
#167 - Imposter Syndrome, Mental Resilience, and the Science Behind Psychedelics: A Developer’s Guide
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In this interview, Dagna Bieda, an accomplished software engineer and author of "Brain Refactor", shares how she struggled with communication as a developer and how she had to "refactor" her own mindset to reach the next level in her career as well as:
- Common pitfalls that most software engineers make in their career
- Why "mindset" is more than a fluffy buzzword
- Marketing yourself as a developer
- Psychedelics?!
This convo took a turn I never expected 😅.
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