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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Stories Your Code Tells

What is the story of your code?

Published: 7/8/2020
Length: ~6m
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
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
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
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
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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