Nick, Travis, and Brandon talk "hero culture" and how that affects teams. What are the drawbacks of encouraging hero culture? How do you draw the distinction between necessary heroism and chronic hero culture? What's the difference between heroism and professionalism? They also discuss common pitfalls of trying to overcome hero culture, and what it means to set a sustainable example.
Show Notes:
- Do Hard Things by Steve Magness
- https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Things-Resilience-Surprising-Toughness/dp/006309861X/
- Navy Seals "Hell Week"
- https://navyseals.com/nsw/hell-week-0/
- Radar Charts
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_chart
- Kevin Goldsmith's Lead Dev talk on combining ingredients for the perfect engineering team
- https://leaddev.com/team/finding-right-ingredients-perfect-engineering-team
