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Episode 4 - This Time It's Meta Personal

October 29, 2021

Half podcast, half Mark’s therapy, two developers chat at the end of the week and things get personal. From refactoring code to refactoring your life, this episode is all about life as a developer and how our perspectives - and even balance - change over time.

Chapters

00:00 - Mark Likes the (now out of date) Bumper
02:36 - Starting the Therapy Session
03:06 - The Feel Good Podcast
04:04 - Programming to Escape
05:20 - Getting Code Burn Out
06:20 - We Have to Stop Using This Name
07:35 - Being the Only Developer
09:19 - Keeping Things Interesting
10:17 - Some Days are Hard
12:01 - The Ballmer Peak
13:22 - Turning 40
13:41 - Our Younger Days
14:31 - Mark’s Perspective on Life
15:31 - Work / Life Balance
16:13 - Josh Miller Mention
17:01 - Show Prep
17:36 - Tim: Cheaper Than Therapy
18:09 - Mark’s Experience on the Couch
20:01 - Rubber Ducking (Stack Overflowing?)
23:11 - DevFriday Goals
24:20 - Changing Perspectives
26:10 - Keeping Things Fresh
29:26 - Continuous Refactoring
32:01 - Refactoring Your Life
34:39 - Developers Talk Sports?
36:09 - Award Winning Actor
38:17 - The Arc of the Podcast
38:54 - Leaving Developer Relations
40:03 - Not Quite a Soccer (Football) Team
41:20 - Multitasking for the Loose
42:46 - No Good Answers
44:26 - One Room for Everything
46:21 - Hard to Reset
47:38 - Separate Space
49:55 - Working From Starbucks
51:27 - We’ve All Been There
52:58 - Coworking Distractions
54:39 - Needs Change
56:10 - It’ll Never Be Perfect
58:05 - Beard: Still Velvety
59:17 - A Bit Awkward
59:33 - On The Next Show

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