Taking Advantage of Hedonic Adaptation
The psychological phenomenon of hedonic adaptation can seem like the enemy of your happiness, but once you understand how it works, you can use it to create lasting habit change and focus on what matt...
11 Apr 20236min
Weber's Law and Contextual Framing
Today we look at a mental model from the field of psychophysics called Weber's Law. This concept is a great analogy for a lot of problems we face as engineers and people leaders, and can help us under...
3 Apr 20238min
What Defines a Senior Developer? - You Won't Use All of Your Knowledge
A senior developer understands that they have to be very selective about how they apply knowledge. Know matter how vast your knowledge may be, you are limited in how you can practically use it in a gi...
31 Mar 20236min
The Pitfall of Control and Antidote of Trust
Your intuition says that control is the ladder you climb to improve your career. But most great leaders tend to do one thing: the opposite of increasing control.📮 Ask a QuestionIf you enjoyed this ep...
20 Mar 20239min
Working Balance - Confronting Reality with Optimism
In today's episode we explore the duality between confronting difficult realities while maintaining optimism. Specifically, we discuss a critical question: what does it mean to be optimistic?📮 Ask a ...
17 Mar 20234min
What Defines a Senior Developer? - Choosing the Right Granularity Level
The traits that define a senior engineer are not catalogued perfectly in one spot. But, nevertheless, we'll try to cover some of the most important traits and habits of a senior engineer.In today's ep...
9 Mar 20237min
What Defines a Senior Developer? - Difficult Does Not Equate To Valuable
The traits that define a senior engineer are not catalogued perfectly in one spot. But, nevertheless, we'll try to cover some of the most important traits and habits of a senior engineer. In this epis...
4 Mar 20236min
What Defines a Senior Developer? - Systematically Communicating Value
The traits that define a senior engineer are not catalogued perfectly in one spot. But, nevertheless, we'll try to cover some of the most important traits and habits of a senior engineer.In this episo...
27 Feb 202311min
