We've talked a lot about questions on this show. Questions are a powerful tool for developers and our collaboration. In today's episode, we're talking about questions as they lay the path to where our conversations lead us. How can we ask better questions? 🙏Thank You To Our Sponsor: Vettery Vettery is an online hiring marketplace that's changing the way people hire and get hired. Make a free profile, name your salary, and connect with hiring managers from top employers today. Listeners of Devel...
Nov 01, 2019•12 min•Ep. 753
Anil is the CEO of Glitch, an activist, writer and host of the podcast, Function. In today's episode, we sit down with Anil to talk about animating motivations, community building and career goals. ##👋Anil On the Web Twitter Website Podcast 🧡 Leave a Review If you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to iTunes and leave a review ! It helps other developers discover the show and keep us focused on what matters to you. 🍵 Subscribe to the Tea Break Challenge This is a d...
Oct 30, 2019•31 min•Ep. 752
Anil is the CEO of Glitch. He's an activist, writer and host of the podcast, Function. In today's episode, we sit down with Anil to talk about the origin story of Glitch and the journey to making cool things for and with the developer community and thoughts on the whiteboard interview process. 👋Anil On the Web Twitter Website Podcast 🙏Thank you to today's sponsor: Flatiron Learn UX/UI design flatironschool.com/developertea in 24 weeks and discover our global community on campus or online and g...
Oct 28, 2019•33 min•Ep. 751
Finding perspective is a key component of this show and in today's episode, we're going to explore a visualization of perspective to help us get a more zoomed out perspective for our day-to-day work. 🙏Thank You To Our Sponsor: Vettery Vettery is an online hiring marketplace that's changing the way people hire and get hired. Make a free profile, name your salary, and connect with hiring managers from top employers today. Listeners of Developer Tea will get an extra $300 bonus when you accept a j...
Oct 25, 2019•10 min•Ep. 750
Accountability provides an observable access to the things you're committing to following through on. Whatever your commitment is, having accountability means someone else has some visibility into what you're doing and what you said you would do. In today's episode, we're talking about effective accountability and accomplishing the things we set out to do and identifying the gaps that cause us to miss the things we set out to do. 🙏Thank You To Our Sponsor: Vettery Vettery is an online hiring ma...
Oct 23, 2019•10 min•Ep. 749
Most of what we do as developers is solve problems. In today's episode, we're talking about the skill of problem solving and working out hard problems in more detail. We'll talk through the nuance difference between multiplying their value and simply adding value. 🙏Thank you to today's sponsor: Flatiron Learn UX/UI design flatironschool.com/developertea in 24 weeks and discover our global community on campus or online and go back to school with Flatiron School! flatironschool.com/developertea !...
Oct 21, 2019•11 min•Ep. 748
In today's episode we're talking about a misconception that many developers carry about object oriented programming. We'll keep the episode short today but in today's episode we'll talk about object orientated programming as a message. 👋 Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectr...
Oct 18, 2019•6 min•Ep. 747
If you're living like the average developer, you have a lot of things coming up. Events, plans and holidays to name a few. We're looking forward based on our calendar and benchmarking what we've done in the past based on what we accomplished according to meetings and events on our calendars. In today's episode, we're talking about intentionally thinking about the future and reflecting on the past and identify when we're missing out on things happening in the present moment. 👋 Get in touch If yo...
Oct 16, 2019•13 min•Ep. 746
How do you set your goals? In the context of a company and as an individual contributor. In today's episode, we're talking about sustainability as a heuristic to help drive your career growth. 🙏Thank you to today's sponsor: Flatiron Learn UX/UI design flatironschool.com/developertea in 24 weeks and discover our global community on campus or online and go back to school with Flatiron School! flatironschool.com/developertea ! Change careers with confidence with 1:1 support from our dedicated Care...
Oct 14, 2019•15 min•Ep. 745
In today's episode we're talking about a behavior that's gained a lot of traction lately and that's being candid with people. We're going to talk about why this can be counter productive as a developer and how we can practice a transparent work culture in a more healthy way. 🙏 Today's episode is sponsored by Bluemedora . Upgrade your monitoring platform with BindPlane and unlock insights from all your on-prem, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud technologies. Get started today at Bluemedora.com/tea #...
Oct 11, 2019•12 min•Ep. 744
What does it mean to be a bad developer? In today's episode, we'll focus on the actions that won't get you fired but while continuing to keep your job these are actions that will stunt your career growth and personal development. 🙏 Today's episode is sponsored by Bluemedora . Upgrade your monitoring platform with BindPlane and unlock insights from all your on-prem, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud technologies. Get started today at Bluemedora.com/tea ##👋 Get in touch If you have questions about t...
Oct 09, 2019•12 min•Ep. 743
Understanding the difference between can do and will do, might be the key to understanding the affordance of possibilities especially when it comes to development decisions and what a user will chose to do because of that choice. 🙏 Today's episode is sponsored by Bluemedora . Upgrade your monitoring platform with BindPlane and unlock insights from all your on-prem, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud technologies. Get started today at Bluemedora.com/tea ##👋 Get in touch If you have questions about t...
Oct 07, 2019•13 min•Ep. 742
Today, we're talking about priming. Specifically in this episode we'll cover our reactions and responses to the things that happen to us on a day-to-day basis. The subtle cues that we take from our environment and how we act in relation to our careers and career growth. Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own ...
Oct 04, 2019•8 min•Ep. 741
Life gets overwhelming. In today's episode we'll talk about facing overwhelm and how can we focus on the things that matter the most and avoid crippling our progress when we're overwhelmed. 👋 Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-tea 🧡 Leave a Review...
Oct 03, 2019•13 min•Ep. 740
A lot of bad advice is given on ways to manage being in a bad interview as the interviewee. In this environment the interviewer is waiting for you to fail or talk about a time when you failed and how you respond to that question as an interviewee. In today's episode we're going to talk about how to handle bad interviews in a positive way. 🙏 Today's episode is sponsored by Bluemedora . Upgrade your monitoring platform with BindPlane and unlock insights from all your on-prem, hybrid-cloud, and mu...
Sep 30, 2019•9 min•Ep. 739
In today's episode we talk about moving some wasteful processes and systems from explicit to implicit. Today's episode is sponsored by Bluemedora. Upgrade your monitoring platform with BindPlane and unlock insights from all your on-prem, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud technologies. Get started today at Bluemedora.com/tea
Sep 28, 2019•10 min•Ep. 738
In our last episode we talked about taking implicit or automatic processes and making them more explicit, bringing them to a slower thought process. If you're a manager at a company, this episode is for you. Today we're digging into implicit and explicit management systems. We'll cover some systems that you can effect and how they can create a more positive working experience for you as a manager and your team. 👋 Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversa...
Sep 25, 2019•10 min•Ep. 737
In our last episode we talked about taking implicit or automatic processes and making them more explicit, bringing them to a slower thought process. In today's episode we're digging into our emotions. We'll cover the influence our emotions have in our daily lives and specific ways that we can have a positive influence on our own emotions and understanding why those emotions are happening and offer some tips on how we can manage any negative or intense emotions. 🙏This episode is sponsored by Bar...
Sep 23, 2019•11 min•Ep. 736
Auto-pilot systems that we use to help us make decisions can be incredibly useful and in the worst of times these can take away from our ultimate goals. In today's episode, we're sharing two things that you can do to take implicit systems that you care about and make them explicit. Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or sta...
Sep 20, 2019•14 min•Ep. 735
In today's episode, we're talking about the relationship between our perception of habits and how those effect the outlook on our careers. How does our baseline behavior effect the outcome of our exceptional life and career events? 👋 Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.c...
Sep 18, 2019•12 min•Ep. 734
Today's episode we're joined by Jessica Hall, Co-Author of the book Product Mindset and in this part two of our two part interview with Jessica we dive deeper into the product mindset and talk about things to look for in order to progress to the next chapter of a career in product development. Jessica On The Web Twitter Website 3Pillar Global 🙏 This episode is sponsored by Barclays . Barclays is hiring! At Barclays, developers are always developing. Find your next role at https://home.barclays/...
Sep 16, 2019•32 min•Ep. 733
Today's episode we're joined by Jessica Hall, Co-Author of the book Product Mindset and in this part one of our two part interview with Jessica we talk about the career things she's most interested in right now and the three things that distinguish the folks she works with. Jessica On The Web Twitter Website 3Pillar Global 🙏 This episode is sponsored by Barclays . Barclays is hiring! At Barclays, developers are always developing. Find your next role at https://home.barclays/developers today. ##...
Sep 13, 2019•43 min•Ep. 732
In today's episode, we're talking about bad managers but instead of outlining the things to avoid as a manager, we are looking at the things we want to do in order to become a bad manager and uncover the "why" behind bad manager's behaviors. This episode is sponsored by Barclays . Barclays is hiring! At Barclays, developers are always developing. Find your next role at https://home.barclays/developers today. Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation a...
Sep 11, 2019•10 min•Ep. 731
Today, we discuss the difficulty of imagining an alternate reality, and how that affects our decision making for the future. This episode is sponsored by Barclays. Barclays is hiring! At Barclays, developers are always developing. Find your next role at https://home.barclays/developers today.
Sep 09, 2019•10 min•Ep. 730
In today's episode, we discuss the difficulty of finding your personal purpose, and the tension we can all feel when we can't put our finger on our purpose. Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-tea 🧡 Leave a Review If you're enjoying the show and wan...
Sep 06, 2019•14 min•Ep. 729
In today's episode we're talking about behavior changes. Specifically motivations and how tricky it is to find the things we need to accomplish the goals we're focused on. Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-tea 🧡 Leave a Review If you're enjoying t...
Sep 04, 2019•9 min•Ep. 728
We can all expect to change daily, monthly and yearly. In today's episode, we're going through an exercise to identify changes we've experienced in our lives to identify how far we've come and where we're headed. Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-t...
Sep 03, 2019•16 min•Ep. 727
One of the most common topics for this show is the topic of finding purpose as a driven developer. In today's episode, we're talking about a different way to find purpose for yourself in the form of happiness. Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-tea ...
Aug 30, 2019•8 min•Ep. 726
The feeling of being stuck is hard and emotionally draining. In today's episode, we're providing strategies to help you get unstuck when you find yourself in it and offering tools when you're in the middle of being stuck. Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/de...
Aug 28, 2019•16 min•Ep. 725
We talk a lot about setting ourselves up for personal success. In today's episode, we're focusing on the philosophies of self-improvements as they would relate to working on a team. How can we create better habits as a development team? Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum...
Aug 26, 2019•15 min•Ep. 724
