We Should Be Working

Erik makes a reappearance (he was our first ever guest on episode 3) and successfully does the impossible - he gets Jace and Critter to agree on something. We talked about spreadsheets that should be apps, how to know when technological progress goes too far, and how much one's life experience changes who they are. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-shoul...

Critter whines about having too many meetings and not enough work friends. Jace moved around a bunch as a kid and that's part of why he is such a huge butthead as an adult. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter...

Jace loses his crap for 20 straight minutes and Critter can't stop laughing. And then Critter stresses out about being a good manager but a bad leader.  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitt...

Our buddy Mike Wight (aka: Mikey Dub) comes to visit on his last day at the agency we all worked at together. After failing hard at putting together a coherent intro, we talk about the time Mike got punched in college and some highs and lows from his past few years. Mike's blog: https://www.wight.ink/ Mike's Instagram with many bird pics: https://www.instagram.com/wightmike/ Mike's LinkedIn: https...

Critter still loses sleep over the memory of his pubescent Eleanor Roosevelt impression from 7th grade. Jace is against corporate managers and thinks Critter's job is a joke. They both think the word "expert" should be banned.   Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter...

Critter thinks the idea of a manager wearing different hats is hot water trash, Jace wants to float from project to project without ever taking on any responsibility, and we both want a "I'm being serious right now" button so that people know if they can ignore our ramblings or not. Picture of Critter's desk on gather.town: https://i.imgur.com/GDlbDfN.png Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https...

Critter runs through a few social anxiety challenges and Jace has no problem with any of them. Jace wants to build a career around never having another meeting. They both want to pay someone to yell insults at them if they aren't productive. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and...

Another random episode. We eventually made our way to talking about social anxiety, after talking about how long we could keep a job without doing any work and other such nonsense. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's...

Jace and Critter chat without a set topic to see if that ends up being a disaster or not. Spoiler: it went okay.  Lots of topics in this one, such as meetings that go on too long, estimates vs. appetites, Critter's 12 week goals, and purposely being uncomfortable. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy...

How do we define ourselves in a few sentences? Jace has a thing for septum piercings and identifies as a Pacific Islander. Critter thinks finding a significant other should be more like job interviews, or vise versa, or something.  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-crit...

The guys pick a few tips from this fantastic blog post and talk through them: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7hFeMWC6Y5eaSixbD/100-tips-for-a-better-life Jace reveals that he'd definitely pay well over $100 for ice cream. Critter admits to being a "quarantine rocks!" douchebag in 2020. They both get  excited about the fact that they're dying. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podc...

Critter has convinced himself that he has a fear of being included, but really he's suffering from FOMO just like everyone else.  Jace slowly goes downhill over the course of the episode due to a crippling migraine until he finally leaves with no warning to find a dark room. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage o...

Jace whines over and over about the unsolvable problem of people who whine over and over about unsolvable problems. Critter does some good old fashioned angry ranting about how most teams have bad retros because they're not talking about the real problems.  They both are frustrated at how the threshold between being seen as a productive complainer vs. a whiner is lower for women than men. Lea...

Jace talks through why he's overhauled his life multiple times. Critter whines about imposter syndrome. They both don't understand how they could possibly grow at the same rate they've been growing. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@g...

Jace's lifelong BFF Richard joins the guys to pick their brains about stuff from previous episodes. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcrittenden Critter's blog: https://critter.blog Ja...

Jace just wants to be jacked and tan and for everyone to leave him alone. Critter finds a way to compare Nazi Germany to the emptiness of achieving goals. They both have dumb, boring uses for a magic wand. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecritt...

Jace sees no problem with letting someone fall in love with him even if he only had 10 years to live. Critter would gladly live 500 years if he could keep that bangin' hot bod. For some reason the one thing they agree on is that losing a person you love is similar to losing a job you love. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072...

Critter gives the advice that giving advice is bad, and doesn't see the irony in that. Jace presents a short history of himself, most of which Critter never knew about.  Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitt...

Jace claims that Critter's best friends are actually just Facebook acquaintances. Critter tries and fails to convince Jace that friendship level is inversely proportional to potential for embarrassment. They both get very confused about many things. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/...

Critter rambles about the big pile of trash in his garage for some unknown reason. Jace isn't an actual adult, as far as we can tell. We both need therapists still. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https:...

Jace reveals that he actually does care about something (programming). Critter decides that work is just a proxy for making friends who can't leave him. We both need therapists. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Tw...

Our guest today is Erik Summerfield, Critter's former manager and Jace's current coworker.  He joins us to talk about when it's appropriate to be polite vs. blunt, and where honesty and authenticity fit in. We dig into giving feedback in the way that is most likely to be well received and whether to tell someone their hat is ugly.  Also, Jace and Erik team up against Critter which is rud...

We each name 5 mantras/guidelines that we base our decisions around and dig into them.  Also: Critter goes full therapy mode about his intense need to be liked. Jace doesn't care about much at all. We try and fail to figure out what it means to be successful. Jace says "rainblows" and then denies it. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-worki...

How many people do we need on Earth to be satisfied? Whales are mind blowing. Monks are just looking for status and approval. Jace thinks he'd want to see the Northern Lights alone but he's wrong. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gma...