

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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Jan 13, 2020 • 7min
Productivity Isn't About How Much You Get done
Productivity is an endless hill. How can you increase the output of you or your team as an engineer? In today's episode, we're zooming out to explore how individuals contribute to the productivity of a team as a whole.
What is the least amount of work that's necessary to reach your goal?
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Jan 10, 2020 • 23min
3 Guidelines for Happier Work with Designers
Clarity is hard to find when things are ambiguous.
In today's episode, we're talking about solutions in uncharted territories and coming to conclusions from our own point of view. Specifically, we'll be exploring opportunities to strengthen relationships between designers and developers when our opinions to solutions collide.
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🍵 Subscribe to the Tea Break Challenge
This is a daily challenge designed help you become more self-aware and be a better developer so you can have a positive impact on the people around you. Check it out and give it a try at https://www.teabreakchallenge.com/.
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Jan 9, 2020 • 11min
Connecting Tasks to Operating Modes
The work that you do and actions you take have outcomes. In today's episode, we're talking about finding better outputs through the actions and effort that we put into our day. What tasks deserve more effort and what tasks don't require as much effort to complete and how can we identify the level of effort an event needs quickly?
Sponsored by: Pathrise
Pathrise is an online mentorship program that gets you a job at a top tech company.
You receive unlimited weekly 1-on-1’s until you get hired, along with workshops, small groups, support over email and text, and other types of support
It's not your normal BS generic career advice and it's completely online and flexible based on your schedule.
The best part is, you pay $0 until you get hired first. The program is funded by a small percentage of your salary only after you start working and get paid yourself first.
If you're ready to make a change and get a job in tech, check out Pathrise at: pathrise.com/tea
Get in touch
If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-tea
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Jan 6, 2020 • 11min
Success and Cumulative Advantage
What are the common systems of successful people?
In today's episode, we're talking about the common systems of successful people, and how we could incorporate some of those systems in our daily lives to help us improve our own personal and professional success.
Sponsored by: Pathrise
Pathrise is an online mentorship program that gets you a job at a top tech company.
You receive unlimited weekly 1-on-1’s until you get hired, along with workshops, small groups, support over email and text, and other types of support
It's not your normal BS generic career advice and it's completely online and flexible based on your schedule.
The best part is, you pay $0 until you get hired first. The program is funded by a small percentage of your salary only after you start working and get paid yourself first.
If you're ready to make a change and get a job in tech, check out Pathrise at: pathrise.com/tea
Get in touch
If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-tea
🧡 Leave a Review
If 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.

Jan 3, 2020 • 11min
A Key Misconception About Resolutions
Happy New Year to everyone listening to this show!
In today's episode we're focusing on automating as much of our daily life as we can and one misconception of habit forming and how we can better shape our lives to make habit building easier.
Sponsored by: Pathrise
Pathrise is an online mentorship program that gets you a job at a top tech company.
You receive unlimited weekly 1-on-1’s until you get hired, along with workshops, small groups, support over email and text, and other types of support
It's not your normal BS generic career advice and it's completely online and flexible based on your schedule.
The best part is, you pay $0 until you get hired first. The program is funded by a small percentage of your salary only after you start working and get paid yourself first.
If you're ready to make a change and get a job in tech check them out at pathrise.com/tea
Get in touch
If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-tea
🧡 Leave a Review
If 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.

Dec 27, 2019 • 34min
Holiday Re-Air: Interview w/ Gabriel Weinberg (part 2)
Today's guest, Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of DuckDuckGo uses connections to help steer the company. What we're talking about today with Gabriel are mental models for building a team and business.
In part 2 of this interview, we dive deeper into Gabriel's mental models specifically for engineers. His book, Super Thinking, which we base the discussion on can be found here: Super Thinking.
Get in touch
If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-tea
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Dec 23, 2019 • 36min
Holiday Re-Air: Interview w/ Gabriel Weinberg
Today's guest, Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of DuckDuckGo uses connections to help steer the company. What we're talking about today with Gabriel are mental models for building a team and business.
In part 1 of this interview, we dive into Gabriel's recent book, Super Thinking. This is a big book of mental models. Don't miss part two of this interview, airing on Friday, December 27th.
Get in touch
If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about today's topic or just want to let us know if you found this episode valuable I encourage you to join the conversation or start your own on our community platform Spectrum.chat/specfm/developer-tea
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Dec 20, 2019 • 19min
Simplifying
This is the last episode of the 2019 year, and like most people spending time with family and preparing for the upcoming year, we're thinking about goals. In today's episode we're talking about resolutions, planning and focus in the new year.
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🧡 Leave a Review
If 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.
🍵 Subscribe to the Tea Break Challenge
This is a daily challenge designed help you become more self-aware and be a better developer so you can have a positive impact on the people around you. Check it out and give it a try at https://www.teabreakchallenge.com/.

Dec 18, 2019 • 17min
What We Do With a Lack of Information
What exactly does it mean to forget?
In today's episode we're talking about perspective. Most of what we experience in our day-to-day will eventually be forgotten and there isn't a clear definition of what it means to remember or forget things.
We'll dig into the detail of moments that we forget and those details that cause memories to stick. Understanding how we can make more memorable decisions when designing our code structure and what we can do when we have a lack of code decision information.
🙏Thanks to our Sponsor: GiveWell
Giving is hard. When you donate, how do you know what a charity can actually accomplish with your money? Givewell, is solving that problem by connecting your money with charities that will see the direct impact of your dollars spent.
Visit GiveWell.org/DeveloperTea to find out about effective charities and get your donation matched up to $1,000.
🧡 Leave a Review
If 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.
🍵 Subscribe to the Tea Break Challenge
This is a daily challenge designed help you become more self-aware and be a better developer so you can have a positive impact on the people around you. Check it out and give it a try at https://www.teabreakchallenge.com/.

Dec 16, 2019 • 16min
Disagreeing Better, On Purpose
Imagine you're running a team. As a manager, you're setting up the processes and expectations among your team. What are the organizational responsibility, ceremonies and disciplines?
In today's episode, we're talking about setting expectations and specifically how we can plan better for when disagreement happens.
🙏Thanks to our Sponsor: Flywheel
Local by Flywheel is the #1 local WordPress development tool designed to make building, testing, and launching WordPress sites a total breeze!
It’s time to revolutionize your workflow and download Local by Flywheel for free today on Mac, Windows, or Linux at localbyflywheel.com!
🧡 Leave a Review
If 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.
🍵 Subscribe to the Tea Break Challenge
This is a daily challenge designed help you become more self-aware and be a better developer so you can have a positive impact on the people around you. Check it out and give it a try at https://www.teabreakchallenge.com/.