Developer Tea
Jonathan Cutrell
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 17 million downloads to date, Developer Tea is a short podcast hosted by Jonathan Cutrell, engineering leader with over 15 years of industry experience. We hope you'll take the topics from this podcast and continue the conversation, either online or in person with your peers. Email: developertea@gmail.com
With over 17 million downloads to date, Developer Tea is a short podcast hosted by Jonathan Cutrell, engineering leader with over 15 years of industry experience. We hope you'll take the topics from this podcast and continue the conversation, either online or in person with your peers. Email: developertea@gmail.com
Episodes
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Mar 16, 2015 • 15min
27: Ensuring Professionalism - Rules I Practice
In this episode, I discuss some of my personal rules for maintaining a reputation of professionalism.
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Mar 13, 2015 • 11min
26: To Generalize, or to Specialize, that is the Question... Part Two
Should you be a generalized programmer or a specialized programmer? Generalized programmers learn a wide range of languages and/or frameworks, while a specialized programmer becomes an expert in something very specific. There are pros and cons to both, and in this episode, we'll discuss both.
Mar 12, 2015 • 6min
Inspiration Episode #3: The Day the Beatles Were Rejected
Unless you're extraordinarily lucky, you'll be rejected multiple times in your life. Whether in your personal or professional life, rejection is a normal part of life, even for the best of the best (like the Beatles). In this episode, I encourage you to move past your rejection.
Mar 11, 2015 • 12min
26: To Generalize, or to Specialize, that is the Question... Part One
Should you be a generalized programmer or a specialized programmer? Generalized programmers learn a wide range of languages and/or frameworks, while a specialized programmer becomes an expert in something very specific. There are pros and cons to both, and in this episode, we'll discuss both.
Mar 9, 2015 • 15min
25: "What Should I Build?" - 5 Tips for Better Idea Generation
In this episode, I answer a question I've received from many listeners: How do I come up with an idea for something to build?
This question is somewhat complex, but we'll cover 5 basic tips for idea generation.
Mar 6, 2015 • 22min
24: Scott Jehl on Responsible Responsive Design and Progressive Enhancement, Part Two
Scott Jehl is a designer and developer working at Filament Group. Scott is also an author and speaks regularly at conferences like An Event Apart. In this interview, Scott and I discuss progressive enhancement and his book, Responsible Responsive Design.
Mentioned at some point in the interview:
ScottJehl.com, Scott's Twitter, Scott's GitHub
Filament Group
Responsible Responsive Design (book)
Designing with Progressive Enhancement (book)
Critical (Addy Osmani)
Critical CSS (Filament Group)
loadCSS
Mar 5, 2015 • 4min
Inspiration Episode #2: Coding for Humans
Today, I talk about coding for humans in this special Inspiration episode. Remember, computers are only what you tell them to be!
Mar 4, 2015 • 23min
24: Scott Jehl on Responsible Responsive Design and Progressive Enhancement, Part One
Scott Jehl is a designer and developer working at Filament Group. Scott is also an author and speaks regularly at conferences like An Event Apart. In this interview, Scott and I discuss progressive enhancement and his book, Responsible Responsive Design.
Mentioned at some point in the interview:
ScottJehl.com, Scott's Twitter, Scott's GitHub
Filament Group
Responsible Responsive Design (book)
Designing with Progressive Enhancement (book)
Critical (Addy Osmani)
Critical CSS (Filament Group)
loadCSS
Mar 2, 2015 • 14min
23: When to Adopt New Technology: A Simple Value-based Rubric
In today's episode, at the request of a listener I discuss the tradeoffs of choosing to adopt a new technology versus using what you already know, even when what you already know might not be the best tool for the job.
Feb 27, 2015 • 20min
22: Why Should Developers Build Their Own "Brand"?
In today's episode, I discuss even further why it's important to create a brand for yourself. Make sure you check out my interview with John Sonmez to hear more about why a developer might want to build their own brand!
