Feelings are messy and uncomfortable, so why can't we just ignore them? Because emotional skills are critical for working well on a team, and for the quality of our work.

In this talk you’ll learn how emotions are affecting you by modeling them as an API and looking at the code.

I cover how poor handling of emotions impacts cognition, memory, and communication.

Then I dive into my framework for handling emotions better and walk you through new ways of thinking about them, and techniques to practice.