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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
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How Questions Influence Pathways to Solutions
In today's episode we're talking about problems and how we involve questions into our day-to-day tasks as developers. We'll cover question framing techniques…
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4 Points Of Advice For Brand New Developers
As someone who was a self-taught developer, I have an affinity for people eager to become a developer. In today's episode, we'll offer four different pain…
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What Does It Take To Change Your Mind?
Changing our minds on a belief or issue that we stand by is not easy and as humans but is required of us to grow as people and as professionals. In this…
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Play, Stakes, and Learning
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Developer TeaLeveraging Our Emotional Goals
In today's episode, we're talking about goals and what we tend to give up in order to reach those goals. We'll cover how to define goals, and how to keep going…
Developer TeaMental Models for Finding Balance
In today's episode, we're talking about balance as it relates to decision making. We'll dig into two models of thinking that can help us understand the nuance…
Developer TeaHigh Certainty, High Value Defaults
A useful default is an action you can take on a regular basis that you expect to provide some level of utility. In today's episode, we're talking about the…
Developer Tea3 Ways to Be a Better PR Author
How can you write a pull request that's productive? in today's episode, we're talking about how to be a better PR author by offering three guidelines to…
Developer Tea4 Ways to Be a Better PR Reviewer
What does it mean to collaborate as an engineer with other engineers? In today's episode, we're talking about the pull request process and the lack of…
Developer TeaWhat is Code, to Our Evolved Mind?
How do our brains and our minds perceive code? In today's episode, we're talking about what code is to our mind vs. our brain? 🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To…
Developer TeaCorrelation, Causation, Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
When you think correlation and causation you might think of graphs and research. As one data point changes another data point also changes. In today's episode…
Developer TeaContext-Dependent Decisions and Linear Heuristic Mental Models
What effect does your value system have on your personal and professional growth? In today's episode, we're talking about context dependent decision making and…
Developer TeaProductive Self-Sabotage
We often don't know about all of the failures that exist, but what causes failure? The path to success is filled with failures along the way. In today's…
Developer TeaSimple Prioritization Visualization
In today's episode, we're doing a visualization exercise. Grab a piece of paper and pen or pencil and get ready to think about what you did today. 🧡 Leave a…
Developer TeaThere Is No, "Way We've Always Done It"
The average engineer hears this over and over, "question your assumptions." In today's episode, we're identifying assumptions that make based on our behaviors…
Developer TeaWhen To Walk Away From (and come back to) A Problem
When do you walk away from a problem to find the solution? In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're answering this question submitted from a listener…
Developer TeaDefault Problem Solving Modes
What are your default problem solving strategies? In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about the things we do on a regular basis and how our…
Developer TeaWhat Orders Have You Inherited?
What makes up the orders that we follow? In today's episode, we're talking about truths about the world based on our pre-determined perceptions. We dig into…
Developer TeaUpstream w/ Dan Heath (Part 2)
In today's episode, we conclude the conversation with Dan Heath, author of a new book , Upstream. In this part 2 of the interview, Dan talks about quality of…
Developer TeaUpstream w/ Dan Heath (Part 1)
In today's episode, we sit down with Dan Heath, author of a new book , Upstream. In this part 1 of the conversation with Dan, we discuss preventative work over…
Developer TeaProtecting Uncertainty
At some point our knowledge runs out, but even more perplexing is the ability to look forward in time. In today's episode, we're talking about uncertainty that…
Developer TeaLearning Isn't A List of Items Your Can Check Off
If you had to define learning to an engineer, you'd probably mention some type of fact memorization and functions to perform a task. In today's episode, we're…
Developer TeaConsider Your Cues
For the sake of this episode we're calling habits the effort it takes to do something with intuition. In today's episode, we're talking about how to break out…
Developer TeaHow Little We Really Know
What are some things you don't know about? In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about uncertainty, lack of knowledge, lack of clarity, and…
Developer TeaImproving Through Bad Ideas and Silly Questions
Why are bad ideas important and why are silly questions needed? Very likely you've been in a meeting welcoming any question, good or bad. In today's episode…
Developer TeaForcing Functions
In today's episode, we're talking about the model of forcing functions or the choice that requires us to move in a specific direction. We'll talk about…
Developer TeaGrowth, Uncomfortability, and Deliberate Practice
What exactly is deliberate practice and how does it apply to intensionally putting yourself in a state of discomfort? That's what we're talking about in…
Developer TeaPractical Steps for Reframing Problems
In today's episode we're talking about the words we use to describe a problem we're working on. We'll discuss how our words frame problems faced and how we can…
Developer TeaTake Advantage of What You Already Have
The difference between speed and acceleration is vast. When driving at a consistent speed, you often don't notice how quickly you're going, but when you…
Developer TeaStress and Tolerance
How do you react to stressful situations? In today's episode we're talking about expectations versus the realities of how we respond to new stress in our daily…
Developer TeaArchitecting Change - Interpolation
Most change we experience in our world is unpredictable and uncontrollable. So if change is happening all around us, constantly, how can we maintain…
Developer TeaWhen Do Long-Term Models and Habits Betray You?
The idea of having long-term mental models and habits that you've built over time is the route to lasting change. However, sometimes our lasting habits can…
Developer TeaThe Overreaction Paradox
We can't anticipate everything that is going to happen as developers and sometimes we over-prepare for any events that could happen as a developer. In today's…
Developer TeaHidden Environment Inputs - Mindful Remote Work
In today's episode, we're talking about coping with remote work and how to be mindful during social distancing. We'll cover the different effects remote work…
Developer TeaInterview w/ Carl Yates Perry (Part 2)
What is your mindset? In this second part of our discussion with Carl Yates Perry, we're talking about healthy developer mindsets and how to identify a healthy…
Developer TeaInterview w/ Carl Yates Perry - Part 1
Carl Yates Perry leads Square's developer business but made a few tough career decisions to get there. In today's part 1 of this 2-part conversation with Carl…
Developer TeaFlattening the Cost of Change Curve
In today's episode we're digging into the C2 wiki interview with Bill Venners, which focuses on flattening the cost of change over time so that cost becomes…
Developer Tea4 Reasons You Will Never Pick the "Right Tool For the Job"
Tools are not a solution to a problem, but people are. In today's episode, we're talking about how choosing the right tool for the job can limit us to…
Developer TeaFour Questions for the Weekend
Happy Saturday! In today's episode, we're asking four questions that cause us to pause and reflect in order to answer. 🧡 Leave a Review If you're enjoying the…
Developer TeaBreaking Your Own Rules Accelerates Bad Habit Formation
Whenever you take action, there will be feedback. Today we're talking about when to break your own rules and solve a problem. There are functional reasons to…
Developer TeaRedefine Your Career Search Rules
Searching for a job is hard for both the people looking for a new job and a company looking for the perfect candidate to fill a position. In today's episode…
Developer TeaFunctional Autonomy and Finding Meaning in the Small Things Today
Think about the mundane tasks that you're going through today. In today's episode we're talking about finding joy in even the small things that we do on a…
Developer TeaYour Influence is Catalyzed By What is Influencing You
Studies show strong-willed friends, greatly influence your choices. In today's episode, we're talking about the experiences and relationships that influence…
Developer TeaYour Time is An Account With An Unknown Balance
Today we're talking about time as a resource of abundance. We'll cover self-care as an investment, work as something that you can enjoy more consistently and…
Developer TeaDon't Make the Problem Fit the Model
A model is not the pure picture of the truth. If we think about road maps as we use them today, they are almost always slightly out of date. In what way can a…
Developer TeaImplicit Models and Processes
We often hear the term, "process", and this carries a lot of baggage. It's easy to believe that processes are one concept that we apply to something we do. In…
Developer TeaMeasuring Freedom to Change
The freedom we want to create as managers is the freedom to disagree and solve problems towards a goal. In today's episode we're talking about freedom and…
Developer TeaEmbracing Confusion
What does it mean to be confused? In today's episode, we're talking about confusion and how we manage and learn from points of professional confusion. We'd dig…
Developer TeaThought Experiment - Rejecting Your Intuitive Solution
Take a problem that you expect to face - one that you haven't solved yet or taken action on but have an ideal of how you would take action. Today's thought…
Developer TeaYou Don't Have to Be a Slave to Self-Improvement
When we allow surrounding cultures to drive our goals, we fall back to the systems and goals that the people around us have created. Where do our goals come…
Developer TeaGetting Stacked Value From your Daily Activities
The amount of time in a day is the same but the amount of margin you have in your day can vary. In today's episode, we're talking about some heuristics for…
Developer TeaDefining Your Reference Points
When was the last time you asked a question in a meeting? Questions are an invitation to collaboration, especially in our jobs as developers. In today's…
Developer TeaEngineering Your Habits Like Interfaces
In today's episode we're talking about the idea of interfaces as some kind of expected way to interact with our code and how to take that frame of mind to our…
Developer TeaPlans Should Be Functions, Not Documents
We expect things to go one way, but often, they go in another way. In today's episode, we're talking about plans and how to stay agile when the plans we make…
Developer TeaWhat Are your Fundamentals?
One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a developer is to overcomplicate whatever you're doing. This comes all the way down to every line of code you…
Developer TeaGetting On The Right Level When Solving Problems Collaboratively
Often as a developer you'll find yourself either too far in the weeds of solving a problem or too far up in the clouds. In today's episode, we're talking about…
Developer TeaManagement Anti-Pattern - Detail Abstraction
The anti-patterns we are talking about today are details. Who manages the details and when is management getting too involved or not getting involved sooner in…
Developer TeaManagement Anti-Patterns - False Homogeneity
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…
Developer TeaManagement Anti-Patterns - Implicit Assignment of Responsibility
There are so many ways to be wrong as a manager and this week, we're talking about management anti-patterns. One thing we all do is assign responsibility to…
Developer TeaTwo Biases that Can Affect Your Work and Relationships
We carry our minds with us through our careers. Our perceptions of the world around us are based on our biases or predispositions. In today's episode we're…