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Your Present is Soon Your Past

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

Published: 7/1/2020
Length: ~11m
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Rejecting a Duel Identity

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.

Published: 6/29/2020
Length: ~6m
Uncomfortability, the Ultimate Teacher

Think back to the times you learned your most important lessons. What exactly was the teacher?

Published: 6/26/2020
Length: ~12m
Baseline Happiness and Delayed Achievements

When do you expect to achieve your goals? When do you expect to have the feeling that you have arrived?

Published: 6/25/2020
Length: ~9m
Finding Underlying Motivations to Stay Resilient In Your Career

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.

Published: 6/22/2020
Length: ~8m
Strategies for Overcoming Mental Blocks

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.

Published: 6/20/2020
Length: ~10m
What Will You Say When You Don't know?

How will you handle the pressure of not knowing something?

Published: 6/18/2020
Length: ~12m
Wishes, Beliefs, and Knowledge

Your actions and beliefs have a strong relation to each other. In today's episode, we're talking about how beliefs are formed.

Published: 6/15/2020
Length: ~7m
Listener Question from Saul: How Do I Communicate with Non-Technical Decision Makers?

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 in making a decision that has technical implications?

Published: 6/12/2020
Length: ~12m
How Questions Influence Pathways to Solutions

When you are solving difficult problems, the questions you ask can help determine the path you go down to solve those problems.

Published: 6/10/2020
Length: ~10m
4 Points Of Advice For Brand New Developers

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.

Published: 6/8/2020
Length: ~15m
What Does It Take To Change Your Mind?

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.

Published: 6/3/2020
Length: ~16m
Play, Stakes, and Learning

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.

Published: 6/1/2020
Length: ~10m
Leveraging Our Emotional Goals

What are you willing to give up for your goals?

Published: 5/27/2020
Length: ~10m
Mental Models for Finding Balance

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.

Published: 5/25/2020
Length: ~14m
High Certainty, High Value Defaults

What is a useful default and when can they lead you astray?

Published: 5/22/2020
Length: ~13m
3 Ways to Be a Better PR Author

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 can submit PRs better so reviews go quickly and smoothly.

Published: 5/20/2020
Length: ~16m
4 Ways to Be a Better PR Reviewer

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.

Published: 5/18/2020
Length: ~17m
What is Code, to Our Evolved Mind?

How does our brain perceive code in our environment and how does our mind make meaning out of our code?

Published: 5/15/2020
Length: ~16m
Correlation, Causation, Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Correlation is not causation. In today's episode, we're talking about how we get twisted around, thinking data correlation equals causation.

Published: 5/13/2020
Length: ~8m

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