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Accepting Irrationality

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.

Published: 8/8/2018
Length: ~15m
Fluidity of Time

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 - the plasticity and difficulty that time presents.

Published: 8/6/2018
Length: ~17m
Primitive Obsessions

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 Primitive Obsession.

Published: 8/3/2018
Length: ~10m
Future Features (Are Futile)

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

Published: 8/1/2018
Length: ~11m
Evidence is Not Proof

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 questions before landing on conclusions

Published: 7/30/2018
Length: ~10m
Fixing Overconfidence with Probabilities

In today's episode, we're talking about how we view our co-workers around us and our perceptions of ourselves.

Published: 7/27/2018
Length: ~16m
Replacing Implicit Questions

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.

Published: 7/25/2018
Length: ~11m
Underestimating the Effects of Gratitude

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.

Published: 7/23/2018
Length: ~6m
Smaller Purpose

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.

Published: 7/20/2018
Length: ~13m
Problem Chains

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.

Published: 7/18/2018
Length: ~9m
Rollercoasters of Emotions

It's important that we remember ourselves as humans with emotions and recognize how our emotions affect our behavior and decisions.

Published: 7/16/2018
Length: ~13m
Astrology and The Barnum Effect

In today's episode, we talk about astrology's methodology can be very persuasive and similarities in perceptions of code.

Published: 7/13/2018
Length: ~14m
A Bug Story - How Narrative Bias Creates Blind Spots

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.

Published: 7/11/2018
Length: ~13m
A Research-Backed Argument for Empathy

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

Published: 7/9/2018
Length: ~13m
A Problem Solving Paradox

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?

Published: 7/6/2018
Length: ~12m
Attentional Bias & Cognitive Expectations aka "It Was Right In Front Of You The Whole Time"

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?

Published: 7/4/2018
Length: ~14m
No Good Options

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 our careers when we feel like there are no good options out there for us, and how to remain optimistic.

Published: 7/2/2018
Length: ~10m
Choice Frameworking

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.

Published: 6/29/2018
Length: ~15m
Three Ways To Avoid Choice Paralysis

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.

Published: 6/27/2018
Length: ~18m
Internal Dialogues and Barriers to Change

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 Beck](https://twitter.com/KentBeck?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor). Kent is an author, speaker, and developer who's on a mission to help geeks feel safe in the world.

Published: 6/25/2018
Length: ~14m

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