#120 - 11 Planning and Productivity tips for Python developers

This week we talk with Sambhavi Dhanabalan about productivity as a developer. She shares 11 tips from her experience: 3 around planning and 8 generic tips. We also talk about her background, wins and a book she's reading. Enjoy this insightful conversation with Sambhavi. We're sure that if you follow her tips, you will make strides in your productivity as a Python developer! Chapters: 00:00 Intro fragment, don't sit on a bug 00:22 Intro music 00:47 Episode and guest intro, meet Sambhavi 01:30 Sambhavi's background 02:53 Round of wins 03:55 Brand building and sharing your work 04:33 Topic intro: productivity tips 05:33 Why did you write this article? 07:30 P for Planning ... #1 - Create a weekly planner 09:32 #2 - Use Github/Gitlab project 11:48 #3 - Review your planned work 13:46 Reviewing tactics using your calendar 15:17 P for Productivity ... #1 - Deep focus time 17:57 #2 - Pomodoro technique 19:58 #3 - Walk for 30 minutes 21:47 #4 - Spend not more than 30 minutes on a bug/issue 23:55 Team leaders, protect your people from this 24:25 #5 - Use GitHub CoPilot, if there is an option 27:30 #6 - Integrate git in your IDE (VS Code) 29:47 #7 - Timebox a few tasks (not directly related to work) 31:47 #8 - Wind off time (prevent burnout) 33:55 Reach out to Sambhavi if this helped 34:24 Book tip: Four Thousand Weeks (Oliver Burkeman) 36:05 Thanks, final words and wrap up 37:18 Outro music Links: - Sambhavi's article - Reach out to Sambhavi on LinkedIn - Recommended book: Four Thousand Weeks - Our PDM coaching program - Our Pybites Productivity course Thanks for listening and we'll be back next week with a fresh new episode ...