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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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The Critical Importance of Labels

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 it is important to label well and why use a well through naming structure makes all the difference in our work.

Published: 8/5/2020
Length: ~12m
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Using Your Brain Without Thinking

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 problems?

Published: 8/4/2020
Length: ~11m
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Interview w/ Aaron Upright (Part 2)

In today's interview with Aaron Upright, cofounder of Zenhub, we talk about being forgiving to ourselves as developers.

Published: 7/29/2020
Length: ~30m
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Interview w/ Aaron Upright

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.

Published: 7/28/2020
Length: ~31m
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Are You Really An Exception, Or Are You Inflexible?

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.

Published: 7/22/2020
Length: ~6m
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Future Focused Feedback

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. In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about feedback and how to build a good feedback mechanism.

Published: 7/20/2020
Length: ~13m
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Stop Pushing Down Your Emotions

If you could pause everything right now, what would you feel the need to do?

Published: 7/17/2020
Length: ~8m
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