Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcrittenden Critter's blog: https://critter.blog Jace just wants you to leave him alone.…

What do neurodiversity and neurodivergent actually mean? Are they useful terms? Are we using them wrong? All this and more in our ongoing pursuit to get ourselves cancelled. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter'…

Jordan's back to chat about good and bad coaching clients, dealing with ADHD, having fish, going gray, and making phones as boring as possible. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.…

Jordan and Sarah are two top-shelf coaches and people. They came to chat about improv, leadership coaching, group training, confidence, and why it's important to show up to meetings sweaty. And bonus: Jace wasn't there! Sign up for "Leading with an Improv Mindset" here: 👉 https://bit.ly/improvmindset 👈 --- Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https…

Jace says (over and over and over) that Erik could learn to spell if he tried. Erik finally gets mad, which is an emotion we didn't believe was capable of having. Lots of other stuff, I dunno, who cares. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor…

Critter was using the wrong mic or something. Sounds like water trash. We talked about this article: https://medium.com/@worstonlinedater/tinder-experiments-ii-guys-unless-you-are-really-hot-you-are-probably-better-off-not-wasting-your-2ddf370a6e9a Also, performance reviews. --- Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/pod…

Guess which one of us said "oh that's where I would normally just punch you in the face." --- Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcritte…

Joe's gonna be a daddy. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcrittenden Critter's blog: https://critter.blog Jace just wants you to leave…

We had an epic debate about whether or not the number of years of experience you have matters at all in terms of your seniority or hire-ability. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail…

We tried to name our superpowers, blind spots, what we want more of, and what we want less of. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcritt…

Just the two of us for this one. Literally recorded this over 3 months ago so I have no idea what it's about. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twi…

We got into unlimited PTO, why people are able to stick to some routines/habits and not others, and what it means to actually master something. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.…

Critter's oldest friend Steven Wade comes to chat about stupid stuff we did as kids, holding onto childhood friendships, and which types of turtles can breathe through their butts. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ C…

Caroline joined us again to chat about doing scary crap, among other things. Great chat as always with her! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitt…

Mike and Joe joined us to talk about I don't even know what because it was forever ago and I'm way behind on posting podcasts. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twi…

Erik's back again?! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcrittenden Critter's blog: https://critter.blog Jace just wants you to leave him…

Erik joins us YET AGAIN to talk about whether everyone worships something, what is or is not healthy to worship, and whether Critter understands what the word atheism means. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter'…

Ellie is a former coworker of ours from Phase2 and a current engineer at GoldBelly. We talked about a bunch of random crap and it was good. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com …

"It's listed under neo-traditional, or possibly coastal." Seraphina is a Staff Engineer at Wayfair and one of Critter's former direct reports and current favorite people. After like 20 minutes of truly amateur technical difficulties (which we cut out), we kinda-sorta got it together although Jace had to use his built-in mic so he sounds kinda trash…

Joe joins us to discuss how to properly prop open a urethra, why being a child of divorce makes you cool, and how Jace makes a pretty hot chick. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail…

Erik joins us to talk about creating that magical moment where people get real with each other and the value of small talk (if small talk even exists). Also, Critter dies laughing when Jace references a penis. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://…

Joe is a Staff Engineer at Wayfair, a husband and father, a former professional animator, a former direct report of Critter, and a lover of purple shirts. He joined us to chat about learning languages, getting hurt, weight training, and what we'd do if we had no fear. Check it! Ended on a cow AND a goat noise this time! Leave us a review on Apple P…

Evan is a Staff Engineer at Wayfair, a powerlifter, and an Army veteran. Also a hilarious dude. Topics: being managed by Critter, how to avoid a fight, getting into powerlifting, and lots of other nonsense. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anc…

Not sure what we talked about but there's a cow at the very end. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcrittenden Critter's blog: https://…

Jace is still under the delusion that we can make money from this somehow, so we decide to keep it going into triple digits. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitt…

After months and months of threatening to end the podcast at episode 100 if Adam doesn't come on, we got him on #99. Listen as he makes fun of Critter's peanut butter obsession, brags about making music with Jordan Hirsch (from episodes #69 and #86), and whines about the current state of video games. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://pod…

I don't remember anything about what we talked about here and I'm too lazy to listen back, but I do know Jace said he does yoga by himself <3 Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.co…

Jace and Critter, modern day philosophers, ponder nature vs. nurture when it comes to violent tendencies. Also some stuff about how this poddy has changed over time. Plus, Jace with kids?! GASP. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-…

Critter is building the monolith and nerds out a bit more with habit tracking. Jace thinks everyone should scrape their tongue. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Tw…

Erik joins us to talk about spanking kids and team jelling. Jace wants to hear some general tips for jelling teams, which infuriates Critter because different teams jell or don't jell for different reasons. They mostly yell at each other while poor Erik tries and fails to extract any value in the conversation. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! h…

After a boring discussion about lifting routines, we chatted about whether we'd clone a loved one if they died. That led us into a formal request from Jace to just toss him into a dumpster when he dies. Also the quote "your ashes smelled like farts" is in there somewhere. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we…

A stomach bug has exploded Critter's family. Jace writes gratitude statements every day, such as "I am thankful for Critter's love and brilliance." Critter set up a habit tracker to charge him money if he doesn't stick to his goals. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage…

Erik felt so strongly about this blog post (https://critter.blog/2022/03/07/kill-your-temptations/) that he just HAD to come tell Critter all about why it's wrong. Obviously he is sadly mistaken and it is in fact HE who is wrong. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of…

Mikey Dubb hopped on to chat about wildlife photography and nature conservation, cleaning out our closets/garages, and why Jace hates it so much when people talk about Hawaii. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critte…

Also, Critter apparently isn't Jace's friend. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcrittenden Critter's blog: https://critter.blog Jace j…

We all argued about Joe's claim that unscheduled time is like shopping without price tags. Critter had to leave after the first 30 minutes, so the rest of this one is most likely dumb and not worth listening to. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https:…

And Jace pitches a hissy fit about it. Also talked about what Critter's ideal day is like, 10 years in the future. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https:…

Caroline is a Software Architect at Phase2, a biology nerd, and one of the most fascinating conversationalists I know. We chatted about the poison of convenience, the power of hobbies, the "I am owed" mindset, and the glorification of being a victim. Here are the links she mentioned: Gratitude journaling studies: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi…

***You can find/hire Jordan at https://jordanhirschcoaching.com/*** Jordan joined us in episode #69 to talk about life and career coaching, and this time he came on to graciously give Critter a real life live coaching session. Thanks Jordan, that was fantastic! Notes from Jordan: -------------- Big shoutout to Daniel Stillman who taught me the conc…

Critter talks more about jobs. Jace's childhood was dark. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcrittenden Critter's blog: https://critter…

Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcrittenden Critter's blog: https://critter.blog Jace just wants you to leave him alone.…

Nina is a Manager, Agile Delivery Lead at Capital One and she worked with Critter and Jace for a long time back in the day. She came on to chat about the commercialism of surrogacy in the US, parenting woes, and work as self care. Lovely chat, thanks Nina! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-worki…

Jace is a hopeless romantic and we talked a lot about his romantic history. Plus, we debated whether you need to lead meetings in order to progress as an engineer. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: m…

Critter thinks he needs to be more honest, but Erik thinks he needs to be more selfish, and Jace thinks he needs to stop whining. Erik shows off his new p-bone and somehow doesn't know what the word "dookie" means. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: htt…

Critter discovers paleo and thinks the word "else" has a T in the middle. Jace tries to blame audio delays on Critter but everyone knows that's some BS. They both don't enjoy learning other languages. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm…

CJ is the VP of Engineering at Phase2 technology and he has a truly dope website (http://tekante.com/). We talked about a bunch of random stuff. It's hard to boil it down to a description, so just listen to it. Any conversation with CJ is a good one. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1…

And lots of other sci-fi-ish questions about death and immortality. Plus much giggling. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's email: mikecrittenden@gmail.com Critter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcrittenden C…

Critter wants to make 2022 his year of adventures, but his definition of "adventure" makes Jace grumpers. Jace talks more about his multi-year long habit of waking up every day and having to convince himself not to kill himself. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of …

Jace is a scrooge, which surprises no one. Critter gets excited about Crossfit randomly without ever trying it. We both have trouble deciding what exactly counts as "work". Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-should-be-working/id1545522072 Homepage of the poddy: https://anchor.fm/jace-and-critter/ Critter's…

Erik's been on the show a few times and deserves no introduction. As usual, Erik takes the opposite side from the rest of the world and still ends up winning the argument. We also got into the topic of being passionate about the process vs. about the problem space. Interesting discussion as it always is when Erik's around. Leave us a review on Appl…