Developing Fatigue: Recent Episodes
Toran Billups, Kris Van Houten & Brandon Williams
In this episode Kris and Toran discuss what to expect from a paid conference training.
References
ElixirConf 2021 Training
The Overstory
Pragmatic Studio LiveView Pro
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In this episode Kris and Toran discuss an article titled "The dispassionate developer" and the controversy around staying sharp in the software industry.
References
Vim Clutch
The dispassionate developer
Tailwind CSS
Windy
Obsidian
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In this episode Kris and Toran discuss decorators, programmer identity and the value of hobby projects.
References
EmberJS
Babel decorators
Elixir
Spartan Trifecta
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In this episode Kris and Toran discuss React Native, push notifications and the value of a team retreat.
References
React Native
Expo
Expo Push Notifications
Elixir Wizards
Phoenix LiveView Drag and Drop
Akira The Don
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In the season 3 kickoff Kris and Toran discuss growth during the long gap between seasons.
References
Knowledge Work 3.0
Stencil
Web Components
Tailwind 2.0
See you at the top
Read to lead
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/13/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
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/12/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
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/11/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
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/10/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
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/9/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
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/8/interviewing
Our hosts discuss yet another book by Cal Newport, "So Good They Can't Ignore You". In this book, Cal Newport challenges the idea of "follow your passion" for work that you should do by calling this the "Passion Hypothesis". Kris, Toran, and Brandon discuss this and the other major points of the book, Career Capital and Deliberate practice as they reflect on their career journeys thus far. They also dream about the future and how what they learned from this book could help level up in their career.
References
So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Test Driven Development by Example (EMBERCONF 2015)
Project Euler
CodeWars.com (code kata)
Dotfiles by Jarrod Taylor
vim
vscode
Redux in Action
Training from the back of the room
Jenny Tarwater (Trainer)
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/7/so-good-they-cant-ignore-you
Inspired by a blog post from earlier this year that stated learning is hard, we discuss our different styles of learning. We also discuss learning from the other side where we are helping other people to learn and how we teach and coach. We move on to explore the difference between “Just in time learning” vs “Just in case learning”? How the difference between these two can help people new to technology utilize these ways of learning to relieve the pressure of “keeping up”.
References
Tim Ferriss - how to consume information
Shop Talk panel on inline styles
functional css
GatsbyJS
React
EmberJS
Ansible
Docker
Elixir
td-agent
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/6/learning
In this episode Brandon, Kris, and Toran chat about the topic of deep work inspired by the book “Deep Work” by Cal Newport. We talk about what distractions look like and how we can better engage in deep work to provide the most value to our teams and organizations.
References
Deep Work by Cal Newport
The Model Health Show - Deep Work (podcast)
Own the day, own your life
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/5/deep-work
We discuss culture and define what it is and what it is not. How do we create, maintain, enhance the culture. We cover the concept of shared values and practical tips for working towards an awesome productive culture.
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/4/culture-shifting
This week we cover the different forms of mentorship where we have been the mentor and the mentee. There is not a one-size-fits-all solution to mentoring. What does a successful mentoring session look like? The mentoring session is not a one way flow of information and both parties should be contributing to enhance the learning.
References
ember-cli-hot-loader
Terraform
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/3/mentoring
In this episode, we discuss how you progress through your career as a developer. Do you pursue path of developer to senior developer to manager? Is this the only way to “level up” in your career? We challenge this in your journey as a developer and what it means to be a “T” shaped person and how leveling up is not all about the hard skills.
References
Melanie Sumner
Soft Skills (book by John Sonmez)
8 Part Accessibility Blog Series (by Kris)
Let's Choose Kaizen Instead Of "The Rewrite" (talk by Brandon)
Over Mocking, Under Delivering (talk proposal by Toran)
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/2/career-paths
This week we discuss the origin story of the podcast. Kris and Brandon share how they came to know Toran and what trouble has come of it since. Along the way, Toran genuinely highlights the unique characteristics of both Brandon and Kris that convinced him this trio had something special to offer.
References
Kris Van Houten on twitter
Brandon Williams on twitter
Toran Billups on twitter
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https://developingfatigue.fm/show/1/origin