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https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress...
It's worth listening to if you're in a high pressure environment, or struggle with stress.
This changed my perception of stress and pressure, and then, in consequence, my life as a dev. https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress... It's worth listening to if you're in a high pressure environment, or struggle with stress.
And, as mentioned by keyanp, Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture". Vita brevis. Carpe diem.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_...
"Normal Considered Harmful" by Alan Kay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvmTSpJU-Xc
Rich Hickey's talk on simplicity is a must watch. https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy And one of the most useful talks of all time for building organizations is by Ed Catmull (of Pixar) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k2h2lvhzMDc
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_abou...
Wildly changed my worldview with regard to charities.
I'm a particular fan of Bret Victor's "The Future of Programming". [1] It's a great look at the amazing number of ideas that the CS world has come up with and how we might be able to improve the act of building programs, even from "old" ideas. [1] https://vimeo.com/71278954