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.

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

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