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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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Appreciating Jerry Weinberg

The world of computer science lost a legend last week when Jerry Weinberg passed away on August 7th, 2018. Author of "The Psychology of Computer Programming" as well as "Introduction to General Systems Thinking and quite a few other books, Jerry left us with a better understanding of what it means to be a developer. Today's episode is a tribute to Jerry's work.

Published: 8/15/2018
Length: ~9m
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Asymmetry and the Halo Effect

Something that's interesting about instruments is the asymmetry of the job of each hand for skilled musicians. That's what we're going to be talking about in today's episode, the idea of asymmetry that developers experience.

Published: 8/13/2018
Length: ~16m
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Fixing Remote Work Communication

As a developer, you've probably encountered an offer to pursue remote work. More and more people are working in a nomadic state as opposed to in an office. So it makes sense to do some studying around remote work and the tradeoffs between remote and in-office work.

Published: 8/10/2018
Length: ~18m
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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