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Hey everyone, welcome to today's episode of Developer Tea. This is the second part of my interview with Bryan McCann, the CTO at you.com. If you haven't listened to Part One, I'd encourage you to go back, as it provides crucial context for our continued discussion. In this episode, we dive into how you can think about relating to and integrating the massive changes that AI is bringing to your job, whether you are a software engineer, manager, director, or product professional. Bryan and I discuss his interests beyond research, including art and organizational design.Explore the two primary paths for developers in the long run: specializing as managers of AI tools (like a product manager with engineering insight) or striving to be better than AI at building better versions of AI itself (the "neurosurgeon" type).Understand why refining your intuitions about what should be built becomes increasingly crucial as automation makes execution easier.Examine how conceptual biases often become the bottleneck when interacting with powerful AI tools, such as focusing on very narrow tasks for a broad tool.Learn how to approach AI failures: treat a failed output as an opportunity to dig in and figure out why, perhaps by asking the AI to write a better prompt or identifying a fundamental missing capability that could become a great startup idea.Conceptualize AI as the earliest versions of magic, where the manipulation of symbols (like embeddings) allows us to extend our influence into the world in a flexible and powerful way.Discover principles of organizational design by studying how neural networks learn, focusing on strong information flow, skip connections, and aligning with the objective.Consider the idea that the next phase of human development might involve emulating AI's learning mechanisms (rather than expecting AI to become more human-like) to unlock the next phase of humanity and continue our search for meaning.Hear Bryan's final piece of advice for listeners: focus on learning and working on things you are passionate about that will have the highest possible impact.
Hey everyone and welcome to today's episode of Developer Tea. It's been quite a while since I've had a guest on the show. Today, I'm joined by Bryan McCann, CTO at you.com. We dive into a wide-ranging discussion, exploring the philosophical origins of his career—from studying meaning and language to working in very early AI research. This discussion is less advice-heavy and more focused on kind of theory and discussion. I hope this is insightful for you and helpful as you crystallize your own philosophies on these subjects.Explore the philosophical journey that led Bryan McCann from being a philosophy major interested in meaning to pioneering early AI research. Bryan views his current work as an extension of those original philosophical questions.Discover how Bryan shifted from hitting a dead end in "armchair philosophy" to using computational tools to study language and try to make machines that could create meaning.Understand why Bryan believes that meaning, in the sense he originally sought it, is an innately human thing, tied to purpose and the narratives we use to shape our sense of reality.Discuss the profound realization that AI breakthroughs might be akin to discovering electricity, suggesting we are tapping into a fundamental framework of meaning or connection that has always existed.Examine the concept of super intelligence and the "flywheel effect," where AI accelerates research and development, building better versions of itself and potentially surpassing the classic anthropomorphic vision of machine intelligence.Explore Bryan's other interests, including organizations, people, and art, which he sees as continuing the uniquely human search for meaning.Consider the idea that humanity's constant need to differentiate itself from machines may simply be a mechanism for survival, enabling our continued dominance.
Today, we celebrate 10 years of Developer Tea. I wouldn't be doing this podcast without you listening. Especially if you have been listening for many years, thank you!
After today's episode, your resumé is going to get better! In this episode I will share the biggest mistake and the best advice I've ever received about building a great resumé. This will take some work from you, but I hope you walk away from this episode feeling like you have the right mindset to improve your resumé drastically, and land more interviews, ultimately leading to better job opportunities for the Developer Tea audience!
Today Marks 9 Years of Developer Tea.Thank you all for your support, and your friendship. I wish you all well on your journey, and may you find clarity, perspective, and purpose. (Don't worry, we aren't going anywhere!)
Developer Tea has been around for 8 years. Thank you so much for your incredible support over these years!In today's episode we discuss how it feels to be wrong.
First off, thank you for an incredible 7 years! Our listeners and sponsors make it possible to do this show, and I'm incredibly grateful for every one of you.In this episode, we continue our discussion with two more exercises for making meaningful and purpose driven behavior change resolutions.
Developer Tea is a podcast for developers designed to fit inside your tea break. Jonathan Cutrell started the podcast in 2015 and now has hosted over 1000 episodes. We interview Jonathan Cutrell about the early days of Developer Tea, Spec.fm, developer content, and more. Links https://jonathancutrell.com https://twitter.com/jcutrell https://spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea https://designdetails.fm https://spec.fm https://twitter.com/chantastic https://developertea.com https://twitter.com/DeveloperTea https://www.charitynavigator.org Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) What does LogRocket do? LogRocket combines frontend monitoring, product analytics, and session replay to help software teams deliver the ideal product experience. Try LogRocket for free today (https://logrocket.com/signup?pdr). Special Guest: Jonathan Cutrell.
The most critical career mistake you can make isn't a secret. Are you in control? If you aren't driving your career, who is?What if the best thing you could do was nothing?Not indefinitely, of course - but often, we intervene in the world when the right choice is to do nothing.This is uncomfortable because it is unfamiliar, but might be the most critical change you can make in your thought process.✨ Sponsor: AroundThank you to Around for their support of Developer Tea!More people are working remotely than ever. And that means more video meetings than ever. But it doesn't have to be a drag with bad UX, fatiguing full-screen takeovers, and everything we hate about video meetings. Around is changing the game with a tool made specifically for remote teams to get work done together.Check out their awesome features (like AI camera framing, auto-filters, and much more) at Around.co!
Joel Beasley is the host of Modern CTO, a podcast with guests coming from IBM, Microsoft, Nasa, Reddit, and hundreds of others. Joel and I have wanted to have this discussion for a long time, and we finally found the right overlap to do it!You can learn more about Modern CTO at https://moderncto.io and listen to this episode in the alternate podcast universe here.Thanks for joining me on Developer Tea, Joel!✨ Sponsor: Command Line HeroesCommand Line Heroes is a podcast that tells the epic true tales of developers, programmers, hackers, geeks, and open source rebels who are revolutionizing the technology landscape.Check out Command Line Heroes wherever you get your podcasts!
Joel Beasley is the host of Modern CTO, a podcast with guests coming from IBM, Microsoft, Nasa, Reddit, and hundreds of others. Joel and I have wanted to have this discussion for a long time, and we finally found the right overlap to do it!You can learn more about Modern CTO at https://moderncto.io and listen to this episode in the alternate podcast universe here.Thanks for joining me on Developer Tea, Joel!
Model Manager episodes of Developer Tea are dedicated to helping engineering managers find models of thinking that improve their approach to management.Great managers don't attempt, in vain, to control the actions of others. Great managers take advantage of the unique parts of being a human: that they can self-improve through learning and change, and they can create environments that encourage others to do the same.✨ Sponsor: Command Line HeroesCommand Line Heroes is a podcast that tells the epic true tales of developers, programmers, hackers, geeks, and open source rebels who are revolutionizing the technology landscape.Check out Command Line Heroes wherever you get your podcasts!
Model Manager episodes of Developer Tea are dedicated to helping engineering managers find models of thinking that improve their approach to management.Processes create uniform approaches and uniform outputs. But what is the output you should care about the most? In this episode, we'll discuss why human behavior is the primary and most critical output of any process.✨ Sponsor: Command Line HeroesCommand Line Heroes is a podcast that tells the epic true tales of developers, programmers, hackers, geeks, and open source rebels who are revolutionizing the technology landscape.Check out Command Line Heroes wherever you get your podcasts!
In today's episode, we welcome back to the show Ali Spittel! Ali is a developer advocate at AWS Amplify. So, naturally in this episode, we discuss topics around what it means to be a developer advocate! Ali has a passion for making code accessible and fun, and you'll hear that in this episode.✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
In today's episode, we welcome back to the show Ali Spittel! Ali is a developer advocate at AWS Amplify. So, naturally in this episode, we discuss topics around what it means to be a developer advocate! Ali has a passion for making code accessible and fun, and you'll hear that in this and the next episode.✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
As we transition together through strange periods (whether at large scale like the present moment, or at a smaller scale within your organization or culture), the way we look at each other changes. This observation shift brings behavior change - that's what we're talking about in today's episode.✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
Uncomfortable places may feel dark, but they often carry the most illuminating lessons. In today's episode we discuss using these darker moments as a compass to find your values.✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
Today's guest is Dan Pupius, CEO and co-founder of Range. Dan cares deeply about creating products that make healthy and sustainable workplaces a common occurrence. We talk in depth about designing constraints and opinions into products with the long term in mind.✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
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Much of our attention and effort is used trying to remove human influence and finding "raw" truth. Today, I want to ask you to do the opposite of that.✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
There is far more information that we ignore than what we pay attention to. This selective attention is important to understand as both a necessary skill and a potential pitfall. ✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
Your actions speak louder than words. You already know that. But have you asked yourself what your actions are saying about who you are?✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
It's hard to construct with deconstruction in mind. It's difficult to imagine designing for final shutdown. In this episode, we talk about the importance of transformation and change, and the ultimate reality of everything: it all ends, at some point. If we want to build better software and lead better lives, we should build with open eyes about the end. Today, we also celebrate the shutdown of Spec.fm, the podcast network Developer Tea has been a part of for over 5 years! ✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
Becoming enlightened may not mean rising above everything. Instead, maybe it means zooming in. It's easy to believe that as we continue to get older, we care less and less about the details, and we care more about the "big picture." Interestingly, if you study individuals with high levels of excellence and experience, they tend to care deeply about the details and notice things others may not. This expansion of the current moment is the paradox of transcendence - only once we care deeply about the present moment, enough to notice the minute details, can we rise above it. ✨ Sponsor: Linode Thank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode! Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
This week, we continue the discussion of learning in public with guest, Shawn Swyx Wang. Swyx is best known for being the Reactjs subreddit mod, and recently released the book, "The Coding Career Handbook". In this part 1 with Swyx, we discuss his background and how he got started in engineering.
Over the next couple of episodes of this show, we're talking about learning and teaching in public. Today, we sit down with Kent C. Dodds. Kent has created some of the most important teaching materials for React developers at epicreact.dev. In this part 1 with Kent, we talk about the roots of why Kent cares so much about teaching.
Have you ever thought about building something because you assumed the product already existed? In today's episode, we dig into this question with Keith Pitt. Keith is the CTO and co-founder of Buildkite and in this part 1 of our two part interview, we dig into starting Buildkite and Keith's journey in development.
In today's episode we sit down with Venkat Venkataramani to talk about his role as a co-founder and CEO of Rockset.In this part 1 of our two part interview, we dig into leadership mindset and leading a company during difficult times.
We've been talking about making decisions and in today's episode, we're going to focus on the status quo. Something happens to each of us when we think about ourselves with relation to other people. We are much more likely to image that we are better than or on par with the average person. But exactly how do we measure the status quo and how does our assumption effect our decision making?✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about what it means to be right about something. ✨ Sponsor: Monday.comThanks to Monday.com for supporting the show!Ever dreamt of building an app that impacts the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people? Well now is your chance! Monday.com is an online teamwork platform that just launched a contest to develop apps for the 100,000 teams that use monday.com for their daily work. And the prizes? They’re insane. With $184,000 in total prizes, they are giving away 3 Teslas, 10 MacBooks, and more!Check it out at monday.com/DEVTEA
In today's episode, we're talking about things that we choose not to be good at. ✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
On today's episode of Developer Tea we're joined by Ravs Kaur. Ravs is the CTO at Uplevel and in the next two episodes she joins us to talk about leadership and management.
In today's episode of Developer Tea we're joined by Ravs Kaur. Ravs is the CTO at Uplevel and in the next two episodes she joins us to talk about leadership and management.
✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's episode!Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.Listeners of Developer Tea can now enjoy $100 in free credit! You can find all the details at linode.com/developertea.
Today's guest is Jonathan Cutrell - Director of Engineering at PBS & host of the Developer Tea podcast.In this episode we discuss:How and why he started Developer TeaThe why behind things we do as developersWhat drives the actions we takeThe psychology of remote workingHierarchies of developer rolesand much much more!
Mezi návrhy na témata k povídání, které od vás dostáváme, se často opakovalo podcastování - jak to děláme, proč to děláme atd. Aby to nebyla jenom sterilní debata nás dvou, domluvili jsme se s podcastem Vzhůru dolů a natočili společný díl. V tomto letním, netechnickém vydání si s Martinem Michálkem a Robinem Pokorným povídáme o tom, co nás motivuje, jak přistupujeme k nahrávání, kam publikujeme atd. Sami jsme byli překvapení, jak se naše pohledy mohou lišit. Těšíme se na vaše komentáře, přání i připomínky, které můžete psát na info@dotnetpodcast.cz. A pokud se vám díl líbil, budeme rádi, když nám koupíte kávu na https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dotnetcezet. Nově nás najdete i na Instagramu https://www.instagram.com/dotnetpodcastcz. Odkazy: - Podcast Vzhůru dolů: https://www.vzhurudolu.cz/podcast - Hovory od křivého stolu: https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Hovory-od-kriveho-stolu - Anchor: https://anchor.fm/ - Streamyard: https://streamyard.com/ - Developer Tea: https://open.spotify.com/show/02fM1JHpt9HmHGp482K71b - Buchty: https://wave.rozhlas.cz/buchty-6669798 - Reply All: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all - 38. díl - Vánoční kafíčko: https://www.dotnetpodcast.cz/episodes/ep38/ - 32. díl - Vigor: https://www.dotnetpodcast.cz/episodes/ep32/ - Darknet Diaries Podcast: https://darknetdiaries.com/ - Nahrávky ovčí babičky: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dlzesc0o8Oy9w2hN00dAw - Win2D Maze Game: https://github.com/microsoft/Win2DMazeGame - Win2D: https://github.com/Microsoft/Win2D Twittery atd.: - https://twitter.com/machal (Martin M.) - https://twitter.com/robinpokorny (Robin) - https://twitter.com/deeedx (Martin Š.) - https://twitter.com/madrvojt (Vojta) Pokud nechcete, aby vám unikla nová epizoda, odebírejte RSS: https://bit.ly/netcz-podcast-rss, sledujte nás na Twitteru: https://twitter.com/dotnetcezet nebo na Apple Podcasts a také na Spotify. Hudba pochází od Little Glass Men: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/
In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about the discomfort of silence and stillness, and how to face the quiet part of ourselves. Can you stay still without any distractions today for 1 minute and just listen to your own thoughts?
Changing our minds on a belief or issue that we stand by is not easy and as humans but is required of us to grow as people and as professionals.In this episode of Developer Tea, we're walking through three different visualizations to help us better understand and become more comfortable with when and why we decide to change our minds.
Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Jonathan CutrellJonathan Cutrell is a communications and media studies graduate who started his early career as a writer and editor before entering the world of development. He’s held a variety of roles including software engineer, director and CTO. These days, he’s an engineering manager and fellow podcaster who started the Spec.fm podcast network. Spec.fm currently hosts 12 different podcasts and sees an average of 100,000 downloads a weekIf you are enjoying our content, click here to support us!Episode Summary“What a lot of people get out of journaling I get out of making podcasts.”“I think the best way to think about Developer Tea, and incidentally to think about almost anything, is in the smallest possible chunk you can consume.”“Frankly, I think Developer Tea is as much of a me talking to myself as me talking to the people that listen to it.”—Jonathan CutrellKey MilestonesHow did Jonathan get into tech and how was he able to get into early leadership roles like Director of TechnologyHow was Jonathan able to hold so many management roles? What drew him to management?Jonathan hosts the podcast called Developer Tea. What was the inspiration for starting the show?Spec.fm consists of 11 different podcasts focused on developers and technology. How did Jonathan create this platform?As a manager and a podcaster, Jonathan focused much of your career on helping developers succeed. How did Jonathan find this niche?What does Jonathan look for when hiring and building teams?Additional ResourcesCheck out our previous interview with Podcaster Charles Max Wood – Charles Max Wood – From Programmer to Full-Time Podcast WizFollow Jonathan’s podcast Developer Tea – @DeveloperTeaVisit the spec.fm podcast network – https://spec.fm/Follow Specfm – @specfmYou can find more resources in the show notesTo learn more about our podcast go to https://develomentor.com/To listen to previous episodes go to https://develomentor.com/blog/CONNECT WITH JONATHAN CUTRELLLinkedInWebsiteTwitterFollow Develomentor:Twitter: @develomentorFollow Grant IngersollTwitter: @gsingersLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/grantingersoll
Change is hard and complex and yet it is all around us. That's what we're talking about on today's episode of Developer Tea.
What are the outcomes that you expect in your day-to-day life? That's what we're talking about in today's episode of Developer Tea
Habits of Successful Software Engineers is a series here at Developer Tea and today we'll continue those skills with an episode on system thinking.
What does it mean to be a bad developer? That's what we're talking about on today's episode of Developer Tea
Jonathan Cutrell is Director of Technology at Whiteboard, an interactive design and development firm. He also hosts of Developer Tea podcast. We talked about his experience speaking at CSS Dev Conf, his podcasts, and Whiteboard.