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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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Small Problems and Principled Engineering

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.

Published: 7/14/2020
Length: ~9m
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The Stories Your Code Tells

What is the story of your code?

Published: 7/8/2020
Length: ~6m
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Offensive and Defensive Software Engineering Strategies

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 defensive strategy?

Published: 7/6/2020
Length: ~10m
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Leveraging Our Emotional Goals

What are you willing to give up for your goals?

Published: 5/27/2020
Length: ~10m
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