hard first, easy later

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

Software Engineering "Best Practices"

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

06-28
01:07:49

Dopamine

Replace endorphin mentions with serotonin, lol.

05-14
01:21:38

Coding interviews are broken, the myth.

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

04-25
25:13

Challenge Execution Patterns

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

03-04
38:30

Identity

Actions inline with our Identity.

02-28
35:10

Continuity

Do you really want to be average?

02-20
39:18

The toxic co-worker!

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

02-13
36:53

Performance Reviews

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

02-10
33:47

Horrible Bosses

How to deal with a micromanager / low performing leader.

02-09
40:04

Recognition Patterns for Teams

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.

02-05
21:16

Team Leadership

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

02-04
26:07

Stakeholder Intent

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

02-01
21:23

The Tinker Challenge

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

01-31
21:12

Greenfield Development

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

01-30
54:51

Objectives and key results (OKR)

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

01-28
49:00

One secret to becoming a high performer!

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

01-27
17:45

Happiness in the Workplace

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

01-26
19:26

Entitlement

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

01-25
13:54

Teamwork makes the dream work!

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

01-24
28:05

Obsession

01-21
43:54

Felipe Alvarez

Please silence that infernal mouse clicking. Please invest in a decent microphone.

01-24 Reply

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