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 13 million downloads to date, Developer Tea is a short podcast hosted by Jonathan Cutrell (@jcutrell), co-founder of Spec and Director of Engineering at PBS. We hope you'll take the topics from this podcast and continue the conversation, either online or in person with your peers. Twitter: @developertea :: Email: [email protected]
Reframing Deficiencies as StrengthsWhat you are afraid of in your career may be the thing that propels you. It's all about framing, and removing the negative and positive language. Instead, think about how you can best position yourself and that behavior to be valuable instead of a detractor.
01/28/23
Management Model of Ability and Will Applied to SelfIf you aren't doing something, you either can't or won't. In today's episode, we explore this very simple starting point for behavior change and habit development, and explore the boundaries of the model.
01/23/23
Beginner ConfidenceYou aren't going to put your foot in your mouth, or reveal some devastating level of ineptitude. Asking questions, especially as a beginner, is much more likely to gain you favor than disdain.
01/19/23
Comparing Cost Curves and Second Order ThinkingWhat does a feature cost? Your first answer will probably focus on the time to build, or the features needed... Maybe the amount of hiring necessary to deliver. But what about after that?
01/17/23
Spectrum of Buy-In For Behavior ChangeThere is a spectrum of buy-in for behavior change. In today's episode, I'll give you a thinking model for considering different types of buy-in along this spectrum, and when one might help you make better systems for behavior change in your organization.
01/11/23
Your Learning Investment PortfolioWhat is your learning strategy? If you don't have one, you are implicitly saying that all learning is equal.
01/09/23
Celebrating 8 Years - Plus, What it Feels Like to Be WrongDeveloper Tea has been around for 8 years. Thank you so much for your incredible support over these years!
01/05/23
Using Strategy, Tactics, and Operations to Achieve IntentionsMost resolutions aren't as simple as saying something and then doing it. Instead, focus on breaking apart your resolution by looking at intent, strategy, tactics, and operations.
01/03/23
Resolve To Make Important Asks In The New YearMake a commitment to determine three requests that could change your life for the better, and the people you need to give those requests. Then, in the new year, make that a part of your resolutions.
12/23/22
Complexity As A Depreciating AssetComplexity is an asset, but often it depreciates in value over time. Simplification strategies should evaluate what kind of value complexity is providing, and whether that could be replaced or if it doesn't provide sufficient exponential value versus the cost over time.
12/21/22
Your Biggest Opportunity is In Your Daily InfluenceOpportunity is in front of you every day. But, you may not recognize it at first, because you by default will likely imagine yourself to be an external observer. If you change that mental model, and view yourself as an active participant with the power to influence others, your perception of opportunity will follow.
12/15/22
Get Acquainted With What Holds You BackWhat will hold you back from achieving what you want to achieve in your future? How do you imagine your future, and what do you assume will keep you from going further? In today's episode, we'll do a visualization exercise to help understand the assumptions we make about our own problems and flaws, and why avoidance isn't helping us grow.
12/12/22
How Ordering Your Events in A Day Can MatterPractical application of psychology can help us understand how to order our days more consciously. In this episode, we talk about priming and regression to the mean, and how they could impact our work as engineers and managers.
12/09/22
Don't Fear AI Taking the Coding Jobs (Fixed Audio)AI will change your work... But it's time for us to find the path forward.
12/07/22
Don't Fear AI Taking the Coding JobsAI will change your work... But it's time for us to find the path forward.
12/05/22
Focus On Activities With Asymmetrical UpsideFocus on things that provide asymmetrical upside. This is a personalized ROI evaluation. This is how you invest your time wisely.
11/30/22
Misjudging Others Attention On UsWe imagine others are more interested in our mistakes or self-conscious areas than they are. We also imagine they pay little to no attention to us at most other times. Both of these are errors in judgment.
11/28/22
An Outsider Exercise in GratitudeWe adapt to our circumstances. This dampens our capacity for gratitude, as we become less aware of what we are experiencing the longer we have the same experiences.
11/24/22
You Know The Right Decision, Now Reduce The FrictionYou know how to determine what would be a good decision. You have the tools and the reasoning; if you find yourself still not making the right decision, you may be tempted to focus on the "left side" - increasing the energy, gumption, reasoning, or motivation. Instead, focus on the barriers - the friction.
11/21/22
Using Observational Techniques to Find Your Personal ValuesDetermining your values isn't just about fluff. This is what you personally care about.