Tech Done Right

Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks join the Tech Done Right podcast to discuss career development. We'll discuss some career development questions like: What makes somebody a senior developer? How do you acquire senior developer skills? What can you do to prepare yourself for a lifetime career and ensure that you are properly valued?

02:07 - Classifying Yourself as a Developer

05:51 - Working Independently" “Throw a couple juniors at it!”

09:19 - What does it meant to progress?

13:43 - Quantifying Value and Talking About Money

17:27 - The Cult of the New: The Approach to Technology and Breaking Into the Industry

22:54 - Learning New Things and Becoming Professionally Proficient; Levelling

32:04 - When do I need to move on? Where do I see myself going?

34:20 - What should new developers be doing?

Resources:

Brandon:

Pete: Keep following your interests.

Special Guests: Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks .

We talk about the role that trust has in building teams, and how improv games can help build that trust and improve the way you deliver feedback.

01:08 - The Improv Effect and Improv as an Effective Method of Communication

03:21 - Working with Teams to Build Communication and Trust

05:20 - Ops Conf

06:02 - Tools or Games for Establishing Trust with Others Quickly in a Conference Environment

15:23 - Group Facilitation Techniques

18:13 - Kickoff Techniques for Smaller, New Teams

22:30 - Techniques for Remote Team Communication

26:59 - Talking About Failure to Build Trust

28:42 - Giving and Receiving Feedback

Special Guests: Jesse Shternshus and Mark Rickmeier.

Sponsored By:

• Table XI: A trusted UX design + software development company. We are 35 meticulous and curious minds in Chicago with a 15 year history of building websites, mobile applications and custom digital experiences for everyone from startups to storied brands. Our partners trust us to create innovative solutions that drive their businesses forward.

This one is with Table XI front-end developer Aly Fluckey and it’s all about how the Table XI team organizes CSS to best manage the demands of a large code base with lots of styles. We try to avoid common CSS problems, mostly involving having to guess what styles will actually be applied to any given element. The goal is to have the CSS be as predictable and easy to find as possible.

Special Guest: Aly Fluckey.

This week, we have Ed LaFoy, who is Table XI’s Director of Mobile Development. Table XI’s mobile team does amazing work and uses a lot of external tools for testing, interface design, code quality, and beyond. If you are a web developer and looking to get a sense of how to match parts of your developer experience, listen to this interview. If you are a mobile developer, and you are having some developer pain in those areas, listen to this interview.

Special Guest: Ed LaFoy.