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102: Sticky in the Flow with Katrina Owen
Greater Than Code Episode Episode 008: 99 Bottles of OOP with Sandi Metz and Katrina Owen
01:29 – Katrina’s Superpower: Organizing and Systematizing
09:44 – Motivation by Success
The 5 Second Rule | Mel Robbins
18:04 – Trust and Code Review
27:04 – Systematizing and Refactoring
30:54 – Training for Circus and its Parallels with Software Development and Mentorship and Working with Others
Sarah Mei: How We Make Software: A new theory of teams
43:12 – Deliberate Practice and the Appearance of Expertise
Reflections:
John: Short iterations and early feedback as a way of creating and maintaining motivation.
Coraline: How to create a sense of psychological safety in code reviews, in particular.
Sam: The five-second window in which you can change your behavior and increase motivation.
Janelle: Feedback loops as spirals that are reinforcing towards the positive or negative.
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Special Guest: Katrina Owen.