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February 5, 2020
In this episode our heroes discuss how to deal with stressful situations, or coming storms, and how to prepare for and avoid them. We also discuss pickles.
January 17, 2020
Working for a big company has a lot of benefits. It also has some downsides. Most of these downsides can be mitigated or even used to your advantage.
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Derek Seibert
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Jeremy Miller
- In the Dark: The Stakeholder from Hell
- 78. A Thin Line: The Rough Reality of Enterprise Software 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
- 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
- From the Archives: Peak Software $#!% with Gojko Adzic 0 min
- 75. What Is the Network Effect? 0 min
- 74. Bursting the Multiverse Bubble or Stop It With the Status Quo Already! 0 min
- 73. Who Do Software Teams Serve? 0 min
- 72. When Important Decisions Become Ancient History 0 min
- 71. A Couple of Miracle Workers 52 min
- 70. The Endless Drive for the Perfect Program 37 min
- Seasons Greetings: The Story of Barry Christmas 15 min
- 69. Don’t Stop Networking After You Land the Job 25 min
- From the Archive: A Brief History of the Agile Manifesto with Uncle Bob Martin 65 min
- 68. Agile Bull$#!% 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
- In the Dark: A Purgatory of Incompetence 10 min
- 66. Don’t Wait Until You Quit To Document 36 min
- In the Dark: A Cautionary Tale of UX Dark Patterns 0 min
- 65. A Figma of Your Imagination 34 min
- In the Dark: The Frightful Tale of Lost Lenny 9 min
- 64. Formin’ Stormin’ Normin’ Performin’ Mournin’ Dawlin’ 31 min
- 63. How to Influence Change or The Three Joys of Work 41 min
- After Hours: The Spotify Model 22 min
- 62. Indicator of Quality vs Measure of Quality 28 min
- RetroByte: What Is UX Design? Why Does It Matter? 17 min
- 61. We Hope for the Best, but We Plan for the Worst 34 min
- RetroByte: Solving Problems 12 min
- RetroByte: The One Where Derek Comes To Visit 4 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
- RetroByte: Derek Reviews SZNZ: Spring, and It’s Still No Pinkerton 38 min
- 54. An Ugly Design Career with Trevor Alexander 59 min
- 53. Great Scott!!! An interview with Doc Norton 44 min
- Review Jam: 6327853585, that’s who this is for 2 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
- Review Jam: Culture is the Key, Baby #FreeBritney 2 min
- Review Jam: SageMaker- The legend of Jay Casteel 3 min
- Review Jam: BigBrother82 they’re watching you! 2 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
- 31. Derek goes camping 30 min
- After Hours: An Evening with Derek’s First Born 22 min
- 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
- Deep Dives: Introducing The “Get Hired” Series 5 min
- 27. CUPID: A Software Love Story with Dan North 61 min
- 26. If you can’t convince ’em, rebrand! 35 min
- After Hours: “The Learning Release” by Ardi Karaj 10 min
- 25. Don’t get burnt out y’all, “It’s not even goose season.” 35 min
- After Hours: Derek’s Parable of Stability 20 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 $#!% with Gojko Adzic 46 min
- RetroByte: Derek Reviews OK Human, and it’s no Pinkerton 34 min
- 17. Developers & Dragons: D&D Lessons for Software Teams 35 min
- 16. Onboarding Like a Boss 40 min
- 15. Bring Your Authentic Self to Work Day 42 min
- 14. Software Engineers are Creatives Too! 39 min
- 13. What Is Your “Why?” 25 min
- 12. The Butterfly Effect in Software 44 min
- RetroByte: Quick Moving Update 27 min
- 11. Empathy for Everyone 29 min
- RetroByte: COVID-19 Week 18 Check In 22 min
- 10. Interview: Tom Greever, Author of Articulating Design Decisions 46 min
- 09. Freelancing for Dummies 48 min
- 08. Hunger Games or How I Learned to Love Job Hunting 39 min
- RetroByte: A Work Trip Through Time 33 min
- 07. Coding After COVID 32 min
- 06. MVP 2 36 min
- RetroByte: Minimum Viable Podcast 17 min
- RetroByte: COVID-19 Week 2 Check In 29 min
- 05. Working from Home: The New Normal 35 min
- 04. Shaking Out of a Bad Dream 33 min
- 03. Imposter Syndrome 34 min
- 02. The Coming Storm 33 min
- 01. Thriving in a Corporate Environment 38 min
- 78. A Thin Line: The Rough Reality of Enterprise Software 0 min
- 77. Sink or Swim: How to Survive Being Overleveled 0 min
- 76. Ctrl+Alt+Del Your Existential Dread: A Phoenix Will Rise Out of ChatGPT’s Ashes 0 min
- 75. What Is the Network Effect? 0 min
- 74. Bursting the Multiverse Bubble or Stop It With the Status Quo Already! 0 min
- 73. Who Do Software Teams Serve? 0 min
- 72. When Important Decisions Become Ancient History 0 min
- 71. A Couple of Miracle Workers 52 min
- 70. The Endless Drive for the Perfect Program 37 min
- 69. Don’t Stop Networking After You Land the Job 25 min
- From the Archive: A Brief History of the Agile Manifesto with Uncle Bob Martin 65 min
- 68. Agile Bull$#!% 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
- 31. Derek goes camping 30 min
- 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