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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 7 million dow...
What happens when you discover that a book that fundamentally changed how you think is built on a shaky foundation? In today's episode, I sh...
Why I'm Not "Picking a Fight" on AI: A listener asked if I'm intentionally stoking a flame war by treating agentic coding as a foregone conc...
The Coding-Is-My-Value Trap: For years, we've treated the ability to write code as the flagship skill of software engineering. It's concrete...
If you're an engineering leader right now, everything around you feels like it's changing at once — new tools, new processes, new expectatio...
Your tool set isn't just a collection of utilities — it's the environment you live in every day, and it's shaping you whether you realize it...
When Good Thinking Becomes Overthinking: Discover why the pursuit of perfect analysis often undermines good decision-making. Loading every c...
The Bottleneck Is Moving: Borrowing from traditional manufacturing theory, the coding step used to define your team's total throughput. AI t...
The Power of Physical Checklists: Inspired by aviation, Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto , and Daniel Kahneman's Noise , I've been exp...
If you're a software engineer right now, you likely feel like your world is changing overnight. We are writing half or less the amount of co...
AI is bringing massive changes to our industry, but it's not just about how fast you can write code or use agentic flows. In this episode, I...
Today, we are tackling the natural tension between the desire to make more money—getting a raise, finding financial stability—and the desire...
I've been delaying this episode for a long time because the topic is genuinely difficult and, for many of us, scary. AI is threatening not j...
Do you remember the early days of your career? You likely spent hours coding late into the night, fueled not by a paycheck, but by the sheer...
🎧 Episode Notes: The Meta-Habit of High Performers: How Outer Loops Unlock Growth In today's episode, we are discussing one of the most com...
It is review season, and you might be finding yourself confused: you received high ratings and "exceeded expectations," yet the promotion yo...
In this episode, we explore how to de-risk your career roadmap by identifying the hidden vulnerabilities that hold your decision-making host...
🎧 Episode Notes: Using a Nine-Block for Skill, Potential, and Energy Investment Most career assessments try to paint a static picture of wh...
This episode marks the 11th anniversary of the show , and I want to celebrate by continuing our Career Growth Accelerator series. Today, we’...
This episode kicks off the Career Growth Accelerator series, focused on the specific hurdles faced by mid-to-senior level engineers, manager...
Are you a mid-to-senior level engineer or leader who has hit a career roadblock or found yourself stagnated? I'm launching the new Career Gr...
When you hit a career roadblock, the methods that worked for you before often stop working. Today, I’m diving into why that happens, and why...
We often look for ways to reduce the load on our brains, seeking shortcuts and optimizations to get ahead. Sometimes this works, reinforcing...
If you're looking to accelerate your career growth, this episode gives you what may feel like hard truths about the path forward. So many en...
If you're an engineer looking to move into a senior role, you have likely heard that you need to demonstrate "ownership". Unfortunately, thi...
Hey everyone, welcome to today's episode of Developer Tea. This is the second part of my interview with Bryan McCann , the CTO at you.com. I...
Hey everyone and welcome to today's episode of Developer Tea. It's been quite a while since I've had a guest on the show. Today, I'm joined...
I'm tackling a massive challenge today: burnout. While the standard advice usually involves working less, I want to show you a practical dim...
In this episode, I dive into the management mantra that "what is measured is managed" and explain why this simple assertion often leads to a...
I want to dive into the concept of Deliberate Practice , which sets the greatest apart in fields ranging from sports to writing to engineeri...
This episode explores the concept of Locus of Control and why developing a more internal locus of control is beneficial for your career and...
In this episode we'll discuss why "Résumé Driven Development" is a powerful mental model for building a thriving career. Instead of seeing y...
In this episode, we introduce a simple yet powerful mental model from the world of sports: forced vs. unforced errors. By understanding this...
In this episode, we introduce two fundamental thought experiments to help you uncover your true priorities and core values. By exploring sce...
This episode explains what is arguably the best career advice you'll hear this week: the one skill that signifies seniority in software engi...
This episode focuses on the critical importance of having a backup plan , not just for technical redundancies but especially for situations...
Todays episode delves into understanding and leveraging second and third-order consequences – the ripple effects that occur after an initial...
This episode delves into the philosophical concept of hyperobjects – problems so vast and complex they lack clear boundaries and cannot be "...
This episode delves into a powerful model for encouraging behaviour change, applicable to both managing others and self-improvement, by focu...
This episode delves into the crucial role of well-positioned goals in a developer's career. It asserts that goals provide clarity, perspecti...
Today we explore Cognitive Load Theory . This concept can profoundly influence how you structure your workday, manage teams, and approach le...
This episode focuses again on the fundamental principle that your systems are perfectly designed for the outcomes you are experiencing , reg...
This episode discusses why perfection is a dangerous and fragile goal , explaining how striving for 100% leads to unsustainable outlier stat...
This episode introduces the potentially controversial principle that your system is perfectly designed for its current outcomes , urging lis...
This episode explores the fundamental mindset of building your vocabulary , extending beyond literal words to conceptual understanding and m...
This episode delves into the use of substitute questions —simpler queries we use to answer more complex ones—and the crucial concept of cohe...
This episode explores why maintenance tasks, despite their fundamental importance, are often neglected or deprioritised in our daily lives a...
This episode introduces a profound yet simple principle: knowing your baselines . This concept is crucial for effectively detecting and meas...
This episode explores the complex landscape of receiving advice in your career, particularly during uncertain times. It offers insights on h...
This episode addresses the fear surrounding industry changes, such as AI and potential outsourcing, and offers actionable advice for enginee...
This episode provides tactical ways to own your time , reduce meeting load and obligations, and regain agency, especially when feeling burnt...