Nate Baker's Newsletter #166 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for Developer Coaches The Real Legacy of Every Coach March 27, 2026 | Browse Archive | Read time: 6-7 minutes By Nate Baker In 1957, a researcher placed rats in a cylinder of water with no way out. Most gave up in about 15 minutes. In his second trial, the researcher changed one thing. Just before the 15-minute mark, before they...
8 days ago • 6 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #165 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for Developer Coaches Development Is Dying—And It’s Making Your Job Impossible March 20, 2026 | Browse Archive | Read time: 5-6 minutes By Nate Baker Developing something special is becoming more difficult by the day. Which is making the mission of the Developer Coach seemingly impossible. I feel this tension every day–trying to...
15 days ago • 7 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #164 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for Developer Coaches Winning is Never in Your Control March 13, 2026 | Browse Archive | Read time: 5-6 minutes By Nate Baker You can’t control whether your team wins the next game. The best we can do is create the conditions. Our story starts at a dance competition. I had a match this weekend. But I was also able to watch my...
22 days ago • 8 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #163 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers The Courage to Be Disliked March 6, 2026 | Read on my website | Read time: 6-7 minutes Your best coaching lives on the other side of being disliked. Because real development disrupts people. This is not an excuse to be an ego-led narcissist who aims to make the game about themselves and use others as a means...
29 days ago • 7 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #162 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers The Cancer of “Not Good Enough” February 27, 2026 | Read on my website | Read time: 5-6 minutes Forget the nursery rhyme you were told as a kid. Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me… Language is powerful. It shapes our internal narrative. It shapes the way we see the world. In a...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #161 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers The Ambitious Developer Coach Paradox February 20, 2026 | Read on my website | Read time: 4-5 minutes I don’t enjoy watching today’s professional game. I have access. I have all the subscriptions. But I don’t enjoy watching it. This is coming from someone who used to watch matches like Neo downloaded new...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #160 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers The Invisible Order: The Decision Ladder Behind True Development February 13, 2026 | Read on my website | Read time: 6-7 minutes It can take years to build a special team. But only a day to burn it to the ground. I’ve experienced first-hand the transition from Developer to Non-Developer many times in my...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #159 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers Coaching Is a Moral Act February 6, 2026 | Read on my website | Read time: 4-5 minutes “Nate, you know what I love about you…” “Every time you run through footage of the opponent, regardless of who they are, you are always convinced that we will win.” Thirteen years ago as a college assistant, I shared an...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #158 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers What Coaches Say They Actually Need the Most January 30, 2026 | Read on my website | Read time: 3-4 minutes Last week, I posed a simple question: Who Is Coaching the Coach? More specifically: Who is helping you stay directionally correct? How do you ensure you keep taking steps toward your potential? And what...
2 months ago • 3 min read