Viewing Teams Through the Lens of Trust from 2022-02-17T08:00

Everything we do in our teams is based on trust. Trust, however, is a limited resource. We should spend it wisely.

3 Habits For Your First 30 Days As A New Engineer On A Team (Corrected Audio) from 2022-02-14T15:00

You're a new engineer - what should you start doing in your first 30 days? In this episode, we talk about 3 behaviors you might be resisting, but that you should actually embrace in order to improv...

Your Media, Your Message from 2022-02-10T08:00

In the mid 20th century, Marshall Mcluhan brought philosophy into the spotlight with his claim that the "medium is the message." We discuss the meaningfulness of this, and apply it to our work as e...

Excessive Cohesion - When We Fill In Gaps to Make Things Make Sense from 2022-01-27T08:00

In today's episode we talk about a concept called excessive cohesion - when our brains fill in the gaps when information is missing. This is an important function of our brains, but sometimes it ca...

Some of My Productivity Mechanisms from 2022-01-24T08:00

Increasing clarity informs perspective. Changing perspective often brings new clarity.

When we manage our work through effective process, we are seeking clarity on that work. We refine our...

Assimilating Advice - Dealing with Information Overload from 2022-01-20T08:00

How do you consolidate all of the advice you receive? More importantly, how can you put it into practice day in and day out? We'll talk about two strategies for making this happen in today's episode.

Help, I'm Blocked! Four Common Root Causes for Developers Getting Blocked from 2022-01-18T08:00

Why are you getting blocked every sprint? Find the root cause. In this episode, we discuss 4 common root causes for engineers getting blocked. Which ones do you face?

Julian Gutman, CPO at Patreon, Part Two from 2022-01-12T08:00

We continue our discussion with Julian Gutman about community and culture in today's episode.

Julian Gutman, CPO at Patreon, Part One from 2022-01-10T08:00

Today, Julian Gutman, Chief Product Officer at Patreon, joins us to discuss community, culture, and buy-in.

Your Only Challenge Is To Focus from 2021-12-30T08:00

If you can't focus, you are paralyzed. Everything you do in your career and life will be served better with clear and continuous focus. We revisit this topic after nearly seven years because it is ...

Taking Back Ownership Over Your Priorities from 2021-12-28T08:00

It's hard to remember sometimes, but our priorities are our own. We have agency over our time. Even our obligations are more often determined by our chosen values than they are by actual survival.<...

3 Cognitive Pitfalls of Mental Models from 2021-12-23T08:00

Mental models are very useful, and we tap into them even without knowing it. But just like any cognitive tool, our brain can play tricks on us when using mental models. In this episode we'll talk a...

Using Proactive Decision Tools To Reduce Reactive Decision Error from 2021-12-20T08:00

Make your decisions easier by anticipating them. Determine systems for making decisions in advance, so you don't get caught making them on the spot. Determine models of opportunities so you can qui...

DCR - Bravery from 2021-12-18T11:13:36.255978

In today's episode, we continue the DCR traits of a great developer. Today's trait is bravery.

Today's episode is sponsored by Fuse! Build native iOS and Android apps with less code and be...

DCR: Traits of Being A Great Developer (Recap) from 2021-12-18T11:13:36.254790

In today's episode, we conclude the DCR Traits of a Great Developer series with a review of all of the traits we've discussed.

Today's episode is sponsored by Fuse! Build native iOS and An...

The 3 Steps in the Cycle of Technological Abstraction from 2021-12-18T11:13:36.253867

In today's episode, we discuss the cycle of abstraction, and how you can use abstraction to create new and unique value.

Today's episode is brought to you by Linode. Linode Provides supe...

Puzzle Games with Mark Engelberg (Part 1) from 2021-12-18T11:13:36.252925

In today's episode, I interview Mark Engelberg. Mark creates puzzle games, and most recently created the "CODE" series of games in collaboration with ThinkFun. Mark's insights into learning and tea...

Two Perspective-Sharpening Tools For Your New Year's Resolution Making from 2021-12-17T08:00

In today's episode, we'll talk about two ways to improve your perception and perspective when making your new year's resolutions, or any other big decisions or changes in your life.

These ...

Two Tools for Improving Your Closest Relationships from 2021-12-15T08:00

In today's episode, we discuss two tools that I believe will change your closest relationships forever.

It can be awkward to intentionally work on communication with your closest relations...

Welcome Back Interview with Ernie Miller, Head of Engineering at Monograph, Part One (Fixed Audio) from 2021-12-14T08:00

We had some gremlins in the audio processing of the first part of the interview with Ernie Miller. They've been banished!

Today I talk with Ernie Miller. Ernie is the head of engineering a...

Input Quadrant - A Tool for Better Retrospectives from 2021-12-13T08:00

We have an illusion of control when things go our way, and a bias to shift the blame when things don't go our way. In retrospectives, we also believe we know all of the variables at play.

...

Interview w/ Rachel Nabors (Part 1) from 2021-12-06T00:13:54.392440

In today's episode, we talk with Rachel Nabors about her new book, course, and how to respond to rejection.


Today's episode is sponsored by Dolby. One of the most important things you...

Interview w/ Rachel Nabors (Part 2) from 2021-12-06T00:13:54.391522

In today's episode, we talk with Rachel Nabors about her new book, course, and how to respond to rejection.


Today's episode is sponsored by Dolby. One of the most important things you...

Introspection - Part 1 - Finding What You're Best At from 2021-12-06T00:13:54.390366

In today's episode, we talk about finding what you are best at. In this episode, you'll explore this idea by asking some self-interrogation questions.

Today's episode is sponsored by Dolby...

Dealing with Inevitable But Unpredictable Events from 2021-11-29T08:00

Bugs are inevitable, but individually unpredictable. Trying to use a single strategy for dealing with these events will miss a huge number of the events, while requiring massive efforts. Instead, w...

Mystery Voices from 2021-11-27T16:16:22.952104

In today's episode, we talk about different kinds of "mystery voices" and how to avoid them.


Today's episode is sponsored by Dolby. One of the most important things you can do for you...

Think in Composition from 2021-11-24T08:00

Most things are compositions of other things. Most problems are multi-factorial. Most opportunities have more than one selling point.

Sometimes, it helps to realign your thinking to compos...

Substitute Better Questions from 2021-11-23T08:00

Substitute with better questions, and you'll have more insightful answers. Questions are a major contributing factor to behavior, and the way you ask questions is a habit that can have a high-lever...

Focusing On Fundamentals Is Not Repetition, It is Refinement from 2021-11-18T08:00

Focusing on fundamentals may seem boring, or like a sports catchphrase used to motivate people to practice. The truth is, these fundamentals are still going to be the most important value-making ac...

Metamodeling and Steering Systems for Self Improvement from 2021-11-16T08:00

Metamodeling is creating a model of models. Confused yet? When we use models, we often assume they are complete. But what characteristics could make all of our models better? That's the concept of ...

When Pressure Turns To Poison from 2021-11-11T08:00

Stress often comes from pressure. When we experience pressure, we usually respond by trying to relieve it - often to the detriment of our work.

In today's episode, we talk about the danger...

Mindful Job Search: Myths and Psychology of Interviewing from 2021-10-27T07:00

We continue talking about conducting a mindful job search in today's episode.

The truth is, that next application you put in is probably not going to end in an accepted offer. Whether by y...

Mindful Job Search: Is it really time for me to quit my job? from 2021-10-25T07:00

If you've ever felt bad about looking for a job, or you're wondering if now is the right time because a bunch of coworkers or friends are on the move, this episode is for you. We talk about approac...

Interview with Kevin Kelly (Part 1) from 2021-10-25T01:08:18.342730

In today's episode, I talk with one of the most influential voices in technology in the last 20 years - Kevin Kelly. Kevin is the author of "What Technology Wants" and "The Inevitable", co-founded ...

Can You Really Pick the Right Tool for Every Job? from 2021-10-20T07:00

Pick the right tool for the job.

But who is picking? What tools can they choose from? And what is the actual job, anyway? This advice is important because it gives you a starting framework...

A Statistical Case for Iteration Over Perfect Preparation from 2021-10-18T07:00

You are much more likely to succeed with iteration than you are with a perfect first attempt.

This is purely a function of probability, and is even more supported by the idea of progressiv...

Avoid Unnecessary Prediction from 2021-10-15T07:00

When you have to predict, you're likely to have error in your prediction. Sometimes that error is easily handled - other times, it can be catastrophic in effect.

The next time you have the...

Give Random a Chance from 2021-10-13T07:00

Random choice may actually be your best bet. At the very least, starting with random is a good exercise in self control, and will help reveal information more easily than intuitive guessing might.<...

3 Lessons of Productivity from 2021-10-07T01:16:46.388338

Today's episode is brought to you by Linode. Linode Provides superfast SSD based Linux servers in the cloud starting at $5 a month. Linode is offering Developer Tea listeners $20 worth of ...

Interview with Chris Ferdinandi (Part 2) from 2021-10-07T01:16:46.386353

In today's episode, I talk with Chris Ferdinandi! Check out his stuff at gomakethings.com


Today's episode is brought to you by Linode. Linode Provides superfast SSD based Linux serv...

Feature Exploitation from 2021-09-29T07:00

When we understand the features and boundaries of any object, we can do more with that object based on those constraints.

This doesn't just apply to code - it applies to our lives in meani...

How Averages Can Trick You and Obscure the Truth from 2021-09-27T07:00

Averages can trick you into thinking a generalized idea about a complex set of data. This kind of compression happens not only with averages but any other process that summarizes information.
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Dominik Zane, Founder of Around - Part Two from 2021-09-22T07:00

In today's episode, I have a discussion about product development and counter-intuitive decisions Dom had to make along the way in making Around (around.co). This is part two of the interview - mak...

Dominik Zane, Founder of Around - Part One from 2021-09-20T07:00

In today's episode, I have a discussion about product development and counter-intuitive decisions Dom had to make along the way in making Around.

Inner and Outer Layers of Context from 2021-09-16T07:00

Context is critical, but what does that mean? What are the parts of context you should care about?

In this episode, we talk specifically about temporal context, and how you can think about...

Finding the Good in the Negative - Ask, "what do I do about this?" from 2021-09-13T07:00

"What do I do about this?"

This question is one that can trigger action, even in a moment of pain. When we make a clear decision about how we are going to react to our situation, we immedi...

Deconstructing Purpose from 2021-08-30T07:00

There is something almost pseudo-religious about talking about purpose that is easy to get hung up on, especially if you don’t consider yourself a particularly spiritual person. Purpose is often eq...

The Messaging Paradigm (re-air) from 2021-08-28T09:15:58.499582

Listener Question: Andy Asks About His Degree in Mechatronics from 2021-08-28T09:15:58.463444

Is a degree in mechatronics worth it? (Also, what is mechatronics?)

Today's episode is sponsored by Codeship! Get started today with Codeship and get 100 free builds. P.S. - Codeship is 10...

Interview with David Hoffeld (part 1) from 2021-08-28T09:15:58.462303

I'm joined by author David Hoffeld in today's episode to talk about the topic of science and how it affects the sales process.

Today's episode is brought to you by Linode. Linode Provide...

Two Variations of Confirmation Bias from 2021-08-25T07:00

Our brain wants beliefs to stay the same. We don't want to change, and yet progress is dependent on change.

That doesn't mean your beliefs are all wrong if you have had them for some amoun...

How You Shape Your World With Macro and Micro Stories from 2021-08-23T07:00

We see the world through stories. We communicate about the world through stories. So, the stories we tell turn out to be incredibly important to the way we operate in the world.

Friday Refill: Always Keep Your Tank Full from 2021-08-20T07:00

If you wait until your tank is empty, you've created an urgent situation you could have avoided. Keep your tank full, early and often.

This applies to almost everything in our lives, but s...

The Most Critical Career Mistake You Can Make from 2021-08-18T07:00

The most critical career mistake you can make isn't a secret.

Are you in control? If you aren't driving your career, who is? Is your career being driven by someone else, or worse - no one ...

Failure is an Opportunity for Responsibility from 2021-08-16T07:00

The romance of endless success is a broken picture of reality.

Instead, focus on inviting failure and taking advantage of the opportunity it brings: the opportunity to take responsibility.

Friday Refill: What Are Your Ideals? from 2021-08-13T07:00

What are your ideals? For many people, ideals are fragile. The moment we see a hero fall, our own lives are immediately thrown into a state of confusion. Instead of having fragile ideals, we should...

4 Questions To Understand Your Long Term Career Trajectory from 2021-08-11T10:00

Great questions trigger thought and further questions. In this episode, I pose 4 questions (and a bit of homework) to help you get a handle on where your career is headed.

Whether you are ...

Creating New Understanding Through Synonyms from 2021-08-11T05:34:37.950686

In today's episode, we talk about creating useful substitutions through a process of forcing synonyms.

Today's episode is sponsored by Codeship! Get started today with Codeship and get 100...

Failure Rates, Machine Learning, and You from 2021-08-08T18:51:33.342232

In today's episode, we talk about a truth of machine learning, and learning in general. I hope you walk away feeling more confident and less afraid of failure.

Today's episode is sponsored...

Friday Refill: Imaginary Comparisons from 2021-07-30T07:00

Comparison is an incredibly important tool. But most of the time, the comparisons we are making are imaginary - even the ones that seem real. In this episode we'll talk about why we should be mindf...

Implicit Hypotheses from 2021-07-28T07:00

Are you acting on impulse? How would you know? One door to understanding this "acting without thinking" is to investigate our hypotheses. Implicit hypotheses are expressed as instances of our belie...

Model Manager - What We Don't Manage from 2021-07-26T07:00

Model Manager episodes of Developer Tea are dedicated to helping engineering managers find models of thinking that improve their approach to management.

Great managers don't attempt, in va...

Anonymous Listener Question: Cowboy Coders from 2021-07-23T08:10:46.602704

In today's episode, we talk about cowboy coding, and how to deal with a legacy project primarily managed by cowboy coders.

Today's episode is sponsored by Fuse! Build native iOS and Androi...

Friday Refill: Waiting and Replaying from 2021-07-23T07:00

What are you waiting on? What are you replaying? It doesn't have to only be anxiety that takes you out of this moment. You may be looking forward to something exciting, or remembering a positive ex...

Reframing Discipline and Elastic Habits from 2021-07-21T07:00

Discipline is not about punishment or punctuality. It's about perseverance in the face of changing circumstances. And it's critical to your success as an engineer.

Model Manager: Human Behavior is the Primary Output of Engineering Processes from 2021-07-19T07:00

Model Manager episodes of Developer Tea are dedicated to helping engineering managers find models of thinking that improve their approach to management.

Processes create uniform approaches...

Friday Refill: Focusing On Mastery Will Not Limit Your Options from 2021-07-16T07:00

You don't have to choose to be a generalist to have career security. If you pursue mastery, you will be building skill-acquisition at the deepest levels, and picking up skills that are ancillary to...

Compounding Time In Your Favor from 2021-07-14T07:00

We all have 24 hours in a day. How can you compound your time? In many ways, this is what "spend it wisely" means. In this episode we classify different types of decisions and actions, and provide ...

The Bowl of Mediocrity from 2021-07-12T07:00

If you are progressing slowly in your career, it might be because you are working in the bowl of mediocrity. This is where you are taking very little risk, but are also disconnected from the fundam...

Interview with Chris Albon (Part 3 of 3) from 2021-07-05T13:04:09.008457

In today's episode, I interview Chris Albon, co-host of Partially Derivative, a fantastic casual discussion podcast about all things data science. Chris is joined by Vidya Spandana and Jonathon Mor...

Feedback Loops - The Smallest Unit of Learning from 2021-07-05T13:04:09.007559

In today's episode, we talk about the importance of feedback loops.

Today's episode is brought to you by Linode. Linode Provides superfast SSD based Linux servers in the cloud starting a...

Listener Question: David asks About How to Answer Tooling Questions from 2021-07-05T13:04:09.006458

In today's episode, I answer listener David's question about how to answer questions from peers about tooling.

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Job Descriptions vs. Job Realities from 2021-07-05T13:04:09.005441

In today's episode, I talk about some differences between a typical job description versus realities you may actually experience.

Today's episode is sponsored by Dolby. One of the most imp...

Skill-Building Is Not One Dimensional from 2021-06-29T07:00

We intuitively imagine our skills and capabilities to be one-dimensional and permanent. However, what goes into whether we can actually execute on our skills is multi-dimensional. In today's episod...

Balancing Entropy and Focus from 2021-06-23T07:00

Call it luck, serendipity, or chance - all of these unexpected moments of life require entropy to occur. On the other hand, if we don't control our lives to some extent, we'll never be able to make...

Decision-making Skills: Two Types of Probabilistic Thinking from 2021-06-21T07:00

When you think about probabilities, you likely think in one of two ways. We'll talk about both of these models for probabilistic analysis, their drawbacks, and decision-making in the face of uncert...

Using Cognitive Dissonance as a Tool from 2021-06-16T07:00

Humans are driven to resolve cognitive dissonance as efficiently as possible. We pay little regard to whether our solutions are accurate or correct, but rather we only seek harmony in our minds. Un...

Non-Linear Learning and Progress from 2021-06-14T07:00

How does learning happen? In one fell swoop - linear? Or is there another path that learning takes? We pass judgment on ourselves and others, designing our attempts in ways that are suboptimal base...

Friday Refill - Clarified Intentions and Flexible Goals from 2021-06-11T07:00

If you don't understand the motivations underlying your goals, you will always deal with brittle, high-stakes situations. If you understand your goals through the lens of your deeper human motivati...

Listener Question: Kan Asks About Creating Reliable Behavioral Systems from 2021-06-02T01:19:05.779799

In today's episode, I answer a listener question about behavioral patterns.

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Ep. 365 - Practical Ways to Jumpstart Brainstorming from 2021-06-02T01:19:05.778544

Today is Developer Tea's 365th episode!

In today's episode, we discuss some practical ways to get brainstorming jumpstarted.

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How to Hire Well, Even When Limited by Company Policies from 2021-06-02T01:19:05.777563

In today's episode, we talk about hiring in a constrained scenario.

Reframe Your Plateaus from 2021-05-31T07:00

You've hit a plateau - now what?

Today we'll discuss two models for reframing your plateaus; perhaps you haven't hit the wall you think you've hit.

Friday Refill: Your Baseline Determines Your Leverage from 2021-05-28T07:00

In today's episode, we talk about how your baseline perceptions and assumptions are the building blocks of your leverage.

Ethan Kross, Author of Chatter - Part Two from 2021-05-26T07:00

Ethan Kross joins me today to talk about the importance of our inner voices. In his new book, Chatter, Ethan outlines how our inner voices affect us and how we can shape them as a helpful tool.

Ethan Kross, Author of Chatter - Part One from 2021-05-24T07:00

Ethan Kross joins me today to talk about the importance of our inner voices. In his new book, Chatter, Ethan outlines how our inner voices affect us and how we can shape them as a helpful tool.

Friday Refill: Inviting Growth Into Your Regular Schedule from 2021-05-21T07:00

Humans have the unique ability to intentionally practice and better ourselves. What makes you grow? Are you inviting those triggers and contexts into your regular schedule? How are you making time ...

Becoming Your Best Coach - Questioning Your Self from 2021-05-19T07:00

You have the greatest potential to coach yourself. But first, you need to understand the ground rules, and build your coaching skills. We start that journey in this episode.

Sources of Truth from 2021-05-17T07:00

How do you determine what is valid, authoritative, useful, and true in your daily decisions and actions?

Friday Refill - One Thing at a Time from 2021-05-14T07:00

Ben Franklin used a system of improvement that we can learn from. The idea is simple: focus on one thing at a time.

Katy Milkman, Author of How to Change and Host of Choiceology, Part Two from 2021-05-12T07:00

On today's episode, I interview a personal hero of mine in the podcasting world, Katy Milkman. Katy is the host of Choiceology, a podcast about why and how we make the choices we make. Katy also ju...

(Fixed Audio) Katy Milkman, Author of How to Change and Host of Choiceology, Part One from 2021-05-10T16:30

The previous episode's audio had a bit of a hiccup - this one is fixed. Sorry about that! On today's episode, I interview a personal hero of mine in the podcasting world, Katy Milkman. Katy is the ...

Don't Trust Your Friends from 2021-05-05T01:15:32.172935

In today's episode, we'll discuss why your friends, coworkers, and others you spend a lot of time around may not always give you the greatest advice.

Today's episode is sponsored by Rollba...

Interview with Dain Miller (@dainmiller, part 1 of 3) from 2021-05-05T01:15:32.171752

In today's episode, I interview Dain Miller, creator of Start Here FM. This interview is completely packed, so make sure you subscribe if you don't want to miss the next part!

Today's epis...

Refill Friday - Best Practices and Asking When from 2021-04-30T14:15

Best practices feel universally and always applicable, but like anything, best practices require context.

Welcome Back Ali Spittel - Part Two from 2021-04-29T17:20

In today's episode, we welcome back to the show Ali Spittel! Ali is a developer advocate at AWS Amplify. So, naturally in this episode, we discuss topics around what it means to be a developer advo...

Welcome Back Ali Spittel - Part One from 2021-04-27T14:15

In today's episode, we welcome back to the show Ali Spittel! Ali is a developer advocate at AWS Amplify. So, naturally in this episode, we discuss topics around what it means to be a developer advo...

Friday Refill - Complexity Inversion (Fixed) from 2021-04-23T15:20

It's easy to imagine we are more complex and others are more simple than is true. Often, we see ourselves as having nuance, while others are characterized once and that characterization may never b...

Friday Refill - Complexity Inversion from 2021-04-23T07:00

It's easy to imagine we are more complex and others are more simple than is true. Often, we see ourselves as having nuance, while others are characterized once and that characterization may never b...

The Scout Mindset with Julia Galef, Part Two from 2021-04-21T07:00

In today's episode, I have the joy of interviewing Julia Galef. Julia and I talk about updating your beliefs, the difficulty of fighting our biases, seeking truth, and her new book, The Scout Mindset.

The Scout Mindset with Julia Galef, Part One from 2021-04-19T07:00

In today's episode, I have the joy of interviewing Julia Galef. Julia and I talk about updating your beliefs, the difficulty of fighting our biases, seeking truth, and her new book, The Scout Mindset.

Introduce Intentional Asymmetry from 2021-04-16T07:00

Friday refill - happy Friday! We have a drive to balance everything. Move back towards the middle, maintain status quo. But usually, balance is wasteful and an illusion.

How the First Guideline Changes Your Behavior Drastically from 2021-04-15T01:06:08.138371

In today's episode, we talk about how even the first guideline can make a MASSIVE difference in your behavior.

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Not So Trivial: Things That Can Kill Your Focus from 2021-04-15T01:06:08.137442

In today's episode, we talk about how even seemingly trivial things can be incredibly important for your focus.

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Narrative Complexity from 2021-04-14T07:00

In today's episode we run a thought experiment. What happens when a story changes? Can we ever get back "on track"? History is complex. Predicting history gets more and more complex the further awa...

Changing Work Environments and Availability Bias from 2021-04-12T07:00

Huge transitions are happening for most people right now. As this occurs, our environments will change. Partially as a result of the availability bias, we'll also see peoples' behaviors and thought...

Interview with Lauren Cutrell (part 1) from 2021-04-07T01:14:42.555982

In today's episode, I interview Lauren Cutrell. Lauren is the Director of Interactive at Whiteboard, and she also happens to be my wife! We talk about agile, scrum, and how to make those things sim...

Interview with Lauren Cutrell (part 2) from 2021-04-07T01:14:42.554474

In today's episode, I finish my interview with Lauren Cutrell. Lauren is the Director of Interactive at Whiteboard, and she also happens to be my wife! We talk about agile, scrum, and how to make t...

Code Review Excuses from 2021-04-07T01:14:42.553496

In today's episode, I outline excuses people often use for not doing code reviews.

Today's episode is brought to you by Flatiron School. Flatiron School is the premier coding bootcamp for...

The Einstellung Effect from 2021-04-06T01:06:15.296028

In today's episode, we talk about a phenomenon called the Einstellung Effect.

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Dan Pupius, CEO and Co-Founder of Range, Part Two from 2021-03-31T07:00

Today's guest is Dan Pupius, CEO and co-founder of Range. Dan cares deeply about creating products that make healthy and sustainable workplaces a common occurrence. We talk in depth about designing...

Dan Pupius, CEO and Co-Founder of Range, Part One from 2021-03-29T07:00

Today's guest is Dan Pupius, CEO and co-founder of Range. Dan cares deeply about creating products that make healthy and sustainable workplaces a common occurrence. We talk in depth about designing...

Friday Refill - Stop Your Weekend Half-Thinking from 2021-03-26T07:00

We're all guilty of it - not letting that thing go that happened at work on Friday. But by giving it only partial energy over the weekend, we are likely not going to improve how we deal with it on ...

Ban the Heroics On Your Team from 2021-03-24T07:00

Heroes appear when something has gone wrong. What does a team look like with no heroics?

Two Blessings and Two Curses of Intuition (Corrected) from 2021-03-23T07:00

Hey folks - this is the corrected version of yesterday's episode. Apologies for the error! You need intuition to build incredible skill. But it's important to develop a healthy caution towards intu...

Two Blessings and Two Curses of Intuition from 2021-03-22T07:00

You need intuition to build incredible skill. But it's important to develop a healthy caution towards intuition, as it can create a brittle framework for thinking. In this episode, we discuss both ...

Friday Refill: How Patience Pays Off from 2021-03-19T07:00

Patience is more than a virtue. Patience is a signal that you understand the importance of gratitude and the vanity of rushing or attempting to control what you cannot. In this Friday refill, we'll...

Geoff Schmidt, CEO and Co-founder of Apollo GraphQL, Part Two from 2021-03-17T07:00

Geoff Schmidt joins me to discuss GraphQL, Apollo, and how the responsibilities are shifting and roles are changing to give more leverage and better separation of concerns between client side and s...

Geoff Schmidt, CEO and Co-founder of Apollo GraphQL, Part One from 2021-03-16T07:00

Geoff Schmidt joins me to discuss GraphQL, Apollo, and how the responsibilities are shifting and roles are changing to give more leverage and better separation of concerns between client side and s...

Friday Refills - Stop Predicting Your Priorities from 2021-03-12T08:00

We spend a lot of energy trying to predict our lives and priorities. This is mostly wasted - instead, we should spend our time understanding our values and planning to make margin for the principle...

Superpowered Imagination from 2021-03-11T08:00

Much of our attention and effort is used trying to remove human influence and finding "raw" truth. Today, I want to ask you to do the opposite of that.

The Anatomy of Change from 2021-03-05T15:58:00.236905

In today's episode, we're talking about the transtheoretical model of behavioral change. This will help you understand the different stages you go through when making a resolution to shift your beh...

2 Years of Tea from 2021-03-05T15:58:00.235336

Today, we celebrate two incredible years of Developer Tea! We're celebrating this year by launching a contest on CodePen. Listen for more details!

Today's episode is sponsored by WooCommer...

Async Code & Promises from 2021-03-05T15:58:00.199303

Today we talk about JavaScript's asynchronous abilities.

Today's episode is sponsored by WooCommerce. WooCommerce is customizable eCommerce built on WordPress. Powering over a third of all...

Understand Your Environment from 2021-03-05T15:58:00.197716

In today's episode ,we discuss the importance of understanding various components of your environment.

Today's episode is sponsored by WooCommerce, the open source eCommerce solution! Get...

Friday Refill - Anchor Behaviors from 2021-02-26T08:00

When you feel a sense of chaos has overwhelmed your week, it can be tempting to want to check out for the weekend. But in today's episode we discuss a tool I've used to combat this sense of aimless...

Quincy Larson, Founder of freeCodeCamp - Part Two from 2021-02-24T08:00

Quincy Larson might be responsible for at least one very important part of your career: the beginning. That's because Quincy is the founder of freeCodeCamp, a non-profit teaching millions of people...

Quincy Larson, Founder of freeCodeCamp - Part One from 2021-02-22T08:00

Quincy Larson might be responsible for at least one very important part of your career: the beginning. That's because Quincy is the founder of freeCodeCamp, a non-profit teaching millions of people...

Friday Refills - Rest is Not an Optional Luxury from 2021-02-19T08:00

Your obligations are usually the result of your systemic choices. You have no choice but to rest and recover. Choose to affirm your choices instead of living under the illusion that those choices w...

Post-Pandemic Work and Life as an Engineer - Skills for a Different Future from 2021-02-17T08:00

In today's discussion, we will look at what it will take to prepare for the changes we will see as we transition out of the worldwide pandemic, and into a post-pandemic world.

Post-Pandemic Life and Work as an Engineer: Back to Normal-ish from 2021-02-15T08:00

In today's episode we continue our discussion about what life will be like when the pandemic ends... whenever that will be. Will we go back to normal? How can we think about "normal" when so much h...

Self Distancing from 2021-02-12T08:00

Your own internal voice may need to back off a little bit. Distancing from our self-talk and imagining a distant future (or distant present) might be one important way to reduce negative self-talk ...

Design Lead at Basecamp, Jonas Downey - Part Two from 2021-02-10T08:00

Jonas Downey is the design lead at Basecamp. In this interview we discuss the ethics of designing and building constraints into your product that change human behavior.

How Time Affects Decisions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we discuss the different ways that time can affect our perception of our own knowledge, especially with relation to trusting that knowledge. Today's episode is sponsored by img...

Avoiding, "I Told You So" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about avoiding the passive aggressive "I Told You So" conversations. Today's episode is sponsored by imgix! Billions of images are served through imgix every day. With ...

Listener Question: Alex Asks About Getting Back Into The Game from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, Alex asks about getting back into development after a long hiatus. We discuss age discrimination and whether or not to put old experience on a brand new resumé. Today's episode...

Lessons From The Lab from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we discuss lessons we can learn from the lab. Today's episode is sponsored by imgix! Billions of images are served through imgix every day. With a simple URL-based API, you can...

Listener Question: John Wood Asks About Looking for Development Jobs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, I answer listener John Wood's question about sharing his future plans with potential employers. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode. Head over to Linode.com/developertea or ...

Two Anti-Patterns To Avoid from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we'll be talking about two anti-patterns you should be avoiding in your code. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode. Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use the code Devel...

3 Commitments for 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we'll be talking about three commitments you can make as you prepare for 2017. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode. Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use the code Deve...

Listener Question: Cody Asks About Developer Speed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, I answer listener Cody's question about speed, quality, and what to do when your manager asks you to cut corners. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode. Head over to Linode.co...

Listener Question: Josh Asks About Getting A Raise from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about Josh's question regarding negotiating a raise.

Patrick Asks About What to Do When You Live in a Tech-Company Wasteland from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, Patrick asks about what to do when you have no tech companies near you to apply at. We talk a bit about the Developer Career Roadmap, and I give advice for working remotely. To...

Empathy + Celebrating 5 Million Listens from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode we celebrate 5 million listens, and then we talk about empathy. Today's episode is sponsored by Dolby. One of the most important things you can do for your application is ensure...

DCR Step 9: Replace Yourself from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we cover the final step in the Developer Career Roadmap: Replace Yourself. Today's episode is sponsored by Dolby. One of the most important things you can do for your applicati...

DCR Step 8: Do Your Job Better Than Anyone Else from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we cover the next step in the Developer Career Roadmap. Today's episode is sponsored by Dolby. One of the most important things you can do for your application is ensure that t...

DCR: Step 7 - Interviewing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about the incredibly important process of interviewing. More specifically, where you should interview, and for what position. Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com!...

Listener Question: Donovan Asks About Analysis Paralysis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about Donovan's question regarding his analysis paralysis. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode! Get your own Linux server in the cloud with full control in just min...

DCR: Step 6 - Going Public from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about Developer Career Roadmap step 6, going public. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode! Get your own Linux server in the cloud with full control in just minutes. Y...

Listener Question: Charissa Asks About Handling a Stressful Situation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, I answer a question from listener Charissa about her stressful work situation as a brand new developer. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode. Head over to Linode.com/develope...

Developer Career Roadmap Step 5: Cross Train (part 2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about the 5th step in the Developer Career Roadmap - cross training. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode. Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use the code Develo...

Developer Career Roadmap, Step 5: Cross Train from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about the 5th step in the Developer Career Roadmap - cross training.

DCR: Step 4 - Internships from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we cover the fourth step in the Developer Career Roadmap: Getting an internship or an entry level position in the industry. We announced the Developer Career Roadmap earlier th...

Interview with David Rael (Part 2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, I talk with Dave Rael, host of Developer On Fire. Today's sponsor is Chartio. All of your data in one place. Simply powerful. Start your free trial today at Spec.fm/chartio

Interview with Dave Rael (Part 1) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, I talk with Dave Rael, host of Developer On Fire. Today's sponsor is Chartio. All of your data in one place. Simply powerful. Start your free trial today at Spec.fm/chartio

DCR-Step 3: Skill Set Development (Part 2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we discuss step three in the Developer Career Roadmap, the never ending learning cycle. Today's sponsor is Chartio. All of your data in one place. Simply powerful. Start your ...

DCR - Step 3: Learning About Companies (Part 1) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we start step 3 of the Developer Career Roadmap. Today's episode is sponsored by http://www.spec.fm/hired! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't k...

DCR Step Two: Picking a Base Language from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about step one in the Developer Career Roadmap: picking your base programming language. The Developer Career Roadmap is intended to provide guidelines for someone at an...

Dev Career Roadmap, Step One: Create a Time Budget from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about step one in the Developer Career Roadmap: budgeting your time. The Developer Career Roadmap is intended to provide guidelines for someone at any point in their ca...

Announcing Developer Career Roadmap from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, I am very excited to announce the Developer Career Roadmap! Today's episode is sponsored by Whiteboard. At Whiteboard, we leverage technology daily to accomplish great vision. ...

Getting Over Language Barriers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about language barriers, and how to get over them. We're not talking about native versus non-native languages - instead, we're talking about learning how to name new con...

Anti-Advice from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sometimes, what you hear on this podcast is bad advice. In general, we try to provide guide rails for your career, but to get the most out of a general rule, you have to apply it specifically. That...

Listener Question: Kevin asks About College from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today'a episode, listener Kevin asks about whether he should return to college or not. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode! Get $20 of credit by visiting spec.fm/linode today!

Listener Question: Matt asks, What To Do About Job Boredom? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, Matt asks about what to do when he gets bored at his job. Hint: quitting is not always the answer! Thanks to today's sponsor, Linode! Get root access on super-fast linux cloud ...

Listener Question: Amanda asks about Building Resumés and Cover Letters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about the do's and don't's of resumés and cover letters thanks to a question from listener Amanda. Today's episode is sponsored by Zendesk! With Zendesk, you can get fe...

Listener Question: Abigail asks about Interview Attire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's question, Abigail asks about appropriate interview attire! Ask your question by emailing developertea@gmail.com. Today's episode is sponsored by Zendesk! With Zendesk, you can get feedb...

Thinking About Logic Paths from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we discuss how logic paths can help you understand how to construct clearer code. Today's episode is sponsored by Zendesk! With Zendesk, you can get feedback from your customer...

Lighter Objects for Better REST Apps from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Today's question is about creating better REST applications by making lighter objects. Today's episode is brought to you by Spec! Go and learn more about the fantastic resources we're creating for...

Listener Question: Naren Asks About Realistic Working Hours from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, I answer a listener question from Naren who wants to know how many hours are realistic for a developer to produce work in a given day. Today's episode is brought to you by Spe...

Listener Question: Lars Asks About How To Work With Difficult Developers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode I discuss how to deal with a difficult team member, addressing a question from listener Lars. Thanks for the question, Lars! Today's episode is brought to you by Spec! Go and le...

The O-Word from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about talking. Specifically, we talk about using the word "obviously", as well as a few other "L-Y" words. Why are words so important? How can word choice affect our th...

Re-Air: Listener Question: Mujthaba Asks About What To Do When You Don't Know from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Note: Today's episode is a re-airing of an episode that came out last week. Tune in Friday for a brand new episode of Developer Tea! In today's episode, we talk about how to handle questions that ...

The Truth About Old Code from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about old code. Even though it may seem easier to rip out the old code and replace it entirely, slow down and listen to this episode first! Don't forget to subscribe in ...

Picking the Right Side Project from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, we talk about the aspects that make for a great side project to increase your employability. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode. Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use...

Problem Solving Series #1: Starting By Making It Worse from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It's not an easy task to describe what you do as a software developer to a non-technical person. A blanket description is to tell non-technical people that we "solve problems". That's what we're t...

Fixing Fear: A Heuristic for Maintainable Code from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What does it mean to write good code? In today's episode we're answering this question with the use of a heuristic.

Better 1-on-1s With This Simple Question from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode we're talking about leadership and having better 1-on-1s with our leaders.

Interview with Chris Ferdinandi (Part 1) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In today's episode, I talk with Chris Ferdinandi! Check out his stuff at gomakethings.com Today's episode is brought to you by Linode. Linode Provides superfast SSD based Linux servers in the c...

Friday Refill: Consider an Alternate Story from 2021-01-29T08:05

Much of our lives are determined by our internal voices. These voices tell us a story that is hard to imagine differently. But it's an important skill to consider an alternate story.

Paying the Tax for Our Decisions from 2021-01-27T08:05

Every episode has its downside. In this episode we talk about a mental model called the "Strategy Tax", and how it applies beyond business strategy.

The Downside to Inaction from 2021-01-25T08:05

We underestimate the knowledge we have. (Interestingly, we also *over*-estimate the knowledge we have, just a different type of knowledge.) We also underestimate the knowledge we don't have.
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Friday Refill - Ignore Motivation, Focus On Removing Obstacles from 2021-01-22T09:00

Our first Friday Refill!

Ignore motivation. Remove obstacles.

Motivation is not your fuel. You already have enough motivation. Don’t add more. Focus on removing the small distract...

The Bucket Model from 2021-01-21T11:31:25

Discrete and continuous data are all around us. In today's episode, we talk about a specific model of thinking that combines discrete and continuous. We'll also talk a little bit about non-linear c...

The Shape of Work from 2021-01-18T11:47:22

In today's episode, we talk about how much of our behavior is shaped by the invisible assumptions we make about our constraints, abilities, and context.

Why We Believe Ourselves (Even When We're Proven Wrong) from 2021-01-13T11:00

Why do we believe we are right, even when it's easy to see we're wrong?

There are psychological reasons, and there are basic biological and even logical reasons why believing you are right...

Designing Your Skill Portfolio from 2021-01-11T15:00:48

Portfolios benefit from diversity and risk management. You can think about your skills in the same way.
But skills are more than just a portfolio. They also require an integrated approach; one ...

If Actions Speak Louder Than Words, What Are Yours Saying? from 2020-12-31T20:47:56

Your actions speak louder than words. You already know that. But have you asked yourself what your actions are saying about who you are?

Imagining the End from 2020-12-28T17:28:30

It's hard to construct with deconstruction in mind. It's difficult to imagine designing for final shutdown. In this episode, we talk about the importance of transformation and change, and the ultim...

Making Things Invisible from 2020-12-23T14:06:12

Our conscious thinking is optimized to remove as much as possible. The more we can accomplish without hard thinking, the easier it is on our brains. As a side effect, much of the reality of our liv...

The Paradox of Transcendence from 2020-12-21T10:00

Becoming enlightened may not mean rising above everything. Instead, maybe it means zooming in.

Misusing Exceptions in Code and in Life from 2020-12-16T10:00

Exceptions are, by definition, unusual. An exception is something we wouldn't expect - out of the norm. Yet, we often craft much of our behavior around an abundance of perceived exceptions. In this...

Refactor Your Labeling Techniques from 2020-12-14T10:00

As the year comes to a close, many are thinking about their resolutions. In today's episode, we'll discuss one thing that I hope makes it into your resolution-making efforts.

Teaching in Public w/ Kent C. Dodds (part 1) from 2020-11-30T10:00

This week, we sit down with Kent C. Dodds to talk about learning and teaching code in public.

Building Products w/ Keith Pitt (part 2) from 2020-11-25T10:00

Keith Pitt, co-founder and CTO of Buildkite joins the show this week to talk about his journey into building Buildkite.

Building Products w/ Keith Pitt (part 1) from 2020-11-23T10:00

Keith Pitt, co-founder and CTO of Buildkite joins the show this week to talk about his journey into building Buildkite.

Maintainability w/ Robby Russell (part 2) from 2020-11-18T10:00

Robby is the co-founder and CEO of Planet Argon and the original creator of OH-MY-ZSH.

Maintainability w/ Robby Russell (part 1) from 2020-11-16T10:00

Robby is the co-founder and CEO of Planet Argon and the original creator of OH-MY-ZSH.

In this part 1 of the two part interview with Robby we focus on Robby's background and importance of...

Leading A Team During Difficult Times w/ Venkat Venkataramani (part 2) from 2020-11-11T10:00

In today's episode we sit down with Venkat Venkataramani to talk about his role as a co-founder and CEO of Rockset.

Explicitly Choose What You Won't Do from 2020-10-26T09:00

We all know things that we want to be better at. In today's episode, we're talking about things that we choose not to be good at.

4 Ways Smart People Make Bad Decisions from 2020-10-21T09:00

If you're listening to this podcast, you probably aspire to make good decisions.

In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're going to talk about 4 ways that smart people can make bad decis...

Leadership & Management w/ Ravs Kaur (part 2) from 2020-10-19T18:34:24

Your culture of leadership and management comes from the top.

On today's episode of Developer Tea we're joined by Ravs Kaur. Ravs is the CTO at Uplevel and in the next two episodes she jo...

Leadership & Management w/ Ravs Kaur (part 1) from 2020-10-14T09:00

Your culture of leadership and management comes from the top.

In today's episode of Developer Tea we're joined by Ravs Kaur. Ravs is the CTO at Uplevel and in the next two episodes she jo...

Interview w/ Michael Kennedy (part 2) from 2020-09-30T09:00:12

Today, we continue the conversation with the host of the Talk Python To Me Podcast, Michael Kennedy.

In this part two of our interview with Michael, we cover hard questions for developers...

Interview w/ Michael Kennedy (Part 1) from 2020-09-28T09:00:11

Today's guest is the host of the Talk Python To Me Podcast, Michael Kennedy.

In this part 1 of our two part interview with Michael, we cover how he got started with the Talk Python To Me ...

Interview w/ David Marquet from 2020-09-25T09:00:22

How does your language effect your work and your team? If you're a leader, your language is everything.

In today's episode, we sit down with the author of Leadership is Language, David M...

Give Up Control, On Purpose from 2020-09-21T09:00:03

What if you found out the things you thought were good for you, are actually the opposite.

In today's episode, we're talking about the paradox of perception, and how it can be better to l...

Naomi Ceder Interview - 20 Years with Python (part 2) from 2020-09-16T09:00:08

How will you feel when you're 20 years into the job?

In today's episode we talk to the author of the "The Quick Python Book," and Chair Person of the Python Software Foundation, Naomi Ce...

Naomi Ceder Interview - 20 Years with Python (part 1) from 2020-09-14T09:00:26

How will you feel when you're 20 years into the job?

In today's episode we talk to the author of the "The Quick Python Book," and Chair Person of the Python Software Foundation, Naomi Ce...

Intention, Action and Result from 2020-09-10T09:00:32

What do you want?

What would you like to accomplish in the next year?

These are difficult questions to answer, and in truth, they are too simple.

In today's episode of...

How Zero Sum and False Dichotomy Thinking is Distorting Your Decisions from 2020-08-31T09:00:06

Where do you feel most limited?

In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about cognitive distortions and the effects these make on how we make decisions.

Interview w/ Nicole Archambault (part 2) from 2020-08-26T09:00:31

In today's episode, we sat down with Nicole Archambault to talk about problem solving and the steps to take when solving a coding problem.

In this part 2 of the interview, we dig a little...

Interview w/ Nicole Archambault (part 1) from 2020-08-24T09:00:07

In today's episode, we sat down with Nicole Archambault to talk about problem solving and the steps to take when solving a coding problem.

In this part 1 of our interview with Nicole, we ...

4 Things You Have to Leave Behind as a Beginning Engineer from 2020-08-19T09:00:21

There's a lot of discussion around what you should bring with you when you begin a career as an engineer, but rarely do people talk about what to leave behind.

In today's episode, we're g...

Building Empathy To Focus on Downstream Effects from 2020-08-17T09:00:44

What happens next? This is a question that developers should be asking more frequently.

If you're trying to develop a stronger sense of intuition, this episode is for you.

The Unique Advantages of Being a Beginner from 2020-08-13T09:00:19

Humans are no strangers to being beginners.

In today's episode of Developer Tea we're talking about the unique advantages we have in beginning something and how to take advantage of that ...

Explicit Heuristics and Cheap Tests from 2020-08-10T09:00:05

In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about how we operate as developers.

How do you determine what tools or rules you apply to problems you're solving as a developer?

Interview w/ Aaron Upright (Part 2) from 2020-07-29T09:00:24

In today's interview with Aaron Upright, cofounder of Zenhub, we talk about being forgiving to ourselves as developers.

Interview w/ Aaron Upright from 2020-07-28T09:00:31

Aaron Upright is a cofounder of Zenhub and in this part 1 of the interview with Aaron we talk about his background, how he got going with Zenhub and what he's working on today.

Are You Really An Exception, Or Are You Inflexible? from 2020-07-22T09:00:12

We've been told all our lives that we're unique. In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about the difference between being unique and being an exception.

Future Focused Feedback from 2020-07-20T09:00:06

One of the most important things you'll do as an engineer is participate in feedback sessions. In good feedback sessions things look very different than they do in bad feedback sessions.

...

Stop Pushing Down Your Emotions from 2020-07-17T09:00:13

If you could pause everything right now, what would you feel the need to do?

Small Problems and Principled Engineering from 2020-07-14T09:00:09

Breaking big problems down into smaller, easier to tackle problems and in today's episode we talk about exactly why breaking down problems into small forms is effective.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Rejecting a Duel Identity from 2020-06-29T09:00:14

It's easy to imagine a duel system. A duel sense of identity - The impulsive side of us and the thoughtful side and it can change the way we think about how we work as engineers.

Uncomfortability, the Ultimate Teacher from 2020-06-26T09:00:03

Think back to the times you learned your most important lessons. What exactly was the teacher?

Baseline Happiness and Delayed Achievements from 2020-06-25T09:00:14

When do you expect to achieve your goals? When do you expect to have the feeling that you have arrived?

Finding Underlying Motivations to Stay Resilient In Your Career from 2020-06-22T09:00:17

What is it about engineering that you love? What keeps you coming back to work? In today's episode, we're talking about why we continue to be engineers.

Strategies for Overcoming Mental Blocks from 2020-06-20T04:00:05

In today's episode, we're continuing the conversation from our last episode and talking about what you can do once you admit that you don't know an answer to a question as a developer.

What Will You Say When You Don't know? from 2020-06-18T09:00:03

How will you handle the pressure of not knowing something?

Wishes, Beliefs, and Knowledge from 2020-06-15T09:00:24

Your actions and beliefs have a strong relation to each other. In today's episode, we're talking about how beliefs are formed.

Listener Question from Saul: How Do I Communicate with Non-Technical Decision Makers? from 2020-06-12T09:00:07

Today, we're answering a listener question from Saul:

How do you communicate a technical solution to a non-technical team member? Specifically, when that team member needs to be involved ...

How Questions Influence Pathways to Solutions from 2020-06-10T09:00:19

When you are solving difficult problems, the questions you ask can help determine the path you go down to solve those problems.

Leveraging Our Emotional Goals from 2020-05-27T09:05

What are you willing to give up for your goals?

Mental Models for Finding Balance from 2020-05-25T09:00

What does it mean when we use the term "balance"?

In today's episode, we're talking about balance as it relates to decision making.

High Certainty, High Value Defaults from 2020-05-22T17:12

What is a useful default and when can they lead you astray?

3 Ways to Be a Better PR Author from 2020-05-20T09:00

One of the most frustrating things developers can face is writing a bunch of code, working hard on features and then waiting around for PR reviews. In today's episode, we're talking about how you c...

4 Ways to Be a Better PR Reviewer from 2020-05-18T09:00

What does it mean to collaborate as an engineer with other engineers? In today's episode, we're talking about the pull request process and the lack of attention it seems to get from engineers.

What is Code, to Our Evolved Mind? from 2020-05-15T09:00

How does our brain perceive code in our environment and how does our mind make meaning out of our code?

Correlation, Causation, Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc from 2020-05-13T09:01

Correlation is not causation.

In today's episode, we're talking about how we get twisted around, thinking data correlation equals causation.

Context-Dependent Decisions and Linear Heuristic Mental Models from 2020-05-12T09:00

Which language should you learn? Which book should you read next?

In today's episode we're talking about intentional decisions we make and how those decisions can shape our immediate and ...

Default Problem Solving Modes from 2020-04-29T09:00

What is your problem solving strategy in the face of uncertainty?

What Orders Have You Inherited? from 2020-04-27T09:00

There is some level of order that we all inherit. In today, we're talking about the pre-determined systems and facts that we grow up to rely on and guide our decisions.

Upstream w/ Dan Heath (Part 2) from 2020-04-24T09:00

Today, we conclude the interview with Dan Heath. In this part 2 of our conversation, we dive into respect and heroics for efforts of individuals who have prevented a team member from having to save...

Upstream w/ Dan Heath (Part 1) from 2020-04-22T09:00

In today's episode, we sit down with Dan Heath, author of a new book , Upstream. In this part 1 of the conversation with Dan, we discuss preventative work over reactive work among teams.

Protecting Uncertainty from 2020-04-20T09:00

In today's episode we're talking about what we don't know as a healthy marker for successful teams.

Learning Isn't A List of Items Your Can Check Off from 2020-04-17T09:00

We are addicted to knowledge and knowing more. In today's episode, we're talking about learning and seeing the world in a way that encourages more learning.

Consider Your Cues from 2020-04-13T09:00

In today's episode we're talking about changing habits and how to adapt to drastic changes.

How Little We Really Know from 2020-04-11T04:00

How often do you think about what you don't know? In today's episode we're talking about the feeling of guilt when coming across a skill that you don't know.

Take Advantage of What You Already Have from 2020-03-30T09:00

Every developer at least at one point in their career gets the feeling that they are falling behind. In today's episode, we're talking about overlooking the things you already know.

Stress and Tolerance from 2020-03-27T09:01

In today's episode we're talking about stress responses during difficult times.

Architecting Change - Interpolation from 2020-03-25T09:00

Change is hard and complex and yet it is all around us. That's what we're talking about on today's episode of Developer Tea.

When Do Long-Term Models and Habits Betray You? from 2020-03-23T09:00

Habits are not built over-night. In today's episode, we're discussing when mental models are standing in your way and what you can do about it.

The Overreaction Paradox from 2020-03-20T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about overreactions to events around us as you work from home and in isolation. When is overreaction acceptable and when does it cause a larger problem?

Hidden Environment Inputs - Mindful Remote Work from 2020-03-18T09:00

Many of you are working from home for the first time in a long time. In today's episode, we're talking about mindful remote work.

Interview w/ Carl Yates Perry (Part 2) from 2020-03-16T09:00

Stress can either stretch you or hurt you. In today's second part of the interview with Carl Yates Perry, General Manager at Square, we're discussing jobs that give you more energy than they take a...

Interview w/ Carl Yates Perry - Part 1 from 2020-03-13T09:00

How do you know when it's the right time to leave your job? In today's part 1 of this 2-part interview, we're talking to Carl Yates Perry about his job transitions and how he made the decision to b...

Flattening the Cost of Change Curve from 2020-03-11T09:00

Today we're talking about future-proofing your code and cost of change curves.

Functional Autonomy and Finding Meaning in the Small Things Today from 2020-02-28T10:00

The actions that you take today are not representative of who you are. In today's episode, we're talking about enjoying the small things and finding meaning in even the smallest tasks.

Your Influence is Catalyzed By What is Influencing You from 2020-02-26T10:00

It's easy to look at our daily lives to evaluate what we're doing as individuals. In today's episode, we're getting introspective and talking about our influence from another person's perspective.

Your Time is An Account With An Unknown Balance from 2020-02-25T05:00

Each day you're living a piece of your life and if you were to think of time as a currency that is always flowing out. You have an account and that account has a certain amount of time in it but yo...

Don't Make the Problem Fit the Model from 2020-02-21T10:00

One of the most critical skills is the ability to map information and relate it to other information. In today's episode, we're talking about mapping models that go wrong and how forcing a concept ...

Implicit Models and Processes from 2020-02-19T10:00

What actions have you taken in the last hour? In today's episode we're talking about the simple fact that everything we do is governed by some sort of process.

Measuring Freedom to Change from 2020-02-17T10:00

Why is it so hard for managers to create freedom and autonomy for their teams in a modern work environment? Today, we'll talk about how we can offer more autonomy to our team as well as bring value...

Embracing Confusion from 2020-02-14T10:00

What does it mean to be confused? What is happening in our brains and what is happening in reality? In today's episode, we're digging into confusion and the role of perception in the work you do.

Thought Experiment - Rejecting Your Intuitive Solution from 2020-02-12T10:00

Today we've got a thought experiment with the goal of flexing your lateral thinking muscles.

You Don't Have to Be a Slave to Self-Improvement from 2020-02-10T10:00

Why do you think you need to be great? In today's episode, we're getting clear on why we're motivated to reach our goals as developers and why we can so easily get caught in a trap of working in on...

Plans Should Be Functions, Not Documents from 2020-01-31T10:00

The plans we make shape our lives. In today's episode, we're talking about the things we actively choose to do with our time and the process of planning that plays into our futures.

What Are your Fundamentals? from 2020-01-29T10:00

One of the things you notice when observing great writers or coaches is that they've got a simplicity in their work. In today's episode we discuss the relationships between simplicity, complexity a...

Getting On The Right Level When Solving Problems Collaboratively from 2020-01-27T10:00

In today's episode we're talking about getting too much in the weeds vs. being too far removed. We'll talk about the pros and cons of each and offer suggestions to get out of the weeds and get down...

Management Anti-Pattern - Detail Abstraction from 2020-01-24T10:00

If you're standing in a building or riding in a vehicle, look around and think about some of the details around you. Who's job is it to manage the details?

Management Anti-Patterns - False Homogeneity from 2020-01-22T10:00

What are you focused on today?

Focus is perhaps the one superpower that's common in successful people. In today's episode, we're talking about a management anti-pattern that totally destr...

Management Anti-Patterns - Implicit Assignment of Responsibility from 2020-01-20T10:00

If you're listening to this episode in the morning, find a few moments with a piece of paper to write down your top three responsibilities for this week. In today's episode, we're talking about ass...

Two Biases that Can Affect Your Work and Relationships from 2020-01-17T10:00

Think about a recent simple decision you made. How rational was your decision making process? In today's episode, we're talking about two biases that can change the way you approach you work and yo...

You'll Never Have All of the Information from 2020-01-16T10:00

Information gathering and solving problems is a fun part of the developer role. In today's episode we're talking about the pros and cons of gathering too much information.

Productivity Isn't About How Much You Get done from 2020-01-13T10:00

Trying to find the most productive way to work. In today's episode we're talking about different ways to think about productivity.

3 Guidelines for Happier Work with Designers from 2020-01-10T10:00

One of the most misunderstood relationships on cross-functional teams are the role of the designer and developer. Often conflicts can go unresolved and assumptions arise of designers and developer ...

Holiday Re-Air: Interview w/ Gabriel Weinberg (part 2) from 2019-12-27T10:00

Happy holidays! Today we re-air part two of our interview with Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo. Thank you for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode and we're looking forward to sharing new e...

Holiday Re-Air: Interview w/ Gabriel Weinberg from 2019-12-23T10:00

Today we re-air an interview from 2019 with Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of DuckDuckGO. Happy holidays and hope you enjoy this interview!

Simplifying from 2019-12-20T10:00

In this episode, we're talking about working with distraction and how we can focus better in the new year.

What We Do With a Lack of Information from 2019-12-18T10:00

Today's episode is about perspective. When you have the perspective that most of what you experience will eventually be forgotten.

Disagreeing Better, On Purpose from 2019-12-16T10:00

Think about any relationship you've had, specifically a professional relationship. These relationships have either explicit or implicit agreements. In today's episode we're talking about explanatio...

Two More Guidelines for Better Feedback Loops (Part Three) from 2019-12-13T10:00

Are your processes useful? In the last couple of episodes, we've been talking about feedback loops and in today's episode we're continuing that discussion and zooming out to make sure our feedback ...

Two Guidelines for Better Feedback Loops (Part Two) from 2019-12-11T10:00

In the last episode we talked about feedback loops and in today's episode, we're talking about how that feedback loop can lead to automatic responses.

Managing Requests, Making Commitments from 2019-11-29T10:00

Today we're talking about how to think about requests and different ways to manage too many requests.

The Benefit of Our Predecessors from 2019-11-27T10:00

We're taking a moment to express a bit of gratitude for our environment that gave us the opportunity to work in the development field.

The Illusion of Balancing Priorities from 2019-11-25T10:00

The conflict you face on your team is likely due to competing priorities. Ultimately, it's on us to determine what our priorities are when pulled in different directions. In today's episode, we'r...

Commit To Actions, Measure Outcomes from 2019-11-22T10:00

Take a minute to think about the amount of responsibilities you have.

Check Your Leverage from 2019-11-20T10:00

Everybody's words have influence on the people around them. In today's episode, we're going to talk about how our words can give us leverage as a professional and fellow team mate.

Meetings Can Trick Your Emotions from 2019-11-18T10:00

How can we avoid the false sense of positivity that can occur after meetings and how can we engage in the right kinds of meetings?

Preserving Subcultural Language from 2019-11-16T10:00

Today, we're talking about how your companies sub-cultural language and how that relates to clarity in knowledge transfer.

Different Behaviors with the Same Values - Practicing Modes from 2019-11-13T10:00

In the last episode, we talked about modifier functions. In today's episode, we're talking about modes and paradigms in the form of everyday goals and processes.

How Small Behaviors Cascade into Life-Changing Results from 2019-11-11T10:00

Context is a big deal in the job of a developer. In today's episode, we're applying a zoomed out model of thinking to everyday behavior to make us better developers, co-workers and leaders.

Interview with Anil Dash (Part 2) from 2019-10-30T09:00

Today we air part 2 of our interview with Anil Glitch, CEO of Glitch.

Interview with Anil Dash (Part 1) from 2019-10-28T09:00

In this part 1 of our two part interview with Anil Dash, CEO of Glitch we talk about how Glitch got its start, and whiteboard interview processes.

Seeking a Disconnected Perspective from 2019-10-25T09:00

In today's episode, we're going to use a visualization to understand our perspective.

Balancing Accountability and Empathy from 2019-10-23T09:00

Accountability can have a profound impact on your willingness to follow through with commitments. In today's episode we're talking about what it means to have accountability.

Habits of Successful Software Engineers - Multiplying Value by Thinking in Systems from 2019-10-21T09:00

Habits of Successful Software Engineers is a series here at Developer Tea and today we'll continue those skills with an episode on system thinking.

Messages in Object Oriented Programming from 2019-10-18T09:00

A lot of the work of a developer and determining how things come together, comes down to the developers themselves.

Be Present While Thinking on the Past and Future from 2019-10-16T09:00

In today's episode we're talking about intentionally thinking about the future and reflecting on the past.

Leverage As A Career Heuristic from 2019-10-14T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about a specific heuristic to drive your career growth.

Don't Use Transparency As a Weapon from 2019-10-11T09:00

In today's episode we're talking about a behavior that's gained a lot of traction lately and that's being radically candid with your co-workers.

Admitting When You Don't Know from 2019-09-30T09:00

A lot of bad advice is given when experiencing a bad interview. In today's episode we're going to talk about how to handle bad interviews in a positive way.

From Explicit to Implicit: When Our Mental Energy is Wasted from 2019-09-28T12:30

In today's episode we talk about moving some wasteful processes and systems from explicit to implicit.

Today's episode is sponsored by Bluemedora. Upgrade your monitoring platform with Bin...

Implicit to Explicit: Management Systems from 2019-09-25T09:00

In the last couple of episodes we've been talking about how to move certain implicit systems to become more explicit. Personal ways of thinking and mechanisms that help us get through our day by go...

Implicit to Explicit: Perception and Emotions from 2019-09-23T09:00

This week we continue to discuss the implicit processes that our brains make and how we can make those processes more explicit. In today's episode we're talking about implicit emotions.

Moving Implicit Systems to Be More Explicit from 2019-09-20T09:00

In the next few episodes we'll be diving into the auto-pilot systems and the implicit decisions that we make and how they can effect our growth as developers.

Progress by Habit, Perception by Exception from 2019-09-18T09:00

Memories are faulty and perceptions are skewed. In today's episode, we're talking about perceptions and how those can skew our understanding of our career paths.

Product Mindset w/ Jessica Hall (Part 2) from 2019-09-16T09:00

Today's episode we're joined by Jessica Hall, Co-Author of the book [Product Mindset](https://productmindset.com/)and in this part two of our two part interview with Jessica we talk about the caree...

Product Mindset w/ Jessica Hall (Part 1) from 2019-09-13T09:00

If you've worried about your job becoming automated or your looking for ways to grow into you next role, this episode with Jessica Hall is for you.

How To Be A Bad Manager from 2019-09-11T09:00

In today's episode, we're looking at the things we want to do in order to become a bad manager and uncover the "why" behind bad manager's behaviors.

Your Purpose is Not a Point in the Future from 2019-08-30T09:00

Different ways to think about finding purpose.

Listen To This In You're Feeling Stuck from 2019-08-28T09:00

If you're feeling stuck right now, this is the episode for you.

Improve Your Team by Rejecting These Bad Assumptions from 2019-08-26T09:00

Today we're focusing on self-improvements as a team.

Using Pre-Mortems to Find the Opposition to Our Focus from 2019-08-23T09:00

Focus.

Taking Advantage of Your Time as a Student from 2019-08-21T09:00

School will be starting soon and in today's episode we're talking specifically to students.

Beating Boredom in Your Career from 2019-08-19T09:00

We've all experienced boredom.

Short Term Decisions, Long Term Mindset from 2019-08-16T09:00

Today we're talking about thinking long term.

Beating Dogma And Choosing The Right Tools from 2019-08-14T09:00

The stereotype that developers are highly opinionated.

Reaping Rewards by Expecting Success from 2019-08-12T09:00

It's important to find ways to succeed.

3x3 - Relating Better With Difficult Coworkers from 2019-07-31T09:00

Whether we like to admit it or not we've all dealt with a difficult coworker.

3x3 - Uncovering Hidden Information from 2019-07-29T09:00

This week, we go back to an older format - 3x3. This week we'll give three different techniques for different challenges we're faced with as developers today, we're talking about Uncovering Hidden ...

Belief Substitution from 2019-07-26T09:00

Think about a belief you hold relatively strongly.

Career Decisions and Penalty Kicks from 2019-07-24T09:00

Imagine that you aren't a software developer and instead a goalie. How would you defend a penalty kick?

How to Affect Organizational Change from 2019-07-22T09:00

Perhaps one of the most undervalued skills of developers to to affect change.

Every Decision is an Opportunity Tradeoff from 2019-07-19T09:00

Our fear of missing out is usually a fear of missing out on a specific opportunity.

The Dangerous Characteristics of 10x Engineers from 2019-07-17T09:00

You've probably seen the stereotypical hacker type. Someone who stays up late, drinking energy drinks endlessly and working in the dark. In today's episode we're uncovering core features of the 10x...

You're Not So Important - Why Our Ego Drives Anxiety in the Workspace from 2019-07-15T09:00

Today, we're talking about managing anxiety in the workspace.

Finding Beginner's Luck Again from 2019-07-12T09:00

In your career, you've probably experienced beginner's luck. Today, we'll put ourselves in a beginners shoes and get an understanding of why beginner's luck exists.

Part 3: An Elegant Puzzle Book Discussion w/ Will Larson from 2019-07-10T09:00

Will is an engineering manager at Stripe, and he recently published a book titled, An elegant puzzle.

How Do I Choose a Starting Point for Best Practice? from 2019-06-30T14:00

It's important to have a foundation for best practice but where does it come from?

Reversing Adversarial Dynamics in Interviews from 2019-06-26T09:00

Whether you have a job or interviewing for someone to take a job, we are looking for others to provide us feedback.

Accelerate Your Career with Pattern Matching from 2019-06-24T09:00

How many sinks are in your house? You have the information to access this information, and in this episode we can walk through challenges we face.

Individual Contributor Career Growth w/ Matt Klein (part 2) from 2019-06-21T09:00

In today's episode we're chatting again with Matt Klein.

Individual Contributor Career Growth w/ Matt Klein (part 1) from 2019-06-19T09:00

What does a long career as an individual contributor look like? The answer isn't always clear cut, especially if you're give the option of becoming a manager. Today, we'll talk to Matt Klein about ...

The Connection Between Imagination, Confidence and Performance from 2019-06-17T09:00

What do you expect from yourself? Today, we're talking about personal expectations.

How Can Two Rational People Disagree? from 2019-06-12T09:00

We talk about how difficult it is to find a method to produce the results you want.

Test Driven Meetings - Measuring Outputs and Side Effects from 2019-06-10T09:00

Take a moment and open your calendar. Look across the last week or two and look at the different meetings you had. Today, we're talking about meaningful meetings.

Mental Models w/ Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo (part 2) from 2019-05-31T09:00

One of the most amazing things about the human brain and it's ability to make connections. We talk with DuckDuckGo CEO, Gabriel Weinberg about just that in part 2 of this interview.

Mental Models w/ Gabriel Weinberg (part 1) from 2019-05-29T09:00

One of the most amazing things about the human brain and it's ability to make connections. We talk with DuckDuckGo CEO, Gabriel Weinberg about just that in part 1 of this interview.

Great Code is Marked by Flexibility from 2019-05-27T09:00

There is no one right way to write software. In today's episode we're talking about code that does what you want it to.

Crafting Your Work By Your Strengths from 2019-05-24T09:00

You are better off focusing on strengths and becoming an expert than improving your weaknesses to a level of mediocrity.

Make Your Problems Smaller from 2019-05-22T09:00

Make your problems small enough to fit in your head, then compose your solutions.

Three Things I Wish I Learned Earlier in My Career As A Software Developer from 2019-05-20T09:00

Three things I wish I knew starting out as a software developer.

3 Red Flags that You're Heading for Burnout from 2019-05-17T09:00

Listening requires that you have space. Burnout is a real effect and in today's episode we're talking about how to watch out for burnout.

3 Principles for Your Job Search from 2019-05-15T09:00

There's a difficult road in front of anyone who is on a job search. Occasionally, opportunities will land in your lap, but more often, it's a constant review of scanning job descriptions and applic...

Mental Simulations - Information (A)Symmetry from 2019-05-13T09:00

In our last episode we talked about big decisions. In today's episode, we're talking about uncovering new options that you didn't think existed.

Mental Simulations - Persona Perspectives from 2019-05-10T09:00

Our experience as humans is a difficult one to wrap our minds around. Often what we see clearly from the outside looking in is obscured from the inside looking out.

Three Career-Changing Perspective Shifts When Preparing to Start A New Job from 2019-04-29T09:00

New jobs are exciting, but it can also be challenging. In today's episode we're talking about the perspective of starting a new job.

Uncovering Your Unconscious With Flagged Behaviors from 2019-04-26T09:00

Nobody choses to do things against our interest. In today's episode, we're talking about decisions we face on a daily basis.

Meetings - Good, Bad, Or Just Complex? from 2019-04-24T09:00

I want you to think back to the last meeting you had....did you feel like it was a waste of time?

Modeling Decisions as Dynamic Functions from 2019-04-22T09:00

As a developer, part of your job is estimating risk and value. In today's episode we're talking changing our risk and value evaluations from a static process to a functional process.

Thinking in Bets w/ Annie Duke (part 2) from 2019-04-19T09:00

What if every decision you made had a bet attached to it? That's

Thinking in Bets w/ Annie Duke (part 1) from 2019-04-17T09:00

What if every decision you made had a bet attached to it? That's

Uncovering Deeper Motivations and Goals from 2019-04-15T09:00

Take a moment to think about one of your most important goals in life.

Ambiguous Goals, Concrete Actions from 2019-04-12T09:00

When you talk about career goals, you often talk about results.

Focusing Career Progress from 2019-04-10T09:00

No matter where you are in your career, whether a developer, designer, PM or manager you have aspirations.

Headroom from 2019-03-29T09:00

What makes you feel comfortable and safe? In today's episode, we're talking about taking risks.

Seek to Understand Rather than Persuade Others Perspectives from 2019-03-27T09:00

Take a moment to do a thought experiment. Remove your thought extractions.

Bonus Episode - Soft Skills Engineering Meets Developer Tea from 2019-03-26T09:00

Today is a special episode of Developer Tea, we're airing an episode in which Jonathan was interviewed by the folks at Soft Skills Engineering podcast.

Habits and Replacement Behaviors for Interrupting Triggers from 2019-03-22T09:00

What is the one thing you do automatically that you wish you could change?

Interview w/ Ali Spittel (part 2) from 2019-03-20T09:00

In part 2 of our interview with Ali we cover what Ali's working on now and things she wishes people would ask her more about.

Interview w/ Ali Spittel (part 1) from 2019-03-18T09:00

We all have different experiences coming into development, and today we talk with Ali Spittel, a software engineer at Dev.to, director at Women Who Code - DC and lead instructor at General Assembly.

Witness Protection Program from 2019-03-15T09:00

Do you trust yourself to know what you want?

Habits of Successful Software Engineers - Getting to Code Quickly and Model Thinking from 2019-03-13T09:00

In today's episode we're talking about two habits that successful software engineers employ when facing a problem.

Stress Response and Anger as a Secondary Emotion from 2019-02-27T10:00

In today's episode, we're going to talk about the different stages of stress and how we can better manage our influence in the job when we're experiencing a stressful situation.

Problem Solving Intuitions - Additive, Subtractive and Reorganizational Thinking from 2019-02-25T10:00

In today's episode, we're talking about solving problems by subtraction vs. additive solutions.

Starting Your Work Day with Autonomy from 2019-02-22T10:00

One of the most valuable things you've got is the first part of your working day. In today's episode, we're talking about the best use of those first hours in your day.

Making Decisions - Fighting Fear and Time Warping from 2019-02-20T10:00

One of the barriers to connecting with your career purpose is fear. In today's episode, we're going to talk about working toward your goals knowing that fear will be there with you.

How We Construct Software, Part 4b: Code and Communication from 2019-02-19T10:00

In today's episode, we dive into the rest of the communication model we started discussing in the previous episode in this series.

How We Construct Software, Part 4a: Code and Communication from 2019-02-15T14:15

In part four of our discussion on how we construct software, we're discussing a theory of communication, and how it applies to code. This is a two-part episode (A and B) - subscribe so you don't mi...

How We Construct Software - Part Three (Decision Variance) from 2019-02-13T10:00

In today's episode, we discuss factors that lead to decision variance when constructing software.

How We Construct Software - Part Two (Beliefs and Models) from 2019-02-11T10:00

In today's episode, we're going to talk a little bit about belief.

When Best Practices Backfire - The Peltzman Effect from 2019-01-30T10:00

Today, we're talking about risk compensation.

Replace Your Implicit Questions to Break Out of Incrementalism from 2019-01-28T10:00

Most of the changes you make as a developer are incremental. That's what we're talking about in today's episode.

Self-Awareness and Intellectual Honesty from 2019-01-25T10:00

When was the last time you lied?

Treating Your Brain as More Than a Machine from 2019-01-23T10:00

In today's episode, we're talking about missed opportunities.

Improving Confidence and Neutralizing Threats Through Detached Perception from 2019-01-21T10:00

In today's episode, we're talking about responding to situations

High-Churn Code Should Be Your Cleanest Code from 2019-01-18T10:00

What code do you believe should be the cleanest?

Mental Models - Lenses for Thinking and Decisions (Part 2) from 2019-01-16T10:00

In today's episode of Developer Tea we're continuing the discussion on challenging our mental models.

Mental Models - Lenses for Thinking and Decisions (Part 1) from 2019-01-14T10:00

Improvement is not a simple concept but usually comes from experience. In today's episode, we're talking about improvement based on questioning what kind of information you should be seeking.

Adding tests to a big untested codebase - Where do I start? from 2019-01-11T10:00

Where do you start when you're adding tests to an untested codebase? That's what we're talking about in today's episode of developer tea.

Interview w/ Ben Orenstein (Part 1) from 2018-12-31T10:00

You might remember today's guest back in episode 19 & 20. Today, we talk about new projects with the guest of the show, Ben Orenstein. During part 1 of this two-part episode, we dig into different ...

Interview w/ Michael Chan (pt. 2) from 2018-12-28T10:00

Today's episode of developer Tea is a personal episode with Michael Chan and today we're digging into faith, life and difficult situations. I challenge you as you're listening to part 1 of this wee...

Interview w/ Michael Chan (pt. 1) from 2018-12-27T10:00

Today's episode of developer Tea is a personal episode with Michael Chan and today we're digging into faith, life and difficult situations. I challenge you as you're listening to part 1 of this wee...

Why Rules Apply Especially to Exceptions from 2018-12-14T10:00

In today's episode, we're talking about a different way of looking at rules and perhaps come to a different conclusion on rules and understanding how and when rules apply.

3 Practical Steps for Avoiding Narrative Biases from 2018-12-12T10:00

One of our brain's main jobs is to predict our safety and survival, and stories are one of the best ways to pass down a framework to predict the future based on past experiences. In today's episode...

Proof of Complexity and Seeking Simplicity from 2018-12-10T10:00

Today we're talking about the reality that the work we're doing as developers is complex and those complexities interact with each other. In today's episode, we're talking about ways to chase simpl...

Practicing Non-Attachment as a Developer from 2018-11-30T10:00

In today's episode, we're talking about the concept of detachment and how it corresponds to a developers work and behavior.

A Discussion On Falsehoods Developers Believe from 2018-11-28T10:00

Today we're talking about various falsehoods. We'll identify some common encounters, and offer some insight into resolving falsehoods when you identify them.

Three Overconfidence Smells from 2018-11-26T10:00

Today we're talking about ways to identify overconfidence in yourself and in your co-workers and we'll offer some tips to address overconfidence.

A Challenge Towards Gratitude from 2018-11-23T10:00

Having a thankful attitude of the world around you has proven to benefit you mentally, physically and emotionally. In today's episode, we're talking about a particular way of reflecting inward by r...

Observing Your Stress Responses from 2018-11-21T10:00

Take a moment to think about how you respond to stress. You're tested when you face a challenge or a problem occurs in your world.

In today's episode, we're going to talk about the ways w...

How Relative Comparisons Affect Our Decisions from 2018-11-19T10:00

There's a common reason why we over optimize code, why different companies have different levels of quality of code, and why you choose the size of coffee you choose when grabbing a cup of joe. In ...

Interview w/ Julian Shapiro (part 2) from 2018-11-16T10:00

In today's episode, we're joined again by Julian Shapiro and in the second part of a two-part episode. In this episode, Julian talks about how his past experiences building projects lead him down ...

Interview w/ Julian Shapiro (part 1) from 2018-11-14T10:00

In today's episode we're joined by Julian Shapiro and in this first part of a two-part episode, Julian talks about building Velocity. js and what he learned while building that project. Be sure to ...

Inhibition, Fear, and Two Mindsets for Moving Forward in the Face of Uncertainty from 2018-11-12T10:00

Fear can often keep us from moving forward and in today's episode, we're talking about different techniques to keep us moving into uncertainty one step at a time.

3 Considerations of Symmetry in Code from 2018-10-31T09:00

In today's episode, we're going to define symmetry in code and identify three things to consider when identifying what tradeoffs we're making in our work.

Learning React - Part 2 (Three lessons from the perpetual path) from 2018-10-30T09:00

Today's episode we're talking about three specific lessons that I've learned while working in React, and the hope is that this episode to help you consider how a tool can help you learn a concept.

Learning React - Part 1 (More than just tooling) from 2018-10-29T09:00

Usually, on this show, we talk about ideas or research, but in today's episode, we're talking about my personal experience learning React and how we can apply an experience of learning in your care...

How to Argue Better from 2018-10-22T09:00

In today's episode, we're going to talk about a couple of strategies to get your ego out of the way so you can empathize with another person's opinion and argue better.

Three Perspective Shifts for Philosophical Engineering from 2018-10-19T09:00

In today's episode, we'll talk about vantage points or thoughts to ponder or lenses that we can look through to view our careers and goals from time to time and get a better grasp on the meaning fo...

Harmony Over Perfection from 2018-10-18T09:00

You are not the only person who matters in your purpose-driven career. That's what we're talking about in today's episode of Developer Tea. Finding advocates within you team or with your customers ...

Backwards Reasoning from 2018-10-15T09:00

It's important to view yourself as more than a part of a story. In today's episode, we're talking about the self-sabotage that comes with algorithms we identify for ourselves and how we can learn f...

Elected Distractions from 2018-10-12T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about ways that we intentionally give our attention to things that really don't matter, and how we can easily convince ourselves that a distraction is happening to...

Interview w/ Trevor Hinesley (Part 2) from 2018-10-10T09:00

Today we have an awesome guest that I met outside of his profession. Today's guest is Trevor Hinesley, who is the CTO of Soundstripe and in part 2 of this two-part interview with Trevor, we talk ab...

5 Learning Anti-Patterns from 2018-09-28T09:00

In today's episode, we're getting back to the bread and butter of learning and talking about the ways we learn and talk about five different anti-patterns for learning.

Three Co-Worker Anti-Patterns from 2018-09-26T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about three anti-partners that you are probably experiencing or creating with your co-workers that you have learned, observed or emulated based on the people aroun...

When (Not) To Listen To Advice from 2018-09-24T09:00

Think about a time when you got great advice. In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're going to talk about the relevance of advice we receive and how we should be listening and following the advi...

The Truth About Self-Consciousness & Likeability from 2018-09-21T09:00

Doing good work breaks down when you can't realize your own self-worth. In today's episode, we're talking about decision making. accepting that we'll make mistakes and the ability to take action in...

Advice and Survivorship from 2018-09-19T09:00

There are some huge glaring problems when we only look at successful people and try to emulate them. That's what we're going to talk about today, advice from successful people and what to question.

Evaluating the Downside of Shortcuts from 2018-09-17T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about the idea that shortcuts lead to a faster solution. Typically we make shortcuts in the name of getting a minimum viable product out the door. We'll dig into w...

Purposeful Mini-Rituals from 2018-09-14T09:00

What are some key things that make up your days? In today's episode, we're talking about purposeful rituals to help us find our career purpose.

Change Yourself Instead of the World from 2018-09-12T09:00

What do you need to be happy? Today we're going to talk about finding the things that we need to make us happy in ourselves and where we can put our efforts to continue making us happy down the road.

Facing Fears Instead of Supporting Them from 2018-09-10T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about uncovering internal fears and how we can face them, instead of avoiding them.

2 Ways to Use Explicit Systems from 2018-08-31T09:00

Today we're talking about intentionally defined systems to help us do our jobs better, so we can do our work smarter in the long term.

Suffering, Fear and Safety from 2018-08-29T09:00

In today's episode, we're reflecting on how we acted yesterday and exploring our opportunities ahead of us.

3 Ways to Simplify and Avoid Ego Depletion from 2018-08-27T09:00

In today's episode, we're going to talk about different tactics and times of day to make tough vs. easy decisions during your day.

Power of Expectations from 2018-08-24T09:00

What do you expect to happen today? Maybe it's in your career or if you're job searching, maybe it's an expectation in your email inbox, but what do you expect to improve on personally, today? In ...

Interview with Daniel Pink (Part 2) from 2018-08-22T09:00

Today we are thrilled to have [Daniel Pink](https://twitter.com/DanielPink?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) on the show, Daniel has four New York Time Best Sellers and Daniel...

Interview w/ Daniel Pink (Part 1) from 2018-08-20T09:00

Today we are thrilled to have Daniel Pink on the show, Daniel has four New York Time Best Sellers and Daniel has a wide variety of experience including being a chief speechwriter for Al Gore in the...

Accepting Change by Focusing on Continuity from 2018-08-17T09:00

Today I have some personal news to share, in addition to talking about life changes and accepting the fear that comes with change.

Appreciating Jerry Weinberg from 2018-08-15T09:00

The world of computer science lost a legend last week when Jerry Weinberg passed away on August 7th, 2018. Author of "The Psychology of Computer Programming" as well as "Introduction to General Sys...

Asymmetry and the Halo Effect from 2018-08-13T09:00

Something that's interesting about instruments is the asymmetry of the job of each hand for skilled musicians. That's what we're going to be talking about in today's episode, the idea of asymmetry ...

Fixing Remote Work Communication from 2018-08-10T09:00

As a developer, you've probably encountered an offer to pursue remote work. More and more people are working in a nomadic state as opposed to in an office. So it makes sense to do some studying aro...

Evidence is Not Proof from 2018-07-30T09:00

What was the last time you felt 100% certain about a conclusion you made? In today's episode, we're talking about conclusions and how we come to them. Today's episode will challenge you to ask more...

Fixing Overconfidence with Probabilities from 2018-07-27T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about how we view our co-workers around us and our perceptions of ourselves.

Replacing Implicit Questions from 2018-07-25T09:00

What questions are you answering right now? On today's episode we're talking about the power of questions, and more specifically the implicit questions that you're asking in your day.

Underestimating the Effects of Gratitude from 2018-07-23T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about the people who you're thankful for or impressed by and letting others know that we appreciate them with zero expectation.

Smaller Purpose from 2018-07-20T09:00

Part of the point of Developer Tea is to help driven developers connect to their career purposes. In today's episode, we're going to talk about finding purpose in smaller ways.

Problem Chains from 2018-07-18T09:00

Today we're talking about problems we face every day as developers, and we face problems every day in a lifecycle -- meaning our problems are almost never atomic.

Rollercoasters of Emotions from 2018-07-16T09:00

It's important that we remember ourselves as humans with emotions and recognize how our emotions affect our behavior and decisions.

Astrology and The Barnum Effect from 2018-07-13T09:00

In today's episode, we talk about astrology's methodology can be very persuasive and similarities in perceptions of code.

A Bug Story - How Narrative Bias Creates Blind Spots from 2018-07-11T09:00

Our brains are lazy, but if a story makes sense, that can be more persuasive than raw data and often picked up more readily than data.

Choice Frameworking from 2018-06-29T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about pros and cons lists based on what we're focusing on, either positive or negative and on the weight of our overall goals.

Three Ways To Avoid Choice Paralysis from 2018-06-27T09:00

Choices shape our careers, and in today's episode, we're going to talk about decision making and how we can evaluate decisions to move forward instead of letting decisions stop us.

Internal Dialogues and Barriers to Change from 2018-06-25T09:00

Today we're talking about changes that we want to make both for ourselves and in our careers.

To help guide this conversation, we'll be looking at a few motivational quotes from [Kent Bec...

Coding In The Moment from 2018-06-22T09:00

The way we develop is impacted by the way we view the world around us. In today's episode, we're talking about the concept of mindfulness and recognizing that the past is out of our reach while the...

We Become What We Get Used To from 2018-06-20T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about how you get used to something over time. More specifically we talk about how our normalcies are created.

Breaking Out of Incremental Thinking from 2018-06-18T09:00

In today's episode, we're talking about breaking the habit of incremental progress. How can we step away from solving the problems that are right in front of us and dig deeper into the core of a pr...

Interview w/ Andrew Ofstad from Airtable (part 2) from 2018-06-13T09:00

On this show, we often talk about breaking a problem down into smaller tasks, and in today's episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with [Andrew Ofstad](https://twitter.com/aofstad?lang=en), who...

Interview w/ Andrew Ofstad from Airtable (part 1) from 2018-06-11T09:00

On this show, we often talk about breaking a problem down into smaller tasks, and in today's episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Andrew Ofstad, who a co-founder of Airtable.

A...

Interview w/ Jon Yablonski (Part 2) from 2018-05-30T09:00

On this show, you know we talk about psychology quite a bit and today we sat down with Jon Yobonski to talk about LawsofUX.com and other practical phycological principles.

In the second ...

Interview w/ Jon Yablonski (Part 1) from 2018-05-28T09:00

On this show, you know we talk about psychology quite a bit and today we sat down with Jon Yobonski to talk about Laws of UX.com and other practical phycological principles.

In the first...

Obligations and the Consequence of Assumptions from 2018-05-25T09:00

Do you ever get the sense that your day is planned for you? In today's episode, we're talking about how much we believe our days are controlled by us vs. controlled by decisions we've made in the p...

Motivation Batching from 2018-05-23T09:00

Take a moment to take a few breaths. That's what we're talking about in today's episode, taking a moment to appreciate the time you live in and how far you've come as a person and a developer.

3 Habits of Learning Developers from 2018-05-21T09:00

Becoming a great developer comes with practice and observation. Today, we're going to talk about developing long-term learning habits of developers and ways that you can evaluate the health of your...

Write the Code You Wish You Had from 2018-05-18T09:00

How do you write beautiful code? This is an age-old question for developers and in today's episode, we're going to talk about different techniques to come out of a coding session feeling confident ...

Problem Solving Series #4: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning from 2018-05-16T09:00

Perhaps you've faced the problem where something works perfecting fine on your device but broken for someone else. Today, we're talking about ways to signal yourself when you're in these situations...

Problem Solving Series #3: Perspective Shifts from 2018-05-14T09:00

Have you ever tried to understand what a 4th dimension would feel like? In today's episode, we're going to be talking about gaining new perspectives and why it's so hard.

Problem Solving Series #2: Reframing from 2018-05-11T09:00

What is your most memorable de-bugging session? Today, we're talking about fixing our losses by reframing our situations.

Interview w/ Max Hawkins (Part 1) from 2018-04-30T09:00

What is your plan for today? Where are you going to go and what people are you going to interact with? A lot of the decisions we make become automatic. That's what we're talking about today with [...

Subtractive Thinking from 2018-04-27T09:00

What is on your mind? Today we are talking about ways we can inspect our default state of mind.

Fear, Change & Instincts from 2018-04-25T09:00

Think about the last 5....20 and 100 days. If you're like most people then most of those days had one thing in common that you can draw a line between and say you repeated. Today, we're talking abo...

Zero Dead Ends - Why Complaining Can Hold You Back from 2018-04-23T09:00

If you've ever known a small child, then you've probably noticed that when they get hurt, they react by running to an adult for consolation. We'd like to think that we grow out of this as adults, b...

3 Ways to Better Cultivate Coworker Connections from 2018-04-18T09:00

This week we're talking about practical things and today we're talking about 3 psychological realities that can help you connect better with your coworkers.

4 Code Smells (And How to Fix Them) from 2018-04-16T09:00

This week we're going to get very practical. Today we're talking about identifying code smells (very common ones) and a few ways to fix them.

4 Principles of Great Learners from 2018-04-13T09:00

What do great learners have in common? In today's episode we're talking about are the common factors of successful people and what we can learn from their experiences.

Slow Down on Your Quest for Happiness from 2018-04-11T09:00

Do you know what makes you happy? In today's episode we're talking about what it means to be happy and how to connect to our happiness when it changes from moment to moment

Misunderstood Truths About Statistics (Part 1) from 2018-03-30T09:00

What makes discussions about statistics sound cold? In today's episode we're breaking down the etymology of statistics, how it's evolved over the years and how we can make better decisions based on...

Why Most People Fail at Fixing Operations from 2018-03-28T09:00

How is it that we know the right things to do but often don't do them? In today's episode we'll be discussing internal operations that are so clearly correct but sometimes we fail to do it.

2 Structured Thinking Methods For Problem Solving from 2018-03-26T09:00

No matter what problem you're trying to solve, if you can create a structure to approach the problem you'll be faster at solving it. Today, I'll be sharing with you two strategies to help you struc...

3x3: Three Habits for Mental Hygiene from 2018-03-23T09:00

Most of us grow up learning skills to help us take care of things. Unfortunately we are not often taught how to keep our minds clear. In today's episode we're talking about ways to regularly help r...

3x3: Three Questions to Help You Uncover Your Short Term Purpose from 2018-03-21T09:00

Today's episode is all about the "now" that will lead you into the future. You may have grand visions of what happens in 10 years or even 20 years down the road, but what about today? How can you c...

3X3: Three Questions To Get Unstuck On Big Problems from 2018-03-19T09:00

Today's episode is about *big* problems. The kind that aren't answered simply or in a few words, but rather with a cascade of actions. How can you get unstuck on big problems?

Setting Better Problem Solving Parameters from 2018-03-16T09:00

What do grocery lists have in common with solving problems? As it turns out, quite a lot. In today's episode, we discuss solving problems by using parameters more effectively.

3 Problems Every Developer Will Face from 2018-03-14T09:00

Every industry has its problems, and this is also true for developers and the people in that industry. In today's episode we're talking about three problems developers face in this industry

Using Bloom's Taxonomy to Learn More Intentionally from 2018-03-12T09:00

How would you go about discovering if you actually learned something you wanted to learn? Today's episode is about evaluating whether or not you've learned something and how to shape your learning ...

Accepting The Unexpected from 2018-02-28T10:00

In today's episode, we talk about preparing for the unexpected.

**Today's episode is sponsored by [Linode](https://promo.linode.com/developertea/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=website&utm_...

Asking "Dumb" Questions from 2018-02-26T10:00

In today's episode, we'll discuss how important "dumb" questions can be.

**Today's episode is sponsored by [Linode](https://promo.linode.com/developertea/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=web...

The Importance of Mental Models from 2018-02-23T10:00

How is it that we can make so many decisions in a day? Today we're going to talk about what it means to have a mental model.

Actions As Objects from 2018-02-21T10:00

Take a minute to think about the last big bug you worked on and how you felt....today we're talking about a way to track down bugs and solving long, drawn out debugging sessions.

What Are You Creating? from 2018-02-19T10:00

In today's episode, we talk about the ripple effects of the work you do.

Thinking, Acting & Marshmallows from 2018-02-16T10:00

In today's episode, we discuss how experimenting can be more beneficial than thinking.

Olympics, Statistics & Raising Your Average Performance from 2018-02-14T10:00

In today's episode, we talk about a statistical phenomenon that might change the way you think about comebacks and falling stars.

Project-Oriented Mindset from 2018-02-12T10:00

In today's episode, we talk about a way to avoid feeling like you're just working on an endless list of tasks.

Your Brain Might Betray You from 2018-01-31T10:00

Your brain is your ally, and your enemy. This contentious relationship can make for some difficult experiences, and it makes sense for you to be aware of that reality. We'll discuss ways your brain...

Your Brain is Non-Linear from 2018-01-29T10:00

Action is non-linear. We'll break that down in today's episode, and explain how not understanding this core reality can lead to FOMO and impostor's syndrome.

3 Times When More Code Means Better Code from 2018-01-26T10:00

Usually, less code is better code. Refactoring usually looks best when lines of code are deleted and replaced with simpler solutions.

However, sometimes *more* code is actually the best an...

Our Imagined Fictions from 2018-01-24T10:00

Your imagination is powerful but sometimes it can lead us down a wrong direction. Today we're talking about fictions we create for ourselves, it's power and sometimes debilitating effects.

Bringing Your Whole Self to Work from 2018-01-22T10:00

In today's episode, we'll be discussing the importance of a holistic approach to working.

How Can We Be Wrong...Without Knowing It? from 2018-01-19T10:00

In what ways are you wrong? In today's episode we'll be continuing our discussion on perception and the ways in which we are wrong is an important question to ask ourselves.

Your Angle of Approach in Problem Solving from 2018-01-17T10:00

Ever had a brain block? How can you overcome that? In Today's episode we're talking about angles of approach in problem solving.

The Perception Principle from 2018-01-15T10:00

What does it mean to be wrong? Specifically what does it mean when our opinions are wrong? In Today's episode we're talking about differences in perceptions, what happens when we're wrong and the a...

Deconstructing The Lies We Tell Ourselves from 2018-01-12T10:00

Today's episode is a principles episode. We're talking about how you can be more truthful with yourself. How can you identify what you believe about yourself, and redirect the lies we tell ourselves.

Interview w/ Chris Shinkle (Part 2) from 2018-01-10T10:00

In today's episode, I talk with Chris Shinkle, Director of Innovation at SEP. I believe today's episode is one of the most important interviews I've done to date, and I hope you enjoy it as much as...

Setting The Course For 2018 from 2017-12-29T10:00

In today's episode, we will look ahead to 2018 and discuss the future of Developer Tea.

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2017 Year End Recap from 2017-12-27T10:00

In today's episode, we will recap what happened in 2017 on Developer Tea.

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Data Science w/ Elena Grewal (Part 2) from 2017-12-20T10:00

In today's episode, I talk with Elena Grewal, head of data science at Airbnb. We cover a wide variety of topics, so make sure you catch the first part of this interview as well!

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Data Science w/ Elena Grewal (Part 1) from 2017-12-18T10:00

In today's episode, I talk with Elena Grewal, head of data science at Airbnb. We cover a wide variety of topics, so make sure you catch the second episode in this interview as well!

Today'...

3X3: Anti-Resolutions To Kick Off Your 2018 from 2017-12-15T10:00

In today's episode, I give you 3 anti-resolutions to start out your 2018 planning.

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3X3: Questions that Could Change the Way You Think from 2017-12-13T10:00

It's 3X3 Week!

All week we'll be covering three tips to make you a stronger developer. Today's episode we cover three simple questions you can ask yourself that might change the way you ...

3X3: Fallacies to Avoid as a Developer from 2017-12-11T10:00

It's 3X3 Week! All week we'll be covering three tips to make you a stronger developer. Today's episode we cover three biases that you need to protect yourself from as a developer.

How A Text Message Can Trigger Behavior Change from 2017-11-29T10:00

In today's episode, we continue talking about behavior change. This time, we're discussing how a simple reminder can make a huge difference.

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Inspiring Stories From Listeners - Basil's Story from 2017-11-27T10:00

In today's episode, we hear an inspiring story from listener Basil.

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Interview Week: First Impressions from 2017-11-24T10:00

In today's episode, we continue interview week by talking about the importance and psychology of first impressions.

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Interview Week: Characteristics of Growth Oriented Questions from 2017-11-22T10:00

In today's episode, we continue interview week by talking about growth oriented questions.

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Interview Week: Heather Asks a Question About Dev Ops from 2017-11-20T10:00

In today's episode, we kick off interview week by talking about Heather's question about moving into devops from her current position.

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"Mindful Distractions" - Focus Week Listener Question from 2017-11-17T10:00

In today's episode, we continue Focus Week by answering a listener question about participating in mindful distractions.

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Focus Week: 3 Focus Factors from 2017-11-15T10:00

In today's episode, we continue Focus Week by discussing factors that contribute to focus.


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Focus Week: Deconstructing Distractions from 2017-11-13T10:00

In today's episode, we kick off Focus Week by talking about ways you can better attack your distractions through destructuring.


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3x3: Morning Routine Tasks Every Developer Should Do from 2017-11-10T10:00

In today's episode, we conclude the first 3x3 week with a list of 3 morning routine tasks every developer can benefit from.


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Interviewer's Wishes with Jason Vasquez (Part 2) from 2017-10-30T09:00

Today's episode is all about the environments we work in and the skills that contribute beyond the code. Jason Vasquez, CTO at Developertown, joins me as a guest.



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Working Environment and Secondary Skills w/ Jason Vasquez (Part 1) from 2017-10-27T09:00

Today's episode is all about the environments we work in and the skills that contribute beyond the code. Jason Vasquez, CTO at Developertown, joins me as a guest.

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Your Interview is Tomorrow? Here's Some Last Minute Advice from 2017-10-25T12:00

In today's episode we discuss a few pieces of advice for your upcoming interview.

How To Navigate Communication Problems - Listener Question from Enrico from 2017-10-23T09:00

In today's episode, Enrico asks about how to navigate situations where other people don't seem to understand him.


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Interview w/ Kristen Gallagher (Part 2) from 2017-10-20T07:00

In today's episode, I talk with Kristen Gallagher about HR. This isn't the boring stuff you think when you first hear the term human resources; we talk about how HR can help teams work better toget...

Interview w/ Kristen Gallagher (Part 1) from 2017-10-18T07:00

In today's episode, I talk with Kristen Gallagher about HR. This isn't the boring stuff you think when you first hear the term human resources; we talk about how HR can help teams work better toget...

The Most Important Part of My Day (Part 2) from 2017-10-16T07:00

In today's episode, we talk about a habit that I believe anyone listening to this can benefit from: a morning/evening journal session.

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The Most Important Part of My Day (Part 1) from 2017-10-13T09:00

In today's episode, we talk about a habit that I believe anyone listening to this can benefit from: a morning/evening journal session.

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Interview with Mark Engelberg (Part 2) from 2017-10-11T09:00

In today's episode, I interview Mark Engelberg. Mark creates puzzle games, and most recently created the "CODE" series of games in collaboration with ThinkFun. Mark's insights into learning and tea...

DCR: Ownership Level Responsibility from 2017-09-29T07:00

Today's episode is the next of a series of episodes extending our previous discussions from the Developer Career Roadmap. The first episode from that series can be found here: https://spec.fm/podca...

DCR: Open Minded Curiosity from 2017-09-27T09:00

Today's episode is the next of a series of episodes extending our previous discussions from the Developer Career Roadmap. The first episode from that series can be found here: https://spec.fm/podca...

DCR: Growth Mindset from 2017-09-25T09:00

Today's episode is the next of a series of episodes extending our previous discussions from the Developer Career Roadmap. The first episode from that series can be found here: https://spec.fm/podca...

DCR: Traits of a Great Developer - Communications Model (Deep Dive) from 2017-09-22T09:00

Today's episode is the next of a series of episodes extending our previous discussions from the Developer Career Roadmap. The first episode from that series can be found here: https://spec.fm/podca...

DCR: Traits of a Great Developer - Communications Expert from 2017-09-20T09:00

Today's episode is the next of a series of episodes extending our previous discussions from the Developer Career Roadmap. The first episode from that series can be found here: https://spec.fm/podca...

DCR: Traits of a Great Developer - Expanding Perspective from 2017-09-18T09:00

Today's episode is the next in the lineup of episodes extending our previous discussions from the Developer Career Roadmap. The first episode from that series can be found here: https://spec.fm/pod...

DCR: Traits of a Great Developer - Grit of a Scientist from 2017-09-15T09:00

In today's episode, we continue the DCR traits of a great developer. Today's trait is having the grit of a scientist.

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DCR: Traits of A Great Developer - Humility from 2017-09-13T09:00

Today's episode is the first of a series of episodes extending our previous discussions from the Developer Career Roadmap. The first episode from that series can be found here: https://spec.fm/podc...

Introspection - Part 2 - Why & Why Not from 2017-09-11T09:00

Today's episode is our second introspection episode - we'll be using values to ask ourselves two key questions about our decisions.

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