InfoQ Homepage Personal Growth Content on InfoQ
-
Empathy: A Keystone Habit
Paul Tevis explores how empathy is what Charles Duhigg calls a "keystone habit", a behavior change that unlocks other cascading behavior changes.
-
Dropping the Work-Life Balancing Act
Cameron Jacoby shares her experience of dropping the work-life balancing act and replacing it with a framework for figuring out what works for her, and more importantly, what doesn't.
-
Incrementally Refactoring Your Habits with Psychology
Tilde Ann Thurium shares the story of how they hacked their habits to go from "mouse addict" to "Atom whiz” and dives into researched-backed psychological tips on how to incrementally refactor habits.
-
Going Pro: Lifestyle Systems for the Exceptional Developer
Cory House explores seven facets of life that impact software quality.
-
Whispers in the Chaos: Monitoring Weak Signals
J. Paul Reed looks at what the safety sciences have to say about humans operating complex socio-technical systems, including how resilience engineering can help, and more.
-
Living the Good Life
Ted Neward discusses what some consider to be a good life and where it can be found.
-
Getting Old(er) in Tech: Staying Relevant
Don Denoncourt talks about how to stay relevant in the tech industry, ways to keep coding skills sharp, no matter how old we are, perspectives for technical growth and how to be a lifelong learner.
-
ADHD & Technology: Brain Hacks and Upgrades
Mike Cavaliere discusses techniques for both managing distraction and memory challenges, as well as regular maintenance for one's brain for optimal performance along with brain improvement methods.
-
Becoming an Outlier
Cory House talks about making a paradigm shift in career management, activities and skills that transform average developers into outliers and techniques to accelerate career development.
-
Burnout
John Willis breaks down what is known about Burnout. Willis takes a look at some survey data and tries to suggest ways to achieve healthier outcomes for ourselves and our colleagues.
-
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano: Optimizing Mind & Body
Phil Nash talks about one developer’s experience learning to live a healthier and happier life and some of the solutions he came up with to make meaningful changes in his life.
-
API: The "I" Stands for Innovation
Mike Amundsen discusses innovation and how the latest round of technical advances in APIs can be used to leverage growth and innovative thinking within teams, companies, and communities.