But They Are NEVER Wrong!

In Episode 9 Will and BJ discuss a common misconception in the workplace. The idea that the customer is always right. They begin by looking at why this attitude is hurtful to employees, other customers, and management explaining why the customer is not always right. Then the guys delve into why the customer is never wrong and how it is the job of employees to guide the customer. Next they take a look at who is the customer from direct customer access in freelance work to internal customers within the same company. The show ends with a detailed look at each of these customers and how developers can best serve them by realizing that they may not always be right but should never be wrong.

Links

StartX Fails on Raspbian

Customer Service

No, The Customer is Not Always Right

Entrepreneur

Why Developers Always Say No

Development vs Production

Vampires and Werewolves

Managing Developers

Why Programmers Think They Know Best

f.lux

This week BJ keeps his promise and brings an episode on understanding the roles and relationship of sales to development. The guys begin with a discussion on the importance of sales and what they do for the company. Next BJ takes us through an abbreviated Sales School 101. They then talk about differences in pay structure between development and sales with emphasis on why pay better matches ability with sales. The episode finishes with a discussion on how this effects programmers and how both sales and development teams can interact to better their work environments.

Links

Azure IoT Suites

Developers vs Sales

Salespeople and Programmers

Seven Steps of the Sales Process

Sales Process Steps

How to Support Sales

Why Programmers Get Paid Less

Browsershots

 

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In this episode the guys discuss beliefs that developers hold (or act as if they hold) that simply are not true. They delve into commonly held yet erroneous beliefs that developers tend to have about work, employers, other departments, and more. While it is not an exhaustive list they cover everything from interacting with others to interacting with databases, to changing specs mid project, and misunderstandings about how business works.  These are the sort of critical mis-communications and non-optimal behaviors that distinguish a less experienced and less professional developer from those that have played the game a while and gotten some life experience. Being aware of these will help improve your employer's (and fellow coworker's) perception of you, as well as steer you away from problems that can cause you grief later.

Links

Learn CPP

C Language History

How Stuff Works

Learn C The Hard Way

Unhedged Call Option

Palette for Chrome

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In this episode the guys discuss beliefs that developers hold (or act as if they hold) that simply are not true. They delve into commonly held yet erroneous beliefs that developers tend to have about work, employers, other departments, and more. While it is not an exhaustive list they cover everything from interacting with others to interacting with databases, to changing specs mid project, and misunderstandings about how business works.  These are the sort of critical mis-communications and non-optimal behaviors that distinguish a less experienced and less professional developer from those that have played the game a while and gotten some life experience. Being aware of these will help improve your employer’s (and fellow coworker’s) perception of you, as well as steer you away from problems that can cause you grief later.

Links

Learn CPP

C Language History

How Stuff Works

Learn C The Hard Way

Unhedged Call Option

Palette for Chrome

In this episode of The Complete Developer Podcast, the guys discuss strategies for getting through boring meetings, which are the bane of software developers everywhere. Packed into this episode are a number of strategies you can use to turn boring, time-wasting meetings into something that helps your career, rather than something that simply wastes your productive time.

Links

Code Newbies

Morpho Source

Draw.io

Breast Cancer 5K

Editor's Note:

We had some issues with our recording for this episode. Please bare with us as we are learning to use the recording and editing equipment.

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In this episode of The Complete Developer Podcast, the guys discuss strategies for getting through boring meetings, which are the bane of software developers everywhere. Packed into this episode are a number of strategies you can use to turn boring, time-wasting meetings into something that helps your career, rather than something that simply wastes your productive time.

Links

Code Newbies

Morpho Source

Draw.io

Breast Cancer 5K

Editor’s Note:

We had some issues with our recording for this episode. Please bare with us as we are learning to use the recording and editing equipment.

Finishing out our series on Health Concerns for Developers we delve into the realm of financial health.

In this episode, we discuss a number of issues that can derail software developers from effectively managing their finances. We start out with a breakdown of some pretty alarming statistics regarding average household debt levels in America and how those are broken down across a number of categories.

Next, we discuss some ways that developers can deal with their financial problems. Without getting too technical, we suggest some strategies to being digging out from under debt, including ways to reduce expenses, reduce outstanding debt, and increasing income. Finally, we point a couple of things that may help you get through it all successfully.

LINKS

11 IoT Programming Languages

Programming Throwdown

I Will Teach You to be Rich

The State of American Credit Card Debt

Nerd Wallet

Motley Fool

CNBC

Time

Nimble Text

Continuing our series on health concerns for developers we delve into the mental health of developers. Originally this began as one episode but the information and conversation extended so we divided it into three separate episodes. This first mental health episode we discuss the more prevalent concerns that are less clinical in nature but if left unchecked may lead to a more serious problem.

In Episode 4 we discuss the topics of workaholism, stress, and sleep problems. A workaholic is a person that feels the irresistable urge to work excessively long hours to the exclusion of family, hobbies, and even personal health. This can be for many reasons including feelings of inadequacy or overbearing bosses. The important take away is this is not something that is desired or enjoyed but a need that must be fulfilled. It can lead to several problems including anxiety and stress. Sleep is something we all need that helps our bodies to refresh and reset. We discuss a non-exhaustive list of common sleep ailments that affect programmers from occasional snoring to sleep apnea to various forms of insomnia. These can lead to a person feeling mental or emotional strain or tension which is commonly known as stress. We go into detail about some of the more severe signs and symptoms of stress and its effects on the body as well as some ways to prevent and reduce daily stress.

 

LINKS

LaserKids DIY Laser

Are you a workaholic?

Death March

Workaholism on Web Teams

WebMD Sleep Disorders

50 Signs and Symptoms of Stress

Scary Symptoms of Stress

Common Effects of Stress

Fiddler

Finishing out our series on Health Concerns for Developers we delve into the realm of financial health.

In this episode, we discuss a number of issues that can derail software developers from effectively managing their finances. We start out with a breakdown of some pretty alarming statistics regarding average household debt levels in America and how those are broken down across a number of categories.

Next, we discuss some ways that developers can deal with their financial problems. Without getting too technical, we suggest some strategies to being digging out from under debt, including ways to reduce expenses, reduce outstanding debt, and increasing income. Finally, we point a couple of things that may help you get through it all successfully.

LINKS

11 IoT Programming Languages

Programming Throwdown

I Will Teach You to be Rich

The State of American Credit Card Debt

Nerd Wallet

Motley Fool

CNBC

Time

Nimble Text

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing our series on health concerns for developers we delve into the mental health of developers. Originally this began as one episode but the information and conversation extended so we divided it into three separate episodes. This first mental health episode we discuss the more prevalent concerns that are less clinical in nature but if left unchecked may lead to a more serious problem.

In Episode 4 we discuss the topics of workaholism, stress, and sleep problems. A workaholic is a person that feels the irresistable urge to work excessively long hours to the exclusion of family, hobbies, and even personal health. This can be for many reasons including feelings of inadequacy or overbearing bosses. The important take away is this is not something that is desired or enjoyed but a need that must be fulfilled. It can lead to several problems including anxiety and stress. Sleep is something we all need that helps our bodies to refresh and reset. We discuss a non-exhaustive list of common sleep ailments that affect programmers from occasional snoring to sleep apnea to various forms of insomnia. These can lead to a person feeling mental or emotional strain or tension which is commonly known as stress. We go into detail about some of the more severe signs and symptoms of stress and its effects on the body as well as some ways to prevent and reduce daily stress.

 

LINKS

LaserKids DIY Laser

Are you a workaholic?

Death March

Workaholism on Web Teams

WebMD Sleep Disorders

50 Signs and Symptoms of Stress

Scary Symptoms of Stress

Common Effects of Stress

Fiddler

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