In the season 2 finale Kris, Brandon and Toran discuss the pros and cons of the controversial take home assignment. References Take Home Force Push Toran's Take Home Blinkist What's Best Next TypeScript Decorators Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue

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Take Home

In this episode Toran and Brandon discuss why software engineers get stuck, how they persist and the potential downsides of relentless problem solving. References Rubber duck debugging Amazon ECS Docker and iptables Focusrite Scarlett Solo Splendor Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue

Stuck

In this episode Toran and Kris discuss various trends in software development. In particular, we cover thick client development, the rise of javascript and atomic css frameworks. References Frontside podcast with Kris Dreaming in Code Shaping, betting, and building podcast AJAX Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue

Trends

In this episode Toran and Brandon discuss what it takes to be successful in tech. We cover hard skills and soft skills alike in search of useful career advice for both JR and SR engineers. References Impostor Syndrome Gary Bernhardt Growth Mindset Walking Skeleton Why Elixir? Throughput Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue

Success

In this episode Kris and Toran chat about digital minimalism inspired by the book from Cal Newport. We talk about social media and the role silence plays in the attention economy. References Digital Minimalism Digital Minimalism ebook on blinkist Visible Spartan Race Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue

Digital Minimalism

This week Kris and Brandon talk about building trust across teams. Their discussion includes a handful of personal stories on the subject including when they felt trusted, frustrated and everything in between. References Ruby on Rails Postmortem Enneagram Impostor Syndrome aws Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue

Trust

Brandon and Kris attempt to console Toran as he wrestles with the idea that his reputation might be on the line as he makes the transition into gaming software development. References Monkey Patching Extreme Programming (XP) Test First DevOps How to Lead When You're Not in Charge Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue

Reputation

Kris and Toran discuss lightning talks, the tradeoffs associated with remote work and 1 minute praisings. They also touch on work ethic and finding focus time while remaining connected. References Testing Multi-Node Phoenix @ElixirConf F3 Nation The acceptance testing burden The New One Minute Manager Impostor Syndrome How to Win Friends & Influence People Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue

Lightning Talks

We kick off season 2 with a discussion about the career transition both Kris and Toran made in early 2019. We also hear from Brandon about training up new hires, the force multiplier effect and embracing challenges from less experienced engineers. References MacBook Pro Key Bindings for VSCode Lonestar Elixir Vue.js Elm Enneagram GNU Debugger Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue

New Gigs

How do you do a code review and provide feedback in a non threatening way? How do you receive code review feedback? What is the point of code reviews? Listen to Kris, Toran, and Brandon cover these questions in how to give and receive code reviews to level up your team. References Code Review Creating a pull request 20% of code lives > 5 years ember-a11y graphQL workshop Bullet Journal Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue For a full transcript of the show visit our blog https://developingfatigue.fm/show/13/code-review

Code Review

Kris, Toran, and Brandon discuss what a cross functional team is and how to get the most out of the team setup. They cover team composition strategies that improve the flow of work and how crossing boundaries can increase throughput. References Cross Functional Team Modern Agile Active Listening Docker Skin in the game No Silver Bullet Release Management F3 Nation Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue For a full transcript of the show visit our blog https://developingfatigue.fm/show/12/cross-functional-teams

Cross Functional Teams

This week Toran and Brandon are interviewed by Kris as we learn more about consulting. We talk about the differences between consulting and contracting, why consultants/contractors tend to have a high hourly rate, some of the business and legal aspects of consulting, how to land that first consulting job and ultimately why they left consulting to return to full time employment. References Kris Van Houten on twitter Brandon Williams on twitter Toran Billups on twitter Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue For a full transcript of the show visit our blog https://developingfatigue.fm/show/11/consulting

Consulting

This week the trio diverges from the normal format as they do an interview style episode on the topic of remote work. Brandon dives right in with questions on how to do it well, what are the pros of working remote, why Kris and Toran like working remote and concludes with how to land that first remote developer job. References Kris Van Houten on twitter Brandon Williams on twitter Toran Billups on twitter Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue For a full transcript of the show visit our blog https://developingfatigue.fm/show/10/remote-work

Remote Work

This week we talk about retention and how companies can keep people in this industry as people are seemingly transient in their jobs. We discuss about some reasons that people might choose to move on in their career. We cover some signs that can help you know when it's time to look for a new job and how good leadership has a large impact on retaining top talent and a couple of ways that leaders can influence people to grow in their career at the company. References YouthCode Servant leadership AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue For a full transcript of the show visit our blog https://developingfatigue.fm/show/9/retention

Retention

In our episode on interviewing, we converse about the good and bad interviews we have had (from the interviewee perspective). We then move on to what we look for when we're conducting interviews and some of the things we wish that people would change about the interview process (take home projects, whiteboards, and questions related to the theoretical part of computer science). We also cover how we prepare for interviews and answers we prepare for commonly asked questions. References The Art of Pairing Pair Programming T-shaped people Glassdoor Kris on github Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfatigue@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue For a full transcript of the show visit our blog https://developingfatigue.fm/show/8/interviewing

Interviewing

Software development podcast with a focus on the human side of programming

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