Being a Better Developer By Talking
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Claim: talking measurably accelerates skill and career growth. Evidence: a tech podcast amasses 737000 seconds (205 hours) of listening ≈ 8.5 days and ranks #1 for iOS podcasts worldwide and #3 for Swift. Concrete practices: regular podcasts, Twitter threads, blogs, lunch‑and‑learns, teaching courses, a TD decoder ring and a TD decoder ring proof‑of‑concept app. Outcomes: clearer explanations, faster onboarding, hiring referrals, jobs found via conversations, demos built and shipped, and interview performance that improves with practice.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:45the 411
- 1:27the dev with the hair?
- 7:14How We Learn
- 9:56what we say
- 11:10XC Thing-a-majig
- 11:46Rubber Ducking
- 13:20For Entertainment Purposes
- 13:37Clean Architecture in Pieces
- 16:48Scale-Up...Ourselves
- 19:05Build a 'Portfolio
- 20:51Job Prospects
- 22:52Tweet
- 24:23Farm Club
- 31:26Lunch & Learn
- 33:49Conference Talks
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