
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: developertea@gmail.com
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Research Bias (Part 1)
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The Detriments of Social Comparisons
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3 Times When More Code Means Better Code
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Our Imagined Fictions
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Bringing Your Whole Self to Work
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How Can We Be Wrong...Without Knowing It?
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Your Angle of Approach in Problem Solving
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Deconstructing The Lies We Tell Ourselves
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Interview w/ Chris Shinkle (Part 2)
In today's episode, I talk with Chris Shinkle, Director of Innovation at SEP. I believe today's episode is one of the most important interviews I've done to date, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Today's episode is sponsored by Linode. In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE service on the 1GB tier - for free! Head over to https://spec.fm/linode and use the code DEVELOPERTEA2018 at checkout. Another huge announcement - Developer Tea is officially available on Spotify!
Interview w/ Chris Shinkle (Part 1)
In today's episode, I talk with Chris Shinkle, Director of Innovation at SEP. I believe today's episode is one of the most important interviews I've done to date, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Today's episode is sponsored by Linode. In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE service on the 1GB tier - for free! Head over to https://spec.fm/linode and use the code DEVELOPERTEA2018 at checkout. Another huge announcement - Developer Tea is officially available on Spotify!
Finding Perspective in 2018
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