Soft Skills Engineering
Jamison Dance and Dave Smith
It takes more than great code to be a great engineer. Soft Skills Engineering is a weekly advice podcast for software developers about the non-technical stuff that goes into being a great software developer.
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Episodes (530)
Episode 80: New Team Leads and Constant Follow Up
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Episode 79: Story Point Misses and Measuring Productivity
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Episode 78: Endless Rewrites and Fake Deadlines
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Episode 77: Boss Wants Me To Speak and The 2% Raise
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Episode 76: Writing Goals and Firing Jokes
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Episode 75: Self-Promotion For Wallflowers and Moving in a Year
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Episode 74: Switching Languages Without A Pay Cut and A Missed Negotiation
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Episode 73: A Rampant Rewriter and Overexplainers
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Episode 72: The Micromanaging CEO and The Only Developer
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Episode 71: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout
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Episode 70: Appraisal-Driven Development and Meeting Creep
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Episode 69: A Know-It-All Lead and Selling Your Boss on Remote Work
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Episode 68: Paying Your Dues and Non-technical Hobbies
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Episode 67: Graduate School and Asking Good Questions
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Episode 66: Nepotism and Minimum Junior Requirements
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Episode 65: Left In The Dust and Imposter Syndrome
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Episode 64: Negative Peer Reviews and On Call
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Episode 63: (Rerun) Management Snobs and Two Bosses
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Episode 62: Many Meetings and Surviving an Acquisition
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Episode 61: Product Managers and Notifications
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Episode 60: Office Arrangements and Disarming A Code Owner
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Episode 59: Buying Training and Unrelated Experience
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Episode 58: Dropping Out and Interview Prep (Rerun)
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Episode 57: Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers
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Episode 56: Keeping Meetings On Track and Designer-centric Culture
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Episode 55: Ng-Conf Live Episode
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Episode 54: Sneaky Contractors and Job Titles
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Episode 53: Bait and Switch and Informing Your Manager
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Episode 52: Slowness Guilt and I Have No Side Projects
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Episode 51: Junior Scrum Master In Trouble And Jamison Has No Degree
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Episode 50: I Didn't Quit and Manager of Zero People
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Episode 49: Candidate Plagiarism and a Tightwad Employer
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Episode 48: Quitting a Death March & Am I Underpaid
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Episode 47: Speaking Up In A New Job and Personal Issues
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Episode 46: My New Crappy Job and Youth vs the Status Quo
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Episode 45: RAPID FIRE and Micromanagers
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Episode 44: Discussing Firing and Writing Job Postings
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Episode 43: Internship Costs and CS Interview Questions
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Episode 42: Bootcamp Job Hopping and Cultural Reliability
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Episode 41: Management Snobs and Two Bosses
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Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech
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Episode 39: Brilliant Jerks and One on Ones
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Episode 38: Going Over Heads and Firing Just After Hiring
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Episode 37: VC Funding and Internal Presentations
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Episode 36: Unlimited Vacation and Enforcing Best Practices
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Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly
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Episode 34: Do Certifications Help and How Can I Avoid Avoidance?
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Episode 33: Damaging Your Credibility and Meeting Potential Employers In School
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Episode 32: Why Would You Do Contracting?
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Episode 31: Going In To Management and Knowing If A Job Is Worth Applying To
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