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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Episode 100!
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Daily routines and controlling impulsive behaviors
Today I talk about the pros and cons to the restraint bias or impulsive behaviors. Tools like a daily routine help to refocus your impulses. I'll go over routines and other helpful tools to help steer those impulsive behaviors. If you have not voted for Developer Tea in the year's Net Awards head on over to bit.ly/votetea and support the show for this year's podcast of the year. Thanks to today's sponsor: Code School Code School has recently launched a second course on SQL, The Sequel to SQL. In this course you'll learn the most important parts of the SQL language so you can create tables with constraints, use relationships, and write powerful join queries. Learn more at codeschool.com/developertea I hope you've enjoyed this episode. Until next time, Enjoy your tea.
Your Brain: On IKEA as a cognitive bias
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Useful Laziness
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Estimation and shifting focus from absolute to relative
Estimation is so hard to do. Today, I talk about overcoming estimation obstacles, and some tactics to help you along the way. It's difficult to know what we're capable of, especially if we haven't nailed down a routine. Even if you do have a routine down, you can't predict the future. How do we get around this when scoping a project? I'll dig into this and many other questions about estimation and how we can make estimations work in our favor. Don't forget to vote for Developer Tea as podcast of the year in the 16th Annual Net Awards! Thanks to today's sponsor: Digital Ocean Today's episode is presented by DigitalOcean. Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started, and use the promo code "DEVELOPER TEA" at the checkout after you create your account to get a $10 credit! I hope you've enjoyed this episode. Until next time, Enjoy your tea.
Russ Taylor, Part Two: Bulletproof Vest
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Russ Taylor, Part One: Continuous Integration
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Don't Delay, Say No
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Mackenzie Child, Part Two: Design Background, Developer Skill
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Mackenzie Child, Part One: Concrete Goals
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Internship Tips
If you're serious about becoming a developer, you should consider getting an internship. Today I'll give you three tips on choosing an internship. Along with three tips on getting the most out of that internship, and discuss the importance of code reviews. Thank you for listening. You can always reach out to to me via email: developertea@gmail.com or twitter: @DeveloperTea Today's episode is sponsored by Raygun.io. Raygun automatically detects and diagnoses errors and crashes in your software applications and notifies you of issues that are affecting your end users. Raygun supports all major web and mobile programming languages, you can get started FREE today.
1 Million
Today is a very special inspiration episode. Thanks to each and every one of you, our listeners, Developer Tea has reached over 1,000,000 unique downloads. To celebrate, I want to talk to you a little bit about hard work, determination and where to find the motivation to get on the ground and start doing. Thank you to all of our listeners. I couldn't do this without you. I am, also excited to announce that Developer Tea now has an official t-shirt, available on Cotton Bureau. Get your official Developer Tea t-shirt, today. The last possible second to buy this design is Jun 18, 2015 at 8:00 PM EDT. Don't forget to vote for Developer Tea in the 16th Annual Net Awards! Go to http://bit.ly/votetea to vote for Developer Tea, today. Of course, if you have any feedback for the show, a question you'd like to explore, or suggestions you can email me at developertea@gmail.com or write to me on twitter: @DeveloperTea