By Monte Fest
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About Retro Time Podcast

Join Derek and Jeremy, as they talk about software from product design to software development to the soft skills you need to make it in the industry. They'll drop at least a few nuggets of wisdom each episode, 96.7% guaranteed.

107 Episodes

In The Dark: The Stakeholder From Hell
Thu, 31 Oct 2024


78. A Thin Line: The Rough Reality Of Enterprise Software
Thu, 18 Jan 2024


In The Dark: The Tale Of The Cursed Prototype
Mon, 30 Oct 2023


In The Dark: A Cautionary Tale Of UX Dark Patterns
Mon, 30 Oct 2023


77. Sink Or Swim: How To Survive Being Overleveled
Wed, 30 Aug 2023


76. Ctrl+Alt+Del Your Existential Dread: A Phoenix Will Rise Out Of ChatGPT’s Ashes
Thu, 25 May 2023


From The Archives: Peak Software $#!% With Gojko Adzic
Thu, 11 May 2023


75. What Is The Network Effect?
Thu, 04 May 2023


74. Bursting The Multiverse Bubble Or Stop It With The Status Quo Already!
Wed, 26 Apr 2023


73. Who Do Software Teams Serve?
Thu, 09 Mar 2023


72. When Important Decisions Become Ancient History
Thu, 23 Feb 2023


71. A Couple Of Miracle Workers
Thu, 19 Jan 2023


70. The Endless Drive For The Perfect Program
Fri, 13 Jan 2023


Seasons Greetings: The Story Of Barry Christmas
Thu, 15 Dec 2022


69.  Don’t Stop Networking After You Land The Job
Wed, 07 Dec 2022


From The Archive: A Brief History Of The Agile Manifesto With Uncle Bob Martin
Wed, 23 Nov 2022


68. Agile Bull$#!% With Jesper Boeg
Thu, 10 Nov 2022


67. Teach The Geek To Speak With Neil Thompson
Thu, 27 Oct 2022


From The Archives: Tom Greever, Author Of Articulating Design Decisions
Thu, 20 Oct 2022


In The Dark: A Purgatory Of Incompetence
Thu, 13 Oct 2022


66. Don’t Wait Until You Quit To Document
Fri, 07 Oct 2022


In The Dark: A Cautionary Tale Of UX Dark Patterns
Thu, 29 Sep 2022


65. A Figma Of Your Imagination
Thu, 22 Sep 2022


In The Dark: The Frightful Tale Of Lost Lenny
Thu, 15 Sep 2022


64. Formin’ Stormin’ Normin’ Performin’ Mournin’ Dawlin’
Thu, 08 Sep 2022


63. How To Influence Change Or The Three Joys Of Work
Thu, 01 Sep 2022


After Hours: The Spotify Model
Fri, 26 Aug 2022


62. Indicator Of Quality Vs Measure Of Quality
Fri, 19 Aug 2022


RetroByte: What Is UX Design? Why Does It Matter?
Thu, 04 Aug 2022


61. We Hope For The Best, But We Plan For The Worst
Thu, 28 Jul 2022


RetroByte: Solving Problems
Fri, 22 Jul 2022


RetroByte: The One Where Derek Comes To Visit
Thu, 14 Jul 2022


60. It’s Not The Size Of The Team, It’s How You Use It
Thu, 07 Jul 2022


59. Looking Backward To Move Forward
Thu, 30 Jun 2022


58. Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
Thu, 23 Jun 2022


57. Conquering CSS With Ryan Boddy
Fri, 27 May 2022


56. Don’t Treat Your Users Like Lab Rats
Fri, 13 May 2022


55. Software Team, Tear Down This Wall!
Thu, 05 May 2022


RetroByte: Derek Reviews SZNZ: Spring, And It’s Still No Pinkerton
Sat, 23 Apr 2022


54. An Ugly Design Career With Trevor Alexander
Thu, 14 Apr 2022


53. Great Scott!!! An Interview With Doc Norton
Thu, 07 Apr 2022


Review Jam: 6327853585, That’s Who This Is For
Thu, 17 Mar 2022


52. Culture Crusaders
Thu, 17 Mar 2022


51. Володимир Путін гігантський хуй. Слава Україні! Or How To Get Over Learning Anxiety
Fri, 04 Mar 2022


50. Lessons From A Tech Lead With Tyler Hawkins
Thu, 24 Feb 2022


49. Playing The Long Game Or How To Join A New Team
Thu, 17 Feb 2022


48. The Freelance Hustle With Danielle Meadows-Stinnett
Thu, 03 Feb 2022


47. The Mother Flippin’ Sci-Fi Guys
Thu, 27 Jan 2022


46. Frustration Desperation
Thu, 13 Jan 2022


45. The Mindful Developer With Dagna Bieda
Thu, 06 Jan 2022


44. Feature (RED) Flags
Thu, 30 Dec 2021


43. Manufacturing An Estimate: Manufacturing Vs Software Engineering
Thu, 09 Dec 2021


42. Avoid The Naughty List: It’s End-of-year Review Season!
Thu, 02 Dec 2021


41. Level Up Your Career Via Mentoring With Anand Safi
Thu, 18 Nov 2021


40. Content Governance: This Ain’t No Democracy! With Chris Willis
Tue, 09 Nov 2021


39. Let Change Be A Catalyst For Change
Thu, 28 Oct 2021


Get Hired: The Three-Legged Stool With Aimee Miller
Fri, 08 Oct 2021


37. Is Software A Loser’s Game?
Thu, 23 Sep 2021


Review Jam: Culture Is The Key, Baby #FreeBritney
Tue, 21 Sep 2021


Review Jam: SageMaker- The Legend Of Jay Casteel
Tue, 21 Sep 2021


Review Jam: BigBrother82 They’re Watching You!
Tue, 21 Sep 2021


36. Modern Agile: It Starts And Ends With The People With Ardi Karaj
Thu, 02 Sep 2021


35. Five Whys Are Better Than One
Tue, 24 Aug 2021


34. Not Just Team Building, Dream Building With Brittany Summitt
Fri, 20 Aug 2021


Get Hired: Demystifying The Whiteboard Design Challenge With Ray Lemon
Tue, 10 Aug 2021


Get Hired: Acing Your Next Job Interview With Jay Casteel
Thu, 29 Jul 2021


31. Derek Goes Camping
Thu, 22 Jul 2021


After Hours: An Evening With Derek’s First Born
Tue, 20 Jul 2021


Get Hired: Craft A Killer Resume And Portfolio With Kristine Yuen
Thu, 08 Jul 2021


29. We Believe In Nothing, Lebowski!
Thu, 01 Jul 2021


Get Hired: Networking And Building Your Tribe With Kasey Randall
Wed, 23 Jun 2021


Deep Dives: Introducing The “Get Hired” Series
Fri, 18 Jun 2021


27. CUPID: A Software Love Story With Dan North
Thu, 27 May 2021


26. If You Can’t Convince ’em, Rebrand!
Thu, 20 May 2021


After Hours: “The Learning Release” By Ardi Karaj
Wed, 19 May 2021


25. Don’t Get Burnt Out Y’all, “It’s Not Even Goose Season.”
Fri, 14 May 2021


After Hours: Derek’s Parable Of Stability
Fri, 07 May 2021


24. Agile Execution: Wisdom From A Learned Agile Practitioner With David O’Malley
Fri, 23 Apr 2021


23. A Brief History Of The Agile Manifesto With Uncle Bob Martin
Thu, 15 Apr 2021


22. Software Etiquette: Or How To Stop Being A Jerk And Love Building Software
Thu, 08 Apr 2021


21. Gettin’ Real Agile Up In Here
Fri, 02 Apr 2021


20. For The Love Of Go, Don’t Be A “Bob!” With John Arundel
Thu, 25 Mar 2021


19. Make It “Thump” With Brian Friedman
Thu, 18 Mar 2021


18. Peak Software $#!% With Gojko Adzic
Tue, 09 Mar 2021


RetroByte: Derek Reviews OK Human, And It’s No Pinkerton
Tue, 02 Mar 2021


17. Developers & Dragons: D&D Lessons For Software Teams
Tue, 23 Feb 2021


16. Onboarding Like A Boss
Tue, 09 Feb 2021


15. Bring Your Authentic Self To Work Day
Wed, 20 Jan 2021


14. Software Engineers Are Creatives Too!
Fri, 25 Dec 2020


13. What Is Your “Why?”
Tue, 08 Dec 2020


12. The Butterfly Effect In Software
Wed, 25 Nov 2020


RetroByte: Quick Moving Update
Thu, 19 Nov 2020


11. Empathy For Everyone
Thu, 06 Aug 2020


RetroByte: COVID-19 Week 18 Check In
Thu, 23 Jul 2020


10. Interview: Tom Greever, Author Of Articulating Design Decisions
Thu, 18 Jun 2020


09. Freelancing For Dummies
Fri, 12 Jun 2020


08. Hunger Games Or How I Learned To Love Job Hunting
Thu, 28 May 2020


RetroByte: A Work Trip Through Time
Sat, 09 May 2020


07. Coding After COVID
Mon, 27 Apr 2020


06. MVP 2
Mon, 13 Apr 2020


RetroByte: Minimum Viable Podcast
Mon, 13 Apr 2020


RetroByte: COVID-19 Week 2 Check In
Mon, 30 Mar 2020


05. Working From Home: The New Normal
Tue, 24 Mar 2020


04. Shaking Out Of A Bad Dream
Sun, 08 Mar 2020


03. Imposter Syndrome
Fri, 14 Feb 2020


02. The Coming Storm
Wed, 05 Feb 2020


01. Thriving In A Corporate Environment
Fri, 17 Jan 2020


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