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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 choos
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.
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.
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?
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 m
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?
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.
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.
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.
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