Developer Tea
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: [email protected]
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 1268
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Welcome Back Ali Spittel - Part Two
In today's episode, we welcome back to the show Ali Spittel! Ali is a developer advocate at AWS Amplify. So, naturally in this episode, we discuss topics around what it means to be a developer advoca…
Welcome Back Ali Spittel - Part One
In today's episode, we welcome back to the show Ali Spittel! Ali is a developer advocate at AWS Amplify. So, naturally in this episode, we discuss topics around what it means to be a developer advoca…
Friday Refill - Complexity Inversion (Fixed)
It's easy to imagine we are more complex and others are more simple than is true. Often, we see ourselves as having nuance, while others are characterized once and that characterization may never be …
Friday Refill - Complexity Inversion
It's easy to imagine we are more complex and others are more simple than is true. Often, we see ourselves as having nuance, while others are characterized once and that characterization may never be …
The Scout Mindset with Julia Galef, Part Two
In today's episode, I have the joy of interviewing Julia Galef. Julia and I talk about updating your beliefs, the difficulty of fighting our biases, seeking truth, and her new book, The Scout Mindset…
The Scout Mindset with Julia Galef, Part One
In today's episode, I have the joy of interviewing Julia Galef. Julia and I talk about updating your beliefs, the difficulty of fighting our biases, seeking truth, and her new book, The Scout Mindset…
Introduce Intentional Asymmetry
Friday refill - happy Friday!
We have a drive to balance everything. Move back towards the middle, maintain status quo. But usually, balance is wasteful and an illusion.
Narrative Complexity
In today's episode we run a thought experiment. What happens when a story changes? Can we ever get back "on track"? History is complex. Predicting history gets more and more complex the further away …
Changing Work Environments and Availability Bias
Huge transitions are happening for most people right now. As this occurs, our environments will change. Partially as a result of the availability bias, we'll also see peoples' behaviors and thought p…
Friday Refill: Making Limited Work Look Good on a Resumé
How do you make work look good on your resumé when you feel like you haven't done anything impressive? Only the people who work with you know the value of what you did, so how can you communicate tha…
Minding the Observer Effect as We Transition Together
As we transition together through strange periods (whether at large scale like the present moment, or at a smaller scale within your organization or culture), the way we look at each other changes. T…
Find Your Values in the Dark
Uncomfortable places may feel dark, but they often carry the most illuminating lessons. In today's episode we discuss using these darker moments as a compass to find your values.
✨ Sponsor: Linode
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Friday Refill: Seek Leverage and Access
Look at your calendar. What doors are opening? What exponential gains are you building? Leverage and access are the key to building your career long term.
Dan Pupius, CEO and Co-Founder of Range, Part Two
Today's guest is Dan Pupius, CEO and co-founder of Range. Dan cares deeply about creating products that make healthy and sustainable workplaces a common occurrence. We talk in depth about designing c…
Dan Pupius, CEO and Co-Founder of Range, Part One
Today's guest is Dan Pupius, CEO and co-founder of Range. Dan cares deeply about creating products that make healthy and sustainable workplaces a common occurrence. We talk in depth about designing c…
Friday Refill - Stop Your Weekend Half-Thinking
We're all guilty of it - not letting that thing go that happened at work on Friday. But by giving it only partial energy over the weekend, we are likely not going to improve how we deal with it on Mo…
Ban the Heroics On Your Team
Heroes appear when something has gone wrong. What does a team look like with no heroics?
✨ Sponsor: LaunchDarkly
Today's episode is sponsored by LaunchDarkly. LaunchDarkly is today’s leading feature ma…
Two Blessings and Two Curses of Intuition (Corrected)
Hey folks - this is the corrected version of yesterday's episode. Apologies for the error!
You need intuition to build incredible skill. But it's important to develop a healthy caution towards intuit…
Two Blessings and Two Curses of Intuition
You need intuition to build incredible skill. But it's important to develop a healthy caution towards intuition, as it can create a brittle framework for thinking. In this episode, we discuss both si…
Friday Refill: How Patience Pays Off
Patience is more than a virtue. Patience is a signal that you understand the importance of gratitude and the vanity of rushing or attempting to control what you cannot. In this Friday refill, we'll d…