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Why Great Developer Still Google Their Errors

Today we're talking about how we can still become great developers in craft and yet still find ourselves googling the things we've forgotten. We'll talk about how to get beyond ourselves as being great at something and remind ourselves that we are all continuing to learn and get better.

Published: 10/1/2018
Length: ~14m
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5 Learning Anti-Patterns

In today's episode, we're getting back to the bread and butter of learning and talking about the ways we learn and talk about five different anti-patterns for learning.

Published: 9/28/2018
Length: ~19m
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Three Co-Worker Anti-Patterns

In today's episode, we're talking about three anti-partners that you are probably experiencing or creating with your co-workers that you have learned, observed or emulated based on the people around us and specific behaviors that we can avoid to improve our relationships with our co-workers.

Published: 9/26/2018
Length: ~16m
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When (Not) To Listen To Advice

Think about a time when you got great advice. In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're going to talk about the relevance of advice we receive and how we should be listening and following the advice we get today and advice we've gotten in the past.

Published: 9/24/2018
Length: ~13m
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The Truth About Self-Consciousness & Likeability

Doing good work breaks down when you can't realize your own self-worth. In today's episode, we're talking about decision making. accepting that we'll make mistakes and the ability to take action in the face of uncertainty.

Published: 9/21/2018
Length: ~12m
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Advice and Survivorship

There are some huge glaring problems when we only look at successful people and try to emulate them. That's what we're going to talk about today, advice from successful people and what to question.

Published: 9/19/2018
Length: ~21m
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Evaluating the Downside of Shortcuts

In today's episode, we're talking about the idea that shortcuts lead to a faster solution. Typically we make shortcuts in the name of getting a minimum viable product out the door. We'll dig into what these shortcuts can do well and what we can miss is taking a shortcut as developers.

Published: 9/17/2018
Length: ~11m
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Purposeful Mini-Rituals

What are some key things that make up your days? In today's episode, we're talking about purposeful rituals to help us find our career purpose.

Published: 9/14/2018
Length: ~6m
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Change Yourself Instead of the World

What do you need to be happy? Today we're going to talk about finding the things that we need to make us happy in ourselves and where we can put our efforts to continue making us happy down the road.

Published: 9/12/2018
Length: ~13m
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Facing Fears Instead of Supporting Them

In today's episode, we're talking about uncovering internal fears and how we can face them, instead of avoiding them.

Published: 9/10/2018
Length: ~11m
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The Advantage Inexperienced Developers Have

In today's episode, we're going to talk about how the experiences you have influence your behaviors and the pros and cons of being experiences vs. experiencing something for the first time.

Published: 9/7/2018
Length: ~12m
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Magnitude of Our Beliefs

In today's episode, we're talking about our development beliefs and how we can prepare ourselves if those development beliefs are challenged and change.

Published: 9/5/2018
Length: ~11m
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What Exactly Is Bias, Anyway?

We talk about bias on this show quite a bit but haven't talked about what biases are. In today's episode, we're going to identify different types of biases and give you some tools to respond when you notice yourself reacting to bias.

Published: 9/3/2018
Length: ~9m
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2 Ways to Use Explicit Systems

Today we're talking about intentionally defined systems to help us do our jobs better, so we can do our work smarter in the long term.

Published: 8/31/2018
Length: ~11m
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Suffering, Fear and Safety

In today's episode, we're reflecting on how we acted yesterday and exploring our opportunities ahead of us.

Published: 8/29/2018
Length: ~15m
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3 Ways to Simplify and Avoid Ego Depletion

In today's episode, we're going to talk about different tactics and times of day to make tough vs. easy decisions during your day.

Published: 8/27/2018
Length: ~19m
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Power of Expectations

What do you expect to happen today? Maybe it's in your career or if you're job searching, maybe it's an expectation in your email inbox, but what do you expect to improve on personally, today? In today's episode, we're going to talk about our will and actions on a day-to-day basis.

Published: 8/24/2018
Length: ~10m
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Interview with Daniel Pink (Part 2)

Today we are thrilled to have [Daniel Pink](https://twitter.com/DanielPink?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) on the show, Daniel has four New York Time Best Sellers and Daniel has a wide variety of experience including being a chief speechwriter for Al Gore in the 90s, and has one of the 10 most watched talks on TED talks. In part 2 of our interview, we're going to talk about Daniel's recent work he's done and what he's excited about in his latest research and dig into his newest book, "When" The scientific secrets of perfect timing.

Published: 8/22/2018
Length: ~23m
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Interview w/ Daniel Pink (Part 1)

Today we are thrilled to have Daniel Pink on the show, Daniel has four New York Time Best Sellers and Daniel has a wide variety of experience including being a chief speechwriter for Al Gore in the 90s, and has one of the 10 most watched talks on TED talks. In part 1 of today's interview, we're going to talk about Daniel's experiences and writings and dive right into what Daniel wishes more people would ask him about.

Published: 8/20/2018
Length: ~22m
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Accepting Change by Focusing on Continuity

Today I have some personal news to share, in addition to talking about life changes and accepting the fear that comes with change.

Published: 8/17/2018
Length: ~11m
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