31 - Interview with Venkat Subramaniam

The Effective Developer

In this episode I'm interviewing Dr. Venkat Subramaniam.
We're talking about what Venkat's ideally productive day looks like, how to structure a day when you have multiple jobs, compartmentalizing, dealing with the current pandemic situation, focusing on one task, humans as state machine, starting with 5 mins, being deliberate and disciplined, day planning, delegating, cognitive load, clearing time for important tasks, automating small tasks, Continuous Integration in daily work, using travel time, timers, notifications, interruptions, avoiding Slack, valuing your own time, standing while working, desks, setups, computer setups, changing in increments, energy, standing, pacing, walking, boundaries, command line, background as system admin, Next computers, scripts, Textmate, VIM, working during COVID, presentations & training, breaks, taking walks, dealing with time zones, emotions, anxiety, self-imposed deadlines, and promoting positivity.
You can find Venkat on Twitter @venkat_s and agiledeveloper.com