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September 22, 2021
This week our heroes discuss a recent blog post by Tyler Hawkins about how software is a loser's game. The reason we fail is often because of unforced errors on our part. How do we play the game so we always win?
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Jay Casteel is a man of steel. He's a friend for real. He's a Sagemaker. He's a dream taker. He's a dream shaker. He's a man. Last but certainly not least, he's our fearless leader.
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Derek Seibert
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- 78. A Thin Line: The Rough Reality of Enterprise Software 0 min
- 77. Sink or Swim: How to Survive Being Overleveled 0 min
- 76. Ctrl+Alt+Del Your Existential Dread: A Phoenix Will Rise Out of ChatGPT’s Ashes 0 min
- 75. What Is the Network Effect? 0 min
- 74. Bursting the Multiverse Bubble or Stop It With the Status Quo Already! 0 min
- 73. Who Do Software Teams Serve? 0 min
- 72. When Important Decisions Become Ancient History 0 min
- 71. A Couple of Miracle Workers 52 min
- 70. The Endless Drive for the Perfect Program 37 min
- 69. Don’t Stop Networking After You Land the Job 25 min
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- 68. Agile Bull$#!% With Jesper Boeg 72 min
- 67. Teach the Geek To Speak With Neil Thompson 44 min
- From the Archives: Tom Greever, Author of Articulating Design Decisions 46 min
- 66. Don’t Wait Until You Quit To Document 36 min
- 65. A Figma of Your Imagination 34 min
- 64. Formin’ Stormin’ Normin’ Performin’ Mournin’ Dawlin’ 31 min
- 63. How to Influence Change or The Three Joys of Work 41 min
- 62. Indicator of Quality vs Measure of Quality 28 min
- 61. We Hope for the Best, but We Plan for the Worst 34 min
- 60. It’s Not the Size of the Team, It’s How You Use It 38 min
- 59. Looking Backward To Move Forward 41 min
- 58. Should I Stay or Should I Go? 33 min
- 57. Conquering CSS with Ryan Boddy 47 min
- 56. Don’t Treat Your Users Like Lab Rats 37 min
- 55. Software Team, Tear Down This Wall! 44 min
- 54. An Ugly Design Career with Trevor Alexander 59 min
- 53. Great Scott!!! An interview with Doc Norton 44 min
- 52. Culture Crusaders 41 min
- 51. Володимир Путін гігантський хуй. Слава Україні! or How to Get Over Learning Anxiety 36 min
- 50. Lessons From a Tech Lead with Tyler Hawkins 55 min
- 49. Playing the Long Game or How To Join a New Team 32 min
- 48. The Freelance Hustle with Danielle Meadows-Stinnett 56 min
- 47. The Mother Flippin’ Sci-Fi Guys 37 min
- 46. Frustration Desperation 37 min
- 45. The Mindful Developer with Dagna Bieda 52 min
- 44. Feature (RED) Flags 43 min
- 43. Manufacturing an estimate: Manufacturing vs Software Engineering 36 min
- 42. Avoid the Naughty List: It’s end-of-year review season! 31 min
- 41. Level up your career via mentoring with Anand Safi 55 min
- 40. Content Governance: This ain’t no democracy! with Chris Willis 52 min
- 39. Let Change Be a Catalyst For Change 37 min
- Get Hired: The Three-Legged Stool with Aimee Miller 41 min
- 37. Is software a loser’s game? 44 min
- 36. Modern Agile: It starts and ends with the people with Ardi Karaj 60 min
- 35. Five whys are better than one 31 min
- 34. Not just team building, dream building with Brittany Summitt 54 min
- Get Hired: Demystifying the Whiteboard Design Challenge with Ray Lemon 32 min
- Get Hired: Acing your next job interview with Jay Casteel 96 min
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- Get Hired: Craft a killer resume and portfolio with Kristine Yuen 58 min
- 29. We believe in nothing, Lebowski! 42 min
- Get Hired: Networking and building your tribe with Kasey Randall 50 min
- 27. CUPID: A Software Love Story with Dan North 61 min
- 26. If you can’t convince ’em, rebrand! 35 min
- 25. Don’t get burnt out y’all, “It’s not even goose season.” 35 min
- 24. Agile Execution: Wisdom from a Learned Agile Practitioner with David O’Malley 60 min
- 23. A Brief History of the Agile Manifesto with Uncle Bob Martin 65 min
- 22. Software Etiquette: Or How to Stop Being a Jerk and Love Building Software 47 min
- 21. Gettin’ Real Agile Up in Here 46 min
- 20. For the love of Go, Don’t be a “Bob!” with John Arundel 41 min
- 19. Make it “Thump” with Brian Friedman 46 min
- 18. Peak Software $#!% with Gojko Adzic 46 min
- 17. Developers & Dragons: D&D Lessons for Software Teams 35 min
- 16. Onboarding Like a Boss 40 min
- 15. Bring Your Authentic Self to Work Day 42 min
- 14. Software Engineers are Creatives Too! 39 min
- 13. What Is Your “Why?” 25 min
- 12. The Butterfly Effect in Software 44 min
- 11. Empathy for Everyone 29 min
- 10. Interview: Tom Greever, Author of Articulating Design Decisions 46 min
- 09. Freelancing for Dummies 48 min
- 08. Hunger Games or How I Learned to Love Job Hunting 39 min
- 07. Coding After COVID 32 min
- 06. MVP 2 36 min
- 05. Working from Home: The New Normal 35 min
- 04. Shaking Out of a Bad Dream 33 min
- 03. Imposter Syndrome 34 min
- 02. The Coming Storm 33 min
- 01. Thriving in a Corporate Environment 38 min
- RetroByte: What Is UX Design? Why Does It Matter? 17 min
- RetroByte: Solving Problems 12 min
- RetroByte: The One Where Derek Comes To Visit 4 min
- RetroByte: Derek Reviews SZNZ: Spring, and It’s Still No Pinkerton 38 min
- RetroByte: Derek Reviews OK Human, and it’s no Pinkerton 34 min
- RetroByte: Quick Moving Update 27 min
- RetroByte: COVID-19 Week 18 Check In 22 min
- RetroByte: A Work Trip Through Time 33 min
- RetroByte: Minimum Viable Podcast 17 min
- RetroByte: COVID-19 Week 2 Check In 29 min
- After Hours: The Spotify Model 22 min
- After Hours: An Evening with Derek’s First Born 22 min
- After Hours: “The Learning Release” by Ardi Karaj 10 min
- After Hours: Derek’s Parable of Stability 20 min
- Get Hired: The Three-Legged Stool with Aimee Miller 41 min
- Get Hired: Demystifying the Whiteboard Design Challenge with Ray Lemon 32 min
- Get Hired: Acing your next job interview with Jay Casteel 96 min
- Get Hired: Craft a killer resume and portfolio with Kristine Yuen 58 min
- Get Hired: Networking and building your tribe with Kasey Randall 50 min
- Deep Dives: Introducing The “Get Hired” Series 5 min
- In the Dark: The Stakeholder from Hell 0 min
- In the Dark: The Tale of the Cursed Prototype 0 min
- In the Dark: A Cautionary Tale of UX Dark Patterns 0 min
- In the Dark: A Purgatory of Incompetence 10 min
- In the Dark: A Cautionary Tale of UX Dark Patterns 0 min
- In the Dark: The Frightful Tale of Lost Lenny 9 min