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You Don't Have to Be a Slave to Self-Improvement
Episode 793
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 goa…
6 years, 3 months ago
Getting Stacked Value From your Daily Activities
Episode 792
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 heuristi…
6 years, 4 months ago
Defining Your Reference Points
Episode 791
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 toda…
6 years, 4 months ago
Engineering Your Habits Like Interfaces
Episode 790
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 mi…
6 years, 4 months ago
Plans Should Be Functions, Not Documents
Episode 788
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…
6 years, 4 months ago
What Are your Fundamentals?
Episode 789
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…
6 years, 4 months ago
Getting On The Right Level When Solving Problems Collaboratively
Episode 787
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 ta…
6 years, 4 months ago
Management Anti-Pattern - Detail Abstraction
Episode 786
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…
6 years, 4 months ago
Management Anti-Patterns - False Homogeneity
Episode 785
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 totall…
6 years, 4 months ago
Management Anti-Patterns - Implicit Assignment of Responsibility
Episode 784
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 responsibi…
6 years, 4 months ago