Geshan's Blog Newsletter Vol1 Issue 2 - When to listen to Podcasts and links of the month
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Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter, this is the second issue which will have a mini post about when to listen to podcasts and 5 links of the month towards the end. Let's get rolling!
When to listen to podcasts
I have been listening to podcasts for more than a decade now. Podcasts help you learn new things and sharpen your skill. Unlike reading Podcasts can be listened passively.
Some of the podcasts I would recommend all software engineers are:
Why listen to these and more description can be found on these software engineer podcast posts I have written in the past.
Passive listening to podcasts
To read something a book or a blog you need much more attention calories for fetching meaningful information out of it. For podcasts you can listen to while:
- Going to work on the train (pre COVID-19)
- Vacuuming your cleaning your house
- Running or talking a walk
- Doing your dishes
Basically any time you have when you don't need to give attention to another person you can simply plug in a useful podcast and learn new things. Keep learning!
Blast from the past
Geshan's blog has been online since 2007, there are many posts from the past that will be helpful for you. Here is one from 2016:
3 Podcasts Every Software Engineer/developer Should Subscribe To - Part 2
Keeping the podcast theme alive, know the software engineering related podcasts I was listening to in 2016. Software engineering daily is a pretty good one till now too. Enjoy!
5 links of the month
Here are some links that you would possibly interest you:
- The difference in mindset needed for a stable software product vs a new feature/project - one of the latest posts on Geshan's blog. Talks about software engineer mindset for different types of projects.
- James Cowling on Staff Eng Podcast - Following the podcast theme, this is the best podcast episode I listened to last week. Amazing insights about teams and tech work from someone who moved Dropbox from S3 to own distributed storage system.
- Agility != speed - Sprints are not about sprinting, iterations are important, and velocity is different than speed.
- The biggest lessons from building Hubspot, from co-founder harmony to engineering the culture — Dharmesh Shah - Another podcast, the way Dharmesh explains "culture as a product" around 42 mins is the best part of this podcast IMO.
- Software Estimation Is Hard. Do It Anyway. - One major “secret” to advancing in a technical career is learning how to give accurate estimates. -- And it is a skill: estimation can be learned. Software estimation technique part 2 of this.
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Thats it for this edition, see you in the next one. Keep visiting Geshan.com.np.
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