Developer Tea

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Developer Tea episodes

October 09, 2015Managing Questions
Today we talk about saving time by managing questions.
Set expectations
Take questions seriously
Provide opportunity for questioner to find the answer themselves
Delay your answer
Learning is an investment! Don't answer questions as a shortcut every time.
7 min
October 07, 2015Listener Question: Crispin asks, "What's the threshold from executing to mastering?"
In today's episode, I answer a question from listener Crispin Bennet!
Crispin wrote in and asked me about the balance between learning something ("deep-dive" style) and doing just enough to be productive today.
Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com! If you are a developer or a designer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to begin your journey!
Mentioned on the show (or relevant):
"Mastery" (book, Robert Greene)
Where is the code being executed from?
What is being passed to the code in the form of state or arguments?
What is the intention of the code? What should be true? What is the desired final state?
Where does the code return to?
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15 min
October 05, 2015Constant State of Alert
Today we talk about avoiding a state of constant yellow alert.
Signs you may be in a constant state of alert:
Audit your texts, emails, etc for constant "urgent" language. How often are you on alert?
Check your diet, relationships, etc - is your work putting these things in a stressed state?
If you feel like you must always be connected to some kind of messaging system (email, Slack, texts, etc), this may point to a problem
Mentioned on the show:
@MartinFowler's tweet
"Living in a Code Yellow World"
"Estimating Sandwiches" episode of Developer Tea
Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean!
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Also, check out this article on Digital Ocean about using Docker with their platform: Using Docker with Digital Ocean
17 min
October 02, 2015Part Two: Gregg Pollack & Carlos Souza
Today I talk with Gregg Pollack and Carlos Souza from Codeschool!
Codeschool.com
JavaScript.com
Ruby5
AMA with Mike Bostock
D3.js
Mapping caps-lock to control
tmux
Screen
Hack Hands
Envy Labs
Today's episode is brought to you by Spec!
30 min
September 30, 2015Part One: Gregg Pollack & Carlos Souza (@caike and @greggpollack)
Today I talk with Gregg Pollack and Carlos Souza from Codeschool!
Codeschool.com
JavaScript.com
Ruby5
5 Minutes of JavaScript
iOS Bytes
If you are a fan of iOS Bytes, check out Little Bites of Cocoa, too!
Front-end Five
Courses page on Codeschool
Team Treehouse
List of free programming books
Gregg Pollack's Founder's Talk
Delicio.us
Envy Labs
Today's episode is brought to you by Spec!
24 min
September 28, 2015Destigmatizing Failure
In today's episode, I underline the importance of failure to the learning process, and then we discuss why failure should be destigmatized and looked at more in depth.
Many thanks to today's sponsor, Hired.com! Head over to Hired.com/developertea and you could receive 5 or more job offers in a given week!
Learning about Learning
Strategies for Learning from Failure (HBR)
Learning from Failure (white paper)
When we learn from failure, and when we don't
Strategies for Learning from Failure
Many thanks to today's sponsor, Hired.com
Visit hired.com/developertea today and you could receive 5 or more job offers each week!
19 min
September 25, 2015Fixing the Broken Hiring Process: It's All About Context
In today's episode, we talk about the flawed process we use in the development industry for hiring.
Mentioned:
Code Complete
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12 min
September 23, 2015Part Two: Cap Watkins (@cap)
In this second part of my interview with Cap Watkins, we discuss the coexistence of specialization and generalization.
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Links:
Make sure you listen to the first part of the interview on Spec.fm!
"Why Designers Really Should Learn to Code" (on Cap's blog)
"Should Engineers Design?" (also on Cap's blog)
"The Lie I Tell New Hires" (Cap's blog. No kidding.)
Sass vs SCSS
BassCSS
How Obesity Spreads Among Friends
Email Cap at [email protected]
Cap's advice: forget ownership. If you're great at what you do, advocate for what you do, and educate others in what you do.
This episode is brought to you by Spec.fm! Check out Spec for a ton of content made specifically for developers and designers!
50 min
September 21, 2015Part One: Cap Watkins (@cap)
In today's episode, I had a chance to talk with Cap Watkins, the VP of Design at Buzzfeed, about quite a few things - most importantly, collaboration.
@cap
Cap Watkins's blog
"Low-cal calzone zone"
React, and CSS in your JS
@developertea
"I have still not used the Digital Crown to scroll on the Apple Watch since the first day."
Basecamp
Hello Web App
Today's episode is brought to you by Spec.fm! Head over to Spec.fm for tons of amazing content, created specifically for developers and designers looking to take their career to the next level.
Don't forget to subscribe, and leave a review in iTunes!
57 min
September 18, 2015False Dichotomies
In today's episode, we're talking about ways to avoid false dichotomies.
Decisive
"The Infinite Toolset" - article about why we shouldn't switch toolsets too often.
@DeveloperTea
Spec.fm
Many thanks to today's sponsor, Hired.com
Visit hired.com/developertea today and you could receive 5 or more job offers each week!
14 min

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