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Leadership & Management w/ Ravs Kaur (part 1)

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 joins us to talk about leadership and management.

Published: 10/14/2020
Length: ~34m
Elm in Action: Interview w/ Richard Feldman (part 2)

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 and beyond. In this part two of our interview, we cover Richard's personal experiences with programming and writing.

Published: 10/8/2020
Length: ~50m
Elm in Action: Interview w/ Richard Feldman (part 1)

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 and beyond. In this part 1 of the two part interview with Richard we discuss his journey into programming and in becoming an author.

Published: 10/8/2020
Length: ~40m
Self Confidence is Accepting Your Weakness

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.

Published: 10/5/2020
Length: ~11m
Interview w/ Michael Kennedy (part 2)

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 and how Michael would approach situations like, low points in his career.

Published: 9/30/2020
Length: ~32m
Interview w/ Michael Kennedy (Part 1)

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 Podcast and why he started it. Part 2 coming this Wednesday!

Published: 9/28/2020
Length: ~28m
Interview w/ David Marquet

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 Marquet, about how leadership and language are intertwined and what you can do to share your language to be a positive influence on your team.

Published: 9/25/2020
Length: ~25m
Give Up Control, On Purpose

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 let certain things go.

Published: 9/21/2020
Length: ~11m
Naomi Ceder Interview - 20 Years with Python (part 2)

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 Ceder. In this Part 2 of our interview with Naomi, we talk about staying consistent for 20 years, and how to keep going when the going gets tough.

Published: 9/16/2020
Length: ~25m
Naomi Ceder Interview - 20 Years with Python (part 1)

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 Ceder. In this Part 1 of our interview with Naomi, we talk about how she got started with Python.

Published: 9/14/2020
Length: ~32m
Intention, Action and Result

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 Developer Tea, we dig into questions typically asked of developers during reviews, and how to make broad questions more specific and easier to answer.

Published: 9/10/2020
Length: ~14m
Complexity Is A Scarce Resource

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 better decisions.

Published: 9/8/2020
Length: ~12m
5 Stages Of Relationships With Mistakes

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 deal with mistakes better.

Published: 9/2/2020
Length: ~20m
How Zero Sum and False Dichotomy Thinking is Distorting Your Decisions

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.

Published: 8/31/2020
Length: ~12m
Interview w/ Nicole Archambault (part 2)

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 deeper into the steps of code problem solving with examples and best practices.

Published: 8/26/2020
Length: ~45m
Interview w/ Nicole Archambault (part 1)

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 dive into her background in tech and go over the first steps to problem solving.

Published: 8/24/2020
Length: ~62m
4 Things You Have to Leave Behind as a Beginning Engineer

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 going to talk about 4 things you should leave behind when you choose to be a developer.

Published: 8/19/2020
Length: ~14m
Building Empathy To Focus on Downstream Effects

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.

Published: 8/17/2020
Length: ~11m
The Unique Advantages of Being a Beginner

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 opportunity.

Published: 8/13/2020
Length: ~16m
Explicit Heuristics and Cheap Tests

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?

Published: 8/10/2020
Length: ~12m

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