

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
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Dec 14, 2020 • 25min
Refactor Your Labeling Techniques
In today's episode, I hope to challenge you to reconsider how you label your world.🌎 Fix your labelsLabeling TheoryA game-theory math-oriented perspective on heuristicsSome more on heuristics and bias ✨ Sponsor: New RelicThank you to New Relic for sponsoring today's episode!Make managing and analysis of complex digital architectures work for you. Check them out at NewRelic.com to become a full access user with 100GB per month totally free. 📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have on the show, drop it over at: developertea.com. 🧡 Leave a ReviewIf you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to iTunes and leave a review! It helps other developers discover the show and keep us focused on what matters to you.

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Dec 9, 2020 • 34min
Learning in Public w/ Shawn Swyx Wang (part 2)
Shawn Swyx Wang discusses productivity, strategy, and tactics for junior vs. senior engineers. Topics include integrating strategy into work, principles vs. values, learning in public, transitioning to a senior developer, and technology analogies.

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Dec 7, 2020 • 27min
Learning in Public w/ Shawn Swyx Wang (part 1)
Guest Shawn Swyx Wang, Reactjs subreddit mod and author of 'The Coding Career Handbook', discusses monoculture, countercultural paths, limitations of methods in the tech industry, understanding the business impact of code, and four tools for strategy.

Dec 2, 2020 • 48min
Teaching in Public w/ Kent C. Dodds (part 2)
Over the next couple of episodes of this show, we're talking about learning and teaching in public. Today, we sit down with Kent C. Dodds. Kent has created some of the most important teaching materials for React developers at epicreact.dev. In this part 2 with Kent, we talk about building a teaching platform and the importance of giving away most of your knowledge for free.🌎 Kent on the WebTwitter - @kentcdoddsEpicreact.devTesting JavaScriptKent's BlogKent's WebsiteDiscordCourses ✨ Sponsor: New RelicThank you to New Relic for sponsoring today's episode!Make managing and analysis of complex digital architectures work for you. Check them out at NewRelic.com to become a full access user with 100GB per month totally free. 📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have on the show, drop it over at: developertea.com. 🧡 Leave a ReviewIf you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to iTunes and leave a review! It helps other developers discover the show and keep us focused on what matters to you.

Nov 30, 2020 • 35min
Teaching in Public w/ Kent C. Dodds (part 1)
Over the next couple of episodes of this show, we're talking about learning and teaching in public. Today, we sit down with Kent C. Dodds. Kent has created some of the most important teaching materials for React developers at epicreact.dev. In this part 1 with Kent, we talk about the roots of why Kent cares so much about teaching. 🌎 Kent on the WebTwitter - @kentcdoddsEpicreact.devTesting JavaScriptKent's Blog Kent's WebsiteDiscordCourses ✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea. 📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have on the show, drop it over at: developertea.com. 🧡 Leave a ReviewIf you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to iTunes and leave a review! It helps other developers discover the show and keep us focused on what matters to you.

Nov 25, 2020 • 28min
Building Products w/ Keith Pitt (part 2)
Have you ever thought about building something because you assumed the product already existed? In this part two of our interview with Keith, we dig into the difference between being a CTO vs. CEO and why Keith chose to be the CTO at Buildkite. 🌎 Keith On The WebTwitter @keithpitt GithubBuildkite ✨ Sponsor: New RelicThank you to New Relic for sponsoring today's episode!Make managing and analysis of complex digital architectures work for you. Check them out at NewRelic.com to become a full access user with 100GB per month totally free. 📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have on the show, drop it over at: developertea.com. 🧡 Leave a ReviewIf you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to iTunes and leave a review! It helps other developers discover the show and keep us focused on what matters to you.

Nov 23, 2020 • 40min
Building Products w/ Keith Pitt (part 1)
Have you ever thought about building something because you assumed the product already existed? In today's episode, we dig into this question with Keith Pitt. Keith is the CTO and co-founder of Buildkite and in this part 1 of our two part interview, we dig into starting Buildkite and Keith's journey in development.🌎 Keith On The WebTwitter @keithpitt Github Buildkite ✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea. 📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have on the show, drop it over at: developertea.com. 🧡 Leave a ReviewIf you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to iTunes and leave a review! It helps other developers discover the show and keep us focused on what matters to you.

Nov 18, 2020 • 58min
Maintainability w/ Robby Russell (part 2)
Robby is the co-founder and CEO of Planet Argon and the original creator of OH-MY-ZSH. In this part 2 of the two part interview with Robby, we focus on goals of a team and how to identify areas that need some maintainability focus. 🌎 Robby on the WebPlanet Argon Maintainability.fmOH-MY-ZSHTwitter✨ Sponsor: New RelicThank you to New Relic for sponsoring today's episode!Make managing and analysis of complex digital architectures work for you. Check them out at NewRelic.com to become a full access user with 100GB per month totally free.📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have on the show, drop it over at: developertea.com. 🧡 Leave a ReviewIf you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to iTunes and leave a review! It helps other developers discover the show and keep us focused on what matters to you.

Nov 16, 2020 • 57min
Maintainability w/ Robby Russell (part 1)
🌎 Robby on the WebPlanet Argon Maintainability.fmOH-MY-ZSHTwitter✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have on the show, drop it over at: developertea.com. 🧡 Leave a ReviewIf you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to iTunes and leave a review! It helps other developers discover the show and keep us focused on what matters to you.

Nov 11, 2020 • 36min
Leading A Team During Difficult Times w/ Venkat Venkataramani (part 2)
In today's episode we sit down with Venkat Venkataramani to talk about his role as a co-founder and CEO of Rockset.In this part 2 of our two part interview, we dig into leadership mindset and leading a company during difficult times. 🌎 Venkat on the WebRocksetLinkedInTwitter✨ Sponsor: New RelicThank you to New Relic for sponsoring today's episode!Make managing and analysis of complex digital architectures work for you. Check them out at NewRelic.com to become a full access user with 100GB per month totally free.📮 Ask a Question If you enjoyed this episode and would like me to discuss a question that you have on the show, drop it over at: developertea.com. 🧡 Leave a ReviewIf you're enjoying the show and want to support the content head over to iTunes and leave a review! It helps other developers discover the show and keep us focused on what matters to you.