Developer Tea
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Exit Points - Where Productivity Turns Into Procrastination
It's November now and we're closing in on the end of the year. As we look past the year and forward toward the future, we reflect and observe. Most of the days past were filled with things we could have done or what we could have done differently. On toda
3 Counterintuitive Rules of Communication with Co-workers
In today's episode, we're talking about communication with co-workers and how we can improve those interactions.
3 Considerations of Symmetry in Code
In today's episode, we're going to define symmetry in code and identify three things to consider when identifying what tradeoffs we're making in our work.
Learning React - Part 2 (Three lessons from the perpetual path)
Today's episode we're talking about three specific lessons that I've learned while working in React, and the hope is that this episode to help you consider how a tool can help you learn a concept.
Learning React - Part 1 (More than just tooling)
Usually, on this show, we talk about ideas or research, but in today's episode, we're talking about my personal experience learning React and how we can apply an experience of learning in your career as you're using it.
How to Argue Better
In today's episode, we're going to talk about a couple of strategies to get your ego out of the way so you can empathize with another person's opinion and argue better.
Three Perspective Shifts for Philosophical Engineering
In today's episode, we'll talk about vantage points or thoughts to ponder or lenses that we can look through to view our careers and goals from time to time and get a better grasp on the meaning for what we're doing in development.
Harmony Over Perfection
You are not the only person who matters in your purpose-driven career. That's what we're talking about in today's episode of Developer Tea. Finding advocates within you team or with your customers with help you move faster in your career.
Backwards Reasoning
It's important to view yourself as more than a part of a story. In today's episode, we're talking about the self-sabotage that comes with algorithms we identify for ourselves and how we can learn from our past when planning for the future.
Elected Distractions
In today's episode, we're talking about ways that we intentionally give our attention to things that really don't matter, and how we can easily convince ourselves that a distraction is happening to us, instead of chosen.