Developing Up

An important aspect to growing a career in development is the ability to communicate technical details to less technical... Read more

To be able to take risks, learn and grow in your development career you need to have trust. Trust in your co-workers, te... Read more

As a developer you are responsible for all of the code you and your team write and implement. If that code is not secure... Read more

For a majority of developers your career is not going to take place at a single location. In how markets and technologie... Read more

The skillsets you used to land your development job are useful well after the interview is over. In this episode we bre... Read more

To be a great developer, you need to promote greatness in others as well as yourself. In this episode we answer a questi... Read more

No developer starts out as an expert. The ability to ask for guidance rather than answers allows you to take ownership o... Read more

You are the only person who can take control of your career in development and make it what you want. In this episode we... Read more

When a majority of your day is spent on a computer where you work does not matter as much as how you work and how you co... Read more

In the season two finale we take a listen back to all of the advice shared by our guests. While each piece of advice foc... Read more

Central to being a successful developer is establishing tactics for communicating ideas, needs and tasks with other peop... Read more

To progress in a development career requires motivation. An underlying personal need and goal to push your self to impro... Read more

Being able to adapt and alter approach due to changing requirements, technologies and methods is an important part of gr... Read more

Networking plays an important part in a career in development. Connecting with other people can provide opportunities fo... Read more

As a developer it is common to focused on only the What and How of what you are developing. Those helps you plan a solut... Read more

A career in development is full of challenges. However it can be easy to slip into a cycle of development stagnation, ap... Read more

Your development career is not an isolated part of your life. It affects and is effected by the other parts of your life... Read more

Technical leadership is not a specific role, it is a mindset. In this episode we talk with Adam Bergstein (@n3rdstein), ... Read more

Development is full of complexities and challenges. Because of this, it can be difficult to maintain confidence in your ... Read more

Many different types of people interact with the projects that we develop. To be successful then we need to be able to a... Read more