Developer Tea

Developer Tea


Latest Episodes

Engineering Your Habits Like Interfaces
February 03, 2020

What are the outcomes that you expect in your day-to-day life? That's what we're talking about in today's episode of Developer Tea

Plans Should Be Functions, Not Documents
January 31, 2020

The plans we make shape our lives. In today's episode, we're talking about the things we actively choose to do with our time and the process of planning that plays into our futures.

What Are your Fundamentals?
January 29, 2020

One of the things you notice when observing great writers or coaches is that they've got a simplicity in their work. In today's episode we discuss the relationships between simplicity, complexity and value.

Getting On The Right Level When Solving Problems Collaboratively
January 27, 2020

In today's episode we're talking about getting too much in the weeds vs. being too far removed. We'll talk about the pros and cons of each and offer suggestions to get out of the weeds and get down from the clouds.

Management Anti-Pattern - Detail Abstraction
January 24, 2020

If you're standing in a building or riding in a vehicle, look around and think about some of the details around you. Who's job is it to manage the details?

Management Anti-Patterns - False Homogeneity
January 22, 2020

What are you focused on today? Focus is perhaps the one superpower that's common in successful people. In today's episode, we're talking about a management anti-pattern that totally destroys focus and provide a solution to get focus back.

Management Anti-Patterns - Implicit Assignment of Responsibility
January 20, 2020

If you're listening to this episode in the morning, find a few moments with a piece of paper to write down your top three responsibilities for this week. In today's episode, we're talking about assigning responsibility.

Two Biases that Can Affect Your Work and Relationships
January 17, 2020

Think about a recent simple decision you made. How rational was your decision making process? In today's episode, we're talking about two biases that can change the way you approach you work and your relationships with that work and the people who work ar

You'll Never Have All of the Information
January 16, 2020

Information gathering and solving problems is a fun part of the developer role. In today's episode we're talking about the pros and cons of gathering too much information.

Productivity Isn't About How Much You Get done
January 13, 2020

Trying to find the most productive way to work. In today's episode we're talking about different ways to think about productivity.