167: Clarity of Thought with Ted M. Young

Published: Jan. 29, 2020, 10 a.m.

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01:20 - Ted\\u2019s Superpower: Translating things for people to understand better.

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02:49 - Coding on a Live Stream

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  • Curiosity is Useful and Dangerous
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  • Comparing Coding to Puzzles
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07:13 - Research is a Drug

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  • Finding Answers is Gratifying
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  • Current Reading Infects Daily Thought
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  • Anders Ericsson
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10:45 - Connecting the Academic Idea of Expertise to Everyday Context

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  • Worked Examples
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  • Memory Limits
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  • Gaining a Solid Foundation for Training Purposes
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  • The Path of Decision-making
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16:50 - Code Reviews

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  • Learning About Decisions Made Along the Way
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  • Pair Programming and Mob Programming
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  • Externalizing Your Thinking
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  • Curse of Knowledge
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19:41 - Recording Yourself Coding/Learning Something New

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  • Gaining Empathy
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  • Improving Documentation and Communication
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21:56 - Live Streaming as an Introvert

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  • What Other People Get Out of It
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  • Seeing People Struggle and Being Able to Help
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  • We All Get Lost
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  • Building Community
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  • Being Comfortable Showing Frustration
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29:41 - The Difference Between Training and Live Coding

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  • Suz Hinton
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  • Accountability in Live Coding
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  • Privilege
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35:35 - Applying Research to TDD Teaching Technique

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48:27 - Human Learning

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  • Stop Teaching People What They Know and Find Out What They Don\\u2019t Know
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Reflections:

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Jamey: \\u2018Predictions\\u2019 in TDD - Having more succinct language for things in your head strengthens understanding.

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Artemis: The concept of strengthening and muscle. If we can work deliberately on strengthening these muscles then in the moments of our everyday work we can improve the quality of our day to day decisions.

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Ted: An aspect of expertise is you start connecting more things. We have to find a place for the \\u2018why.\\u2019

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