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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 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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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

    Fresh Eyes - How Anchoring Bias, Bandwagon Effect, Status Quo Bias, and Uniqueness Bias Interact When Joining New Groups

    Fresh Eyes - How Anchoring Bias, Bandwagon Effect, Status Quo Bias, and Uniqueness Bias Interact When Joining New Groups

    When you are newly joining a team, you have a huge opportunity to do something that no one on the team has: to find your "weathervane." The pressure pushing against you to adopt the beliefs of the team you are joining. What you do with it is one huge way a team can improve, or otherwise, stay the same.

    • 16 min
    The Dark Side of Optimism Bias

    The Dark Side of Optimism Bias

    Most people believe good things will happen by default.

    Not to be the bearer of bad news, but there's a downside to this endless optimism. You cannot will good things to happen, and when you don't prepare for adverse events, you won't be ready when they inevitably occur.

    • 14 min
    Backlog Psychology - Breaking Out of the Habit Trap

    Backlog Psychology - Breaking Out of the Habit Trap

    Your team's process for managing a backlog is probably growing stale because you are running on habit rather than procedure.
    Break out of procedure and remind yourself why you have a process to begin with: orient yourself to the outcomes!

    • 12 min
    Availability Heuristic and Substituting Hard Questions

    Availability Heuristic and Substituting Hard Questions

    What is it about our present situation that changes our perspective? In today's episode we talk about the availability bias and why our present reality looms so large in our decisionmaking.

    • 17 min
    Spend Your Time Intentionally Through Expectation Mapping

    Spend Your Time Intentionally Through Expectation Mapping

    What do you expect of yourself? Are you spending your time in ways that align with those expectations?

    In this episode, I provide you a simple framework as a starting lens for getting a better idea of how you are spending your time in relation to who cares the most about those investments. You'll walk away with a new lens on how to evaluate your most precious resource: time.

    • 14 min
    What is the Real Question? How To Be An Exceptional Listener

    What is the Real Question? How To Be An Exceptional Listener

    Almost every conversation you have will start with a question.
    Have you stopped to listen closely? Questions are extremely meaningful and deeply human. Paying close attention to questions is a skill that will put you head and shoulders above the average engineer or manager.

    • 9 min

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