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Developer Tea
Developer Tea exists to help driven developers connect to their ultimate purpose and excel at their work so that they can positively impact the people they influence. With over 17 million downloads to date, Developer Tea is a short podcast hosted by Jonathan Cutrell, engineering leader with over 15 years of industry experience. We hope you'll take the topics from this podcast and continue the conversation, either online or in person with your peers. Email: developertea@gmail.com
Episodes
Developer TeaTaking Advantage of Your Time as a Student
In today's episode we're talking about taking advantage of unique positions we are put in as a developer to learn and grown. If you're a student heading back…
Developer TeaBeating Boredom in Your Career
In today's episode we're talking about boredom. We can't avoid it in our day-to-day but we can provide ways to address boredom when it occurs. Get in touch If…
Developer TeaShort Term Decisions, Long Term Mindset
The most valuable decisions you make are the ones that last, but most of the decisions we make as a developer are small day-to-day. In today's episode we're…
Developer TeaBeating Dogma And Choosing The Right Tools
In today's episode, we're talking about being highly opinionated as a developer. We'll talk about resolving opinion differences between developers in a…
Developer TeaReaping Rewards by Expecting Success
In today's episode, we're talking about success and what it has to do with motivation, learning and at least a little bit of success amongst the failure we may…
Developer TeaGoing Beyond Simply Fixing Failures
Most of the developers listening to this episode are responsible for your own learning efforts and career growth. Very often you hear stories about how to be…
Developer TeaHow to Engineer More Epiphany Moments in Your Day-to-Day
Whether you're in a contributing role or you're a leader, you run into idea blocks. The moments when you get moments of epiphany can be rare. In today's…
Developer Tea3x3 - Misconceptions About Senior Engineers
What exactly does it mean to be a senior engineer? In today's episode we're talking about three misconceptions about what it means to be a senior engineer. Get…
Developer Tea3x3 - Relating Better With Difficult Coworkers
In today's 3x3 episode we're talking about three different strategies when dealing with difficult coworkers better. Get in touch If you have questions about…
Developer Tea3x3 - Uncovering Hidden Information
In today's episode, we're talking about uncovering hidden information using three different techniques. Get in touch If you have questions about today's…
Developer TeaBelief Substitution
In today's episode, we're talking about why we believe and hold our beliefs so strongly. We'll talk about our reasoning behind the complexities of our beliefs…
Developer TeaCareer Decisions and Penalty Kicks
In today's episode, we're talking about the intensity of being faced with prediction when making a complex calculation and make decisions. Many of these…
Developer TeaHow to Affect Organizational Change
Pretty much everything we do as developers affects change. In today's episode, we're talking about the hardest types of change. The types that require buy-in…
Developer TeaEvery Decision is an Opportunity Tradeoff
Take a moment and think back on the last 24 hours. What did you give up and what are you giving up to listen to this podcast episode? In today's episode, we're…
Developer TeaThe Dangerous Characteristics of 10x Engineers
In today's episode, we're uncovering core features of the 10x engineer stereotype and why this could be viewed as unhealthy. Get in touch If you have questions…
Developer TeaYou're Not So Important - Why Our Ego Drives Anxiety in the Workspace
Much of our careers are based on relationships and shaped by the decisions we make with the people around us. It makes sense, that if we're shaping our careers…
Developer TeaFinding Beginner's Luck Again
What is the reason for beginner's luck and how can we figure out how to have beginner's luck when we're no longer beginners? That's what we're talking about on…
Developer TeaPart 3: An Elegant Puzzle Book Discussion w/ Will Larson
In today's episode ,we release part 1 of a three part interview with Will Larson. Will is an engineering manager at Stripe, and he recently published a book…
Developer TeaPart 2: An Elegant Puzzle Book Discussion w/ Will Larson
In today's episode ,we release part 1 of a three part interview with Will Larson. Will is an engineering manager at Stripe, and he recently published a book…
Developer TeaPart 1: An Elegant Puzzle Book Discussion w/ Will Larson
In today's episode ,we release part 1 of a three part interview with Will Larson. Will is an engineering manager at Stripe, and he recently published a book…
Developer TeaWhat You Feed Will Grow
We all experience the experience where we try to take on too many goals. In today's episode, we're working on prioritizing and different ways we can act on…
Developer TeaMid-Year Resolutions
What do you want your life to look like in the next five years? In today's episode, we're reflecting on the year to date and looking forward to the rest of the…
Developer TeaHow Do I Choose a Starting Point for Best Practice?
There isn't a simple answer to starting your best practice foundation for yourself and your team. That's what we're talking about in today's episode of…
Developer TeaReversing Adversarial Dynamics in Interviews
In today's episode we're talking about the things we often misunderstand during performance reviews, 1:1s and in job interviews. We'll talk about how to…
Developer TeaAccelerate Your Career with Pattern Matching
Mentally walk through your house and count the sinks you have. In today's episode we're talking about patterns and rules that we can use to generate an output…
Developer TeaIndividual Contributor Career Growth w/ Matt Klein (part 2)
What does a long career as an individual contributor look like? The answer isn't always clear cut, especially if you're given the option of becoming a manager…
Developer TeaIndividual Contributor Career Growth w/ Matt Klein (part 1)
What does a long career as an individual contributor look like? The answer isn't always clear cut, especially if you're given the option of becoming a manager…
Developer TeaThe Connection Between Imagination, Confidence and Performance
How do you see yourself and what do you expect from yourself? In today's episode we're talking about perceptions and expectations of ourselves. So much of our…
Developer TeaHow Can Two Rational People Disagree?
In today's episode, we're taking a different frame of reference. We're going to assume that you've found a way to get something that you want, but then we'll…
Developer TeaTest Driven Meetings - Measuring Outputs and Side Effects
In today's episode we're revisiting the meaning of meetings and how they can support engineering and tips to avoid meetings that don't align with the support…
Developer Tea3 Assumptions That Can Hurt Your Job Search
Most of us don't have formal training when looking for a job. In today's episode we're looking at job searching from a different perspective and uncover three…
Developer TeaMental Models w/ Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo (part 2)
Today's guest, Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of DuckDuckGo uses connections to help steer the company. What we're talking about today with Gabriel are mental…
Developer TeaMental Models w/ Gabriel Weinberg (part 1)
Today's guest, Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of DuckDuckGo uses connections to help steer the company. What we're talking about today with Gabriel are mental…
Developer TeaGreat Code is Marked by Flexibility
Good software is determined by context. In today's episode, I want to give you a heuristic that is broadly associated with successful software development. Get…
Developer TeaCrafting Your Work By Your Strengths
We all have a lot to learn and we all have shortcomings. In today's episode, we're looking at self improvement as a progressive path in your career and your…
Developer TeaMake Your Problems Smaller
In today's episode we're looking at a way to make your problems easier to solve by breaking them down into smaller parts. Get in touch If you have questions…
Developer TeaThree Things I Wish I Learned Earlier in My Career As A Software Developer
As a developer we never stop learning, but there are some "I wish I knew" moments that we can share to help up-and-coming developers level up, faster. In…
Developer Tea3 Red Flags that You're Heading for Burnout
Burnout is a real effect and in today's episode we'll dispel the myths of being burned out and talk three ways to watch out for burnout in yourself and in your…
Developer Tea3 Principles for Your Job Search
How can you think about job searching differently? Today, we're talking about three principles you can keep in mind to be a smarter job hunter. Get in touch If…
Developer TeaMental Simulations - Information (A)Symmetry
When we're given a choice to make the first thing we do is try to create the candidates, options and places we can go. We try to judge these options…
Developer TeaMental Simulations - Persona Perspectives
There are moments in our lives when our mental awareness can drastically change a decision we make and sometimes those decisions have major impacts on our…
Developer TeaMetal Simulations - Artificial Constraints
Stop and think about a problem or issue you're facing right now in life or work. In today's episode of Developer Tea we're talking about clarity and its…
Developer TeaThe Fear : Value Connection
What do you value? Values aren't always easy to find. In today's episode, we talk about using the lens of fear to understand our values better. Today's Episode…
Developer TeaWhat Kind of Decisions Are You Optimizing For?
Incentives shape our decisions and we need to be thinking about the way we're positively or negatively incentivizing and how those things shape the decisions…
Developer TeaContingencies and Planning for Failure
We're going to talk about preparing for failure in today's episode and provide perspective on what it means to fail and what to look out for as opposed to…
Developer TeaThree Career-Changing Perspective Shifts When Preparing to Start A New Job
One of the scariest things we can encounter is starting new jobs. In today's episode, we're talking about alternative perspectives to your first 30, 60 and 90…
Developer TeaUncovering Your Unconscious With Flagged Behaviors
In today's episode, we're looking at ways to see unconscious decisions as they occur and potentially choose a better way that may benefit us in the future. Get…
Developer TeaMeetings - Good, Bad, Or Just Complex?
There seems to be a war on unnecessary meetings. In today's episode we're talking about how to call, make and maintain productive meetings. Get in touch If you…
Developer TeaModeling Decisions as Dynamic Functions
As a developer, part of your job is estimating risk and value. In today's episode we're talking changing our risk and value evaluations from a static process…
Developer TeaThinking in Bets w/ Annie Duke (part 2)
In today's episode we talk to Annie Duke about the decisions we make like bets. Annie is a former professional poker player and today she focuses on consulting…
Developer TeaThinking in Bets w/ Annie Duke (part 1)
In today's episode we talk to Annie Duke about the decisions we make like bets. Annie is a former professional poker player and today she focuses on consulting…
Developer TeaUncovering Deeper Motivations and Goals
Everyone has goals, whether we've stated them or not, and we all carry values for ourselves whether we state them or not. In today's episode we're exploring…
Developer TeaAmbiguous Goals, Concrete Actions
In today's episode we're talking about how you can survive the map of progress toward goals and stay motivated when those career goals don't turn out the way…
Developer TeaFocusing Career Progress
We've talked about long-term vision in past episodes, and in today's episode we're talking about habit forming and constant progress and bringing those…
Developer TeaFail Mode
Imagine for a moment that you are a hiring manager who needs to determine who is a good addition to a team of developers. You need to make a judgement call…
Developer TeaFeedback Shouldn't Be Scary
In today's episode, we're talking about why we feel fear during some feedback sessions and how we as employees can facilitate healthier feedback sessions. Get…
Developer TeaMental Accounting
It's the beginning of April and for many folks, this will be a fresh start, especially if you run an accounting department. Many things are measured in…
Developer TeaHeadroom
In today's episode, we're talking about the feeling of safety and the idea of headroom. We'll talk about why it's important for us to have some padding in our…
Developer TeaSeek to Understand Rather than Persuade Others Perspectives
In the past, we've done exercises that focus on us as the person who is at the center of the story but today's exercise is going to focus less on you as a…
Developer TeaBonus Episode - Soft Skills Engineering Meets Developer Tea
Today is a special episode of Developer Tea, we're airing an episode in which Jonathan was interviewed by the folks at Soft Skills Engineering podcast. We talk…