We Should Be Working

After months and months of threatening to end the podcast at episode 100 if Adam doesn't come on, we got him on #99. Listen as he makes fun of Critter's peanut butter obsession, brags about making music with Jordan Hirsch (from episodes #69 and #86), and whines about the current state of video games. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id...

I don't remember anything about what we talked about here and I'm too lazy to listen back, but I do know Jace said he does yoga by himself <3 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/mcritt...

Jace and Critter, modern day philosophers, ponder nature vs. nurture when it comes to violent tendencies. Also some stuff about how this poddy has changed over time. Plus, Jace with kids?! GASP. 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...

Critter is building the monolith and nerds out a bit more with habit tracking. Jace thinks everyone should scrape their tongue.  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 Critt...

Erik joins us to talk about spanking kids and team jelling. Jace wants to hear some general tips for jelling teams, which infuriates Critter because different teams jell or don't jell for different reasons. They mostly yell at each other while poor Erik tries and fails to extract any value in the conversation. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-...

After a boring discussion about lifting routines, we chatted about whether we'd clone a loved one if they died. That led us into a formal request from Jace to just toss him into a dumpster when he dies. Also the quote "your ashes smelled like farts" is in there somewhere. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the po...

A stomach bug has exploded Critter's family. Jace writes gratitude statements every day, such as "I am thankful for Critter's love and brilliance." Critter set up a habit tracker to charge him money if he doesn't stick to his goals. 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/...

Erik felt so strongly about this blog post (https://critter.blog/2022/03/07/kill-your-temptations/) that he just HAD to come tell Critter all about why it's wrong. Obviously he is sadly mistaken and it is in fact HE who is 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/ Cr...

Mikey Dubb hopped on to chat about wildlife photography and nature conservation, cleaning out our closets/garages, and why Jace hates it so much when people talk about Hawaii. 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 Twit...

Also, Critter apparently isn't Jace's friend. 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 Jace just wants you to leave him alone.

We all argued about Joe's claim that unscheduled time is like shopping without price tags. Critter had to leave after the first 30 minutes, so the rest of this one is most likely dumb and not worth listening to. 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: mik...

And Jace pitches a hissy fit about it. Also talked about what Critter's ideal day is like, 10 years in the future. 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://...

Caroline is a Software Architect at Phase2, a biology nerd, and one of the most fascinating conversationalists I know. We chatted about the poison of convenience, the power of hobbies, the "I am owed" mindset, and the glorification of being a victim. Here are the links she mentioned: Gratitude journaling studies: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jclp.22020 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni...

***You can find/hire Jordan at https://jordanhirschcoaching.com/ *** Jordan joined us in episode #69 to talk about life and career coaching, and this time he came on to graciously give Critter a real life live coaching session. Thanks Jordan, that was fantastic!  Notes from Jordan: -------------- Big shoutout to Daniel Stillman who taught me the concept of "arriving mentally where you are phy...

Critter talks more about jobs. Jace's childhood was dark. 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 Jace just wants you to leave him alone.

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 Jace just wants you to leave him alone.

Nina is a Manager, Agile Delivery Lead at Capital One and she worked with Critter and Jace for a long time back in the day. She came on to chat about the commercialism of surrogacy in the US, parenting woes, and work as self care. Lovely chat, thanks Nina! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anc...

Jace is a hopeless romantic and we talked a lot about his romantic history. Plus, we debated whether you need to lead meetings in order to progress as an engineer. 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:/...

Critter thinks he needs to be more honest, but Erik thinks he needs to be more selfish, and Jace thinks he needs to stop whining. Erik shows off his new p-bone and somehow doesn't know what the word "dookie" means. 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:...

Critter discovers paleo and thinks the word "else" has a T in the middle. Jace tries to blame audio delays on Critter but everyone knows that's some BS. They both don't enjoy learning other languages. 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...

CJ is the VP of Engineering at Phase2 technology and he has a truly dope website (http://tekante.com/). We talked about a bunch of random stuff. It's hard to boil it down to a description, so just listen to it. Any conversation with CJ is a good one. 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...

And lots of other sci-fi-ish questions about death and immortality. Plus much giggling. 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 Jace just want...

Critter wants to make 2022 his year of adventures, but his definition of "adventure" makes Jace grumpers. Jace talks more about his multi-year long habit of waking up every day and having to convince himself not to kill himself. 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/ Cri...

Jace is a scrooge, which surprises no one. Critter gets excited about Crossfit randomly without ever trying it. We both have trouble deciding what exactly counts as "work".  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 T...

Erik's been on the show a few times and deserves no introduction. As usual, Erik takes the opposite side from the rest of the world and still ends up winning the argument. We also got into the topic of being passionate about the process vs. about the problem space. Interesting discussion as it always is when Erik's around. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...