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A semi-daily podcast focused on the planning & execution of patterns as it relates to personal development / workplace productivity.

Samuel Barney


    • Jun 28, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 35 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from hard first, easy later

    Software Engineering "Best Practices"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 67:49


    Who should decide what tools & patterns we should be using?

    Dopamine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 81:38


    Replace endorphin mentions with serotonin, lol.

    Coding interviews are broken, the myth.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 25:13


    Let's examine the myth around coding interviews evaluating algorithms vs day-to-day language/stack specific patterns.

    Challenge Execution Patterns

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 38:30


    Peers & Stakeholders deserve to be challenged and offered an alternative solution.

    Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 35:10


    Continuity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 39:18


    The toxic co-worker!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 36:53


    Can taking the hard road & building up your team members instead of jumping ship result in better overall team performance & synergistic harmonistic winningisticness?!

    Performance Reviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 33:47


    A concise talk on preparing for performance reviews & how it affects the career path.

    Horrible Bosses

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 40:04


    How to deal with a micromanager / low performing leader.

    Recognition Patterns for Teams

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 21:16


    Some insights based on studies from Carol Dweck(Stanford) & Dr. Jooa Julia Lee(Harvard) among other unnamed studies into recognition & praise affect on the mindset of children to adult.

    Team Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 26:07


    Talent development in teams can be accelerated using a bottom-up leadership approach, giving even partial decision making of specific verticals to team members.

    Stakeholder Intent

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 21:23


    Communicate with Stakeholder(s) to better define a project's intent / outcome, which in turn will result in a better user experience.

    The Tinker Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 21:12


    Spend 5-10 non-standard work hours towards tinkering with new technologies/patterns that potentially can benefit your org.

    Greenfield Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 54:51


    Development process & overall team dynamics for increased team effective velocity.

    Objectives and key results (OKR)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 49:00


    A pattern for living a purpose-driven life full of quantifiable micro & macro wins.

    One secret to becoming a high performer!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 17:45


    A concise touch on the building block attribute that can lead to building a high-performance state of mind.

    Happiness in the Workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 19:26


    How feeling happy at work in short bursts, impacts our collaboration & productivity.

    Entitlement

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2020 13:54


    A brief touch on thoughts for rewards/appreciation/entitlements in the workplace & how it relates on a personal level.

    Teamwork makes the dream work!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 28:05


    High-performance team experiences & how to effectively operate inside a highly performant team.

    Obsession

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 43:54


    Ownership

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 29:22


    Thoughts on Ownership in personal & work life. This episode sites a recent study "The effect of admitting fault versus shifting blame on expectations for others to do the same".

    Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 38:30


    User Experience Assessment (UXA)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 24:27


    UXA / UXE initial thoughts for software development teams in 2020.

    Productivity (pt. 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 30:56


    Productivity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 36:11


    Milestones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 18:57


    Milestone planning & execution shallow dive.

    Mentality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 58:33


    Working deep for long hours will give you more than short bursts with the aid of parental controlled computer screens, in my opinion.

    Subject Matter Expert (SME)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 24:32


    Sometimes an open mind can lead to interesting & innovative solutions.

    Test Driven Development (TDD)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 26:49


    Proactive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2020 26:49


    Technical Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 43:18


    Performance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 25:58


    Abstractions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2019 14:54


    Fighting Average

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 25:45


    The Last Minute Deadline!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 15:12


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