In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Questions
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Hello. Thanks for hosting such a great podcast. I recently finished binging all the previous episodes.
I’ve recently noticed in conversations with my team, whether synchronous or asynchronous, after I propose an idea or stake out a position, I easily get defensive if a teammate tries to give feedback on my idea.
I don’t mean to get angry, but I sometimes don’t notice until it’s too late.
I think it has gotten to the point where my teammates might have caught on, and I don’t want this to lead to a state where they never disagree with me.
Have you ever dealt with this, in yourself or others? How have you dealt with changing this mindset?
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My first software developer job lasted two years. I didn’t learn much.
- We deployed legacy Java apps with SCP
- We had no tests
- We didn’t have CI/CD
- We were using a beta version of an old framework which we never upgraded
- Our repos were not in sync with our production code
- A lot of commented out code, dead code over the place
- Using multiple languages across the board. We were using Java for something, Node for some, PHP for web/api, JS for client side. Basically the devs were cowboy coding to get the stuff out.
I am three years into my current role & have already learned so much more than in my first role. I feel like my first job set me back. How do I overcome this?
