The Healthy Developer Show

A YouTube channel and podcast about sustainable solutions for working in the tech industry.

Learn how to build trust with management, reduce pressure to hit deadlines, and accept what you can't change (and focus on what you can).
Hear behind-the-scenes stories about how people treated each other on real software projects from my career. You'll understand different perspectives and become a better communicator.
Follow my evolving journey of building a solo career coaching business, where I've helped over 130 tech professionals keep growing in their careers.

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Episodes

November 13, 2023 | 12:18

The continued explosion of boutique frameworks and libraries is making it harder than ever to manage complexity in programmers’ stack of tools.

November 6, 2023 | 44:56

Burnout is one of the most common dangers to programmers over their career, and I was no exception.

October 23, 2023 | 29:10

Trusting people is getting tougher than ever these days, and nobody seems to have a harder time than programmers and managers.

October 16, 2023 | 24:29

Understand the Tech Lead role in-depth, debunking myths and revealing key responsibilities to help you decide if it’s your ideal career path.

August 3, 2022 | 14:23

Explore the balance between self-documenting code and comments in programming, and discover the best practices for clear, maintainable code.

July 27, 2022 | 14:42

Ever wanted to do something new, or make a change on your software project – but other people on your team won’t support you?