Developer Tea

Strengths and skills are two different things, but when should you learn a new skill or improve a current skill? During today's episode, I'll talk about what strengths can help you recognize which skills to become a master at, how your current resources can help, and the importance of investing time in relationships. Additional Reading Mentioned: Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham If you'd like to leave a review of Developer Tea, visit our iTunes page. I appreciate your feedback. Of course you can also contact me directly via a mail form, or twitter: @developertea. Special thanks to Today's sponsor: Code School Code School is an online learning destination for existing and aspiring developers that teaches through entertaining content. Visit www.CodeSchool.com/developertea for more information and start playing courses now. Thanks for listening and until next time, Enjoy your Tea

Have you ever felt like you've had to plan everything before beginning to write your code? In today's episode, I talk about the disposability of our computing resources, code testing tips, and how to intermingle coding with planning. 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.

Clients are never happy when hearing that you've underestimated how long a project will take in reality. In today's episode, I talk about how to anchor your estimations and keep your clients happy, and share a quick tip to get you there. Related Resources from this episode Estimating sandwiches: https://developertea.com/episodes/9981 Anchor Bias: http://coglode.com/gems/anchoring-bias How do you keep clients happy? If you've got a creative or noteworthy way of keeping clients happy I'd love to hear about it. You can write me via email: developertea@gmail.com or through the Developer Tea email form. Special thanks to today's sponsor: Harvest Harvest is your time tracking tool built for understanding where your time is going. You can start a timer right from issues in JIRA or GitHub without searching for your timesheet, and turn that right around into a sharable invoice. Try it out free for 30 days at getharvest.com. After your trial, enter code TEATIME at checkout to save 50% off your first month. Thanks for listening, and until next time, Enjoy your tea.

In today's episode I'll talk about the importance of refactoring your software, identifying when you should refactor your code and tips and techniques for optimal refactoring to keep your code easier to maintain and easier for future extension. Martin Fowler, who wrote the Agile Manifesto and a great resource has a great stance on this when he says, "You don't decide to refactor, you refactor as a part of development process." Resource Links: Refactoring, a book by Martin Fowler Refactoring, Ruby Edition by Martin Fowler Special thanks to today's sponsor: Hired Hired is your free, no obligation resource for job searching. If you or someone you know is out there searching for a design or development job be sure to check out Hired. Here's the best part about Hired sponsoring the show, if you apply and interview using this link: http://www.Hired.com/developertea Hired will double their traditional "thank you" bonus of $2,000 to $4,000 if you accept a job offer. Know someone who's job hunting? If you refer them using the same link and they accept the job you will also get a referral bonus of $1337. If you or someone you know is searching for a development or design gig, check out Hired.

What is the difference between a Junior and Senior Developer? In today's episode, I talk about what it takes to get from Junior level programmer to a Senior level programmer. We'll go over some basic characteristics of the two levels, and tips to get further in your programing career. Special thanks to Today's sponsor: Code School Code School is an online learning destination for existing and aspiring developers that teaches through entertaining content. Visit www.CodeSchool.com/developertea for more information and start playing courses now.

in today's episode, I get to talk with fellow developer and podcaster Patrick Hill about how to balance hobbies and work life. We talk about goals, motivation, time management and learning to focus on how to progress from one week to the next. You can follow Patrick not on Twitter but you can find him on Instagram or Letterboxd. Make sure you check out Patrick's podcast: Master of 1 and if you're a fan of Walking Dead, check out Episode 43, in which Patrick and I debate the show. Special thanks to today's sponsor: Hired Hired is your free, no obligation resource for job searching. If you land a job through Hired using this link: http://www.Hired.com/developertea Hired will double their traditional "thank you" bonus of $2,000. That's a $4,000 bonus when you accept a job. If you refer someone and they accept the job you will also get a referral bonus of $1337. Hired is a free, no obligation resource, so if you or someone you know is searching for a development or design gig, check out Hired.

I had the pleasure of talking with Grant Ingersoll. Grant is a search and NLP engineer, author of Taming Text and CTO at Lucidworks. In today's episode, Grant and I discuss his book, Taming Text, how he got into Natural Language Processing (NLP), and discover what he thinks is the next big problem to be solved in text and language analysis. If you're interested in working on text problems follow Grant @gsingers Additional Reading / Learnings Suggested by Grant: Foundations of statistically natural language processing Natural Language Toolkit for python developers GATE 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. Thanks for listening, and until next time, Enjoy your tea.

Today marks our 100th episode! Special thanks to you, the listener for tuning in, submitting your many listener questions, sending feedback, and for nominating Developer Tea as podcast of the year in this year's Net Awards. We've accomplished a lot in our first 100 episodes, experimenting and improving along the way. In today's episode, I'll talk about the importance of improvement as a developer and as a person and give four tips for continuous improvement. in some exciting news: Developer Tea and Design Details have joined to form the network SpecFM. You can still reach me via email at developertea@gmail.com but you can also reach me at jonathan@spec.fm. Check out Design Details and Spec.fm, and I look forward to you joining me for the next 100 episodes. Today's episode is brought to you by: OneMonth Head over to OneMonth.com/developertea to get started learning Ruby on Rails in just...one month, and receive a limited-time 25% discount! Thanks for joining and until next time. Enjoy your tea.

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.

How many times have you seen someone create a framework, realize it has bugs, and instead of adopting a bigger framework, would rather spend the extra time fixing their bugs, all for the sake of using something they'd built? This is also known as The IKEA effect. When one places more value on something they'd had a part in building, regardless of quality or function. Today, I look at the things that help us make good decisions, things that hinder our ability to make those good decisions and tips to recognize your biases so you can continue to make good decisions on a regular basis. The best way to make sure you don't miss out on any Developer Tea shows, is to go ahead and subscribe to the show. You can do that through iTunes, Stitcher, our RSS feed or any other platform you use. There's only a few days left to vote for Developer Tea as podcast of the year in this year's 16th Annual Net Awards, so if you haven't yet go to bit.ly/votetea 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.