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Maintaining Code Quality in Large Teams and Solo Projects with Miles Woodroffe
With Miles Woodroffe, CTO of Mindful Chef. He takes us through his journey from a hands-on coder to a managerial role, sharing his passion for Rails 7 and the Turbo Native framework along the way.
30 Jan 2023
Talk about Talks
Recorded in December 2022.
Why the hell do we do conference talks as a hobby… what is wrong with us?
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll)@vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
27 Jan 2023
Back into People Management
Recorded in October 2022, and delayed in the publishing.
Vaidehi returns to a people management role after swearing off it, due to previous experience.
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll)@vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
25 Jan 2023
Rituals
Recorded in September 2022, and delayed in the publishing. Apologies for the audio quality.
How we use habits and rituals to determine our work and life.
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll)@vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
1 Apr 2022
Conferences
Meeting people. In real life. Who do what you do. Post-pandemic, what does that look like?
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll)@vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
30 Mar 2022
Ethics
How do you manage ethical concerns alongside your career?
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll)@vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
25 Mar 2022
Community
What is a technical community? Why do we need it?
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll)@vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
23 Mar 2022
Seniority
What are the traits of “senior” folks? What aren’t? Can our heroes boil it down to a sentence? (No.)
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll)@vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
17 Dec 2021
Interviewing
What’s the worst interview Vaidehi has ever had? What processes have been good and what helps find the best match for companies and interviewees?
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll) • @vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
17 Dec 2021
Career Planning
Last episode of “Season One”
Andy talks about narrowing down his “work happy place” and Vaidehi & he meander around trying to work out what is “good advice” to early and later career developers. And even talking about retirement and the joy of putting forms on the Internet.
Penelope’s chats about the internals of Stripe on Art of Product #180 Unpacking Stripe (https://artofproductpodcast.com/episode-180) #190 Unpacking Stripe: Continued (https://artofproductpodcast.com/episode-190)
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll) • @vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
15 Dec 2021
Changing Jobs
What has driven job changes in the careers of our chatting heroes? How to you decide to stay or go? And how is it possible for Andy to bounce off a job in a matter of weeks?
Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll) • @vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
12 Dec 2021
Burnout
The first of our chats. Vaidehi in a cupboard in Portland, USA. Andy up past bedtime in Brighton, UK.
Vaidehi wrote about her Reflections on Burnout (https://index.medium.com/reflections-on-burnout-bea0ebf87b9)
@andycroll (https://twitter.com/andycroll) • @vaidehijoshi (https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi)
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