how to excel as a human outside of coding w/ michael eaton
guest: michael eaton, principal consultant at improving
- write things down daily, from quick notes to journaling, to externalize your memory and track decisions
- when you join a project without onboarding docs, create them so you leave the team better than you found it
- treat continuous learning as a daily habit, even in small 10 minute chunks between meetings
- share what you learn through blogging or quick team talks, since teaching something helps you learn it better
- use ai tools like github copilot as a helper similar to an intern, but double check outputs since they can be wrong