Developer Tea · Jonathan Cutrell

Backup Plans and Risk Reward Curves

August 27, 2025·14 min·1 clip
Jonathan Cutrell explains why one catastrophic failure can wipe out all your incremental career gains.
This episode explores the importance of backup plans in a developer's career, using risk-reward curves to show how catastrophic failures can outweigh incremental successes. Jonathan Cutrell advises listeners to prepare for black swan events and start with one practical backup plan to build resilience.
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