Developers are From Mars, Developers are From Venus
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Lists five developer character types — Grinders, Tour guides, Geniuses, T‑shaped generalists and a “fun leader” — and gives concrete tactics: one Grinder deploys every 30 seconds with no tests, iterates fixes; Tour guides should split time 50/50 between critical work and teaching; use Hanlon’s razor and Occam’s razor to avoid assuming malice; track Myers‑Briggs tendencies, schedule recharge (running, improv) after hard people work, and convert big rewrites into incremental steps so quality and velocity actually improve.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:20Thank you
- 0:39Developers are from Mars Developers are from Venus
- 1:32Social problems not technical problems
- 2:28People skills
- 3:36Everyone is different
- 4:40Character types
- 5:36Grinders
- 9:11Tour Guides
- 12:01Geniuses
- 14:16Tshaped
- 16:52Fun Leader
- 18:31Learn About Yourself
- 18:47Step Back
- 21:14Knowing Personality Types
- 23:36Empathy
- 24:17Hanlons Razor
- 26:29Communication
- 28:45Adult Supervision
- 30:36What Weve Learned
- 32:39Practice Empathy
- 32:52Outro
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