01:47 - Vaidehi’s Superpower: Learning new things and teaching them to other people
* Teaching Things Helps YOU Learn
* Deciding on Things to Learn
05:01 - Approaching Learning
* Reading
* Relating Things to Things Already Known
* Ask Yourself, “Why do I need to know this?”
* Tricks for Reading Papers
* Read the Abstract & Conclusion
* Pick Fights with the Paper
* Using Tutorials
* Accountability & Motivation
* Learning with Others
* Unraveled (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaDrN74SfdT7Ueqtwn_bXo1MuSWT0ji2w)
* Hermeneutic Circle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutic_circle)
20:15 - Having Aha! Moments & Epiphanies: Brain Percolation
* Russell Ackoff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_L._Ackoff)
* Absolution
* Resolution
* Solution
* Dissolution
* Paradoxes
32:02 - Technologists Are Good Storytellers
39:03 - Improving Over Time and Doing Your Best
* Hindsight Bias (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindsight_bias)
* Blameless Retrospectives: Accountability
47:55 - Creating Spaces for People to Succeed
* Manager Training
* “Managing Up”: The Phrase – meh
52:58 - Effective Mentorship
* Mentorship vs Sponsorship
* Trust
* Lara Hogan (https://larahogan.me/)
Reflections:
Jamey: Incremental learning and progress – biting off small chunks and not beating ourselves up while learning. It’s not a waste of time to just do a little at a time.
Rein: Soft skills are technical skills.
Vaidehi: It’s hard to measure and quantify these things.
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01:47 - Vaidehi’s Superpower: Learning new things and teaching them to other people

Teaching Things Helps YOU Learn
Deciding on Things to Learn

05:01 - Approaching Learning

Reading
Relating Things to Things Already Known
Ask Yourself, “Why do I need to know this?”
Tricks for Reading Papers
Read the Abstract & Conclusion
Pick Fights with the Paper
Using Tutorials
Accountability & Motivation
Learning with Others
Unraveled
Hermeneutic Circle

20:15 - Having Aha! Moments & Epiphanies: Brain Percolation

Russell Ackoff

Absolution
Resolution
Solution
Dissolution

Paradoxes

32:02 - Technologists Are Good Storytellers

39:03 - Improving Over Time and Doing Your Best

Hindsight Bias
Blameless Retrospectives: Accountability

47:55 - Creating Spaces for People to Succeed

Manager Training
“Managing Up”: The Phrase – meh

52:58 - Effective Mentorship

Mentorship vs Sponsorship
Trust
Lara Hogan

Reflections:

Jamey: Incremental learning and progress – biting off small chunks and not beating ourselves up while learning. It’s not a waste of time to just do a little at a time.

Rein: Soft skills are technical skills.

Vaidehi: It’s hard to measure and quantify these things.

This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Special Guest: Vaidehi Joshi.

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