Developer Tea

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In today's episode, we're talking about goals and what we tend to give up in order to reach those goals. We'll cover how to define goals, and how to keep going toward your goals when motivations run thin. 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To You By: ZeBrand Setting up your brand with ZeBrand only takes 5 minutes and you’ll have instant access to your assets to start showcasing your product today at ht...

In today's episode, we're talking about balance as it relates to decision making. We'll dig into two models of thinking that can help us understand the nuance of balance as it relates to daily decisions. 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To You By: HeadSpin With HeadSpin, you only need one platform for testing, monitoring, and analytics across applications, devices, and networks. Check them out at hea...

A useful default is an action you can take on a regular basis that you expect to provide some level of utility. In today's episode, we're talking about the fine line between useful default behaviors and when those behaviors can lead you astray and become more of a distraction from an overall goal. 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To you by: Linode Whether you’re working on a personal project or manag...

How can you write a pull request that's productive? in today's episode, we're talking about how to be a better PR author by offering three guidelines to writing productive pull requests so that PR reviews go quickly and smoothly. 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To You By: ZeBrand ZeBrand helps you launch a product with minimum visual brand design resources without internal designers, costly agencies...

What does it mean to collaborate as an engineer with other engineers? In today's episode, we're talking about the pull request process and the lack of attention it seems to get from engineers. In this episode, we'll cover what a PR process is, the players in a PR review and offer four ways to be a better PR reviewer. 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To You By: HeadSpin With HeadSpin, you only need on...

How do our brains and our minds perceive code? In today's episode, we're talking about what code is to our mind vs. our brain? 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To you by: Linode Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has the pricing, support, and scale you need to take your project to the next level. Get started on Linode today with a special...

When you think correlation and causation you might think of graphs and research. As one data point changes another data point also changes. In today's episode, we're talking about controlling variables and how to avoid assuming that correlation is causation. 🧡 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 develop...

What effect does your value system have on your personal and professional growth? In today's episode, we're talking about context dependent decision making and how your current state of mind can influence decisions you make on a day-to-day basis and influence our happiness long term. 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To You By: HeadSpin With HeadSpin, you only need one platform for testing, monitoring...

We often don't know about all of the failures that exist, but what causes failure? The path to success is filled with failures along the way. In today's episode, we're challenging you to take a step into an unknown situation with understanding that you will likely fail and what failure means to your personal and professional growth. 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To you by: Linode Whether you’re wo...

In today's episode, we're doing a visualization exercise. Grab a piece of paper and pen or pencil and get ready to think about what you did today. 🧡 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 i...

The average engineer hears this over and over, "question your assumptions." In today's episode, we're identifying assumptions that make based on our behaviors in various situations. How can we avoid throw away responses like "it's the way we've always done things" when we or our teammates ask the question, "Why?" 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To You By: HeadSpin With...

When do you walk away from a problem to find the solution? In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're answering this question submitted from a listener. 📮Submit a Question Email: developertea@gmail.com Twitter: @DeveloperTea Leave a review: iTunes 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To you by: Linode Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing your enterprise’s infrastructure, Linode has t...

What are your default problem solving strategies? In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about the things we do on a regular basis and how our default behaviors shape the way we approach problem solving strategies when faced with a new situation. 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To you by: Educative.io Supercharge your career with interactive, text-based software courses. Visit Educative....

What makes up the orders that we follow? In today's episode, we're talking about truths about the world based on our pre-determined perceptions. We dig into how our predispositions inform our decision making and shape the way we solve problems as developers. 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To you by: Educative.io Supercharge your career with interactive, text-based software courses. Visit Educative....

In today's episode, we conclude the conversation with Dan Heath, author of a new book , Upstream. In this part 2 of the interview, Dan talks about quality of leadership and giving more praise to those leaders who solve for disaster before it happens and reduce the need of heroes to save the day when the system breaks. If you missed part 1 of the interview with Dan, be sure to go back and check tha...

In today's episode, we sit down with Dan Heath, author of a new book , Upstream. In this part 1 of the conversation with Dan, we discuss preventative work over reactive work among teams. 🌎Dan Heath On The Web Heath Brothers About Dan ✍️Mentions & Resources Anita Tucker Steven Spear 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To you by: Educative.io Supercharge your career with interactive, text-based softw...

At some point our knowledge runs out, but even more perplexing is the ability to look forward in time. In today's episode, we're talking about uncertainty that teams experience and how that uncertainty within a team can be a healthy marker to successful workers. 🧡 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 dev...

If you had to define learning to an engineer, you'd probably mention some type of fact memorization and functions to perform a task. In today's episode, we're talking about information gathering and better ways to learn a new skill. 🌪🤗 Tornado Relief Fund If you have the ability to help the Chattanooga communities hit by a tornado this week they are accepting donations here: https://cfgc.org/torn...

For the sake of this episode we're calling habits the effort it takes to do something with intuition. In today's episode, we're talking about how to break out of old habits and learn new habits when asked to adapt to change. 🧡 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...

What are some things you don't know about? In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about uncertainty, lack of knowledge, lack of clarity, and pushing past the feeling of guilt when we think about the things we don't know in order to stay mindful of our limitations and outline where we can improve. 🧡 Leave a Review If you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to...

Why are bad ideas important and why are silly questions needed? Very likely you've been in a meeting welcoming any question, good or bad. In today's episode, we're talking about being vulnerable in meetings with your peers and how the person leading the meeting can participate in the discussion by being vulnerable themselves. 🧡 Leave a Review If you're enjoying the show and want to support the co...

In today's episode, we're talking about the model of forcing functions or the choice that requires us to move in a specific direction. We'll talk about difference constraints that we can apply to our development or rules that we apply to our work in order to stretch our ability to problem solve and get around tough situations. 🧡 Leave a Review If you're enjoying the show and want to support the c...

What exactly is deliberate practice and how does it apply to intensionally putting yourself in a state of discomfort? That's what we're talking about in today's episode of Developer Tea. In today's episode, we'll talk about positive stress situations and the choices a developer can make to grow in their career. 🧡 Leave a Review If you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over...

In today's episode we're talking about the words we use to describe a problem we're working on. We'll discuss how our words frame problems faced and how we can broaden our ability to effectively communicate a problem to find a solution more quickly. 🧡 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 disco...