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 30: Reaching Consensus and Code Editing Etiquette
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Episode 29: What Should I Do When Starting A New Job?
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Episode 28: How Long Should I Stay At My Job and How Do I Help Junior Developers...
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Episode 27: Writing Great Resumes and Pushing Back on Non-Engineering Tasks
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Episode 26: Communicate Your Efforts and I Told You So
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Episode 25: Understanding the Business and Managing Without Being a Developer
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Episode 24: Should I be a generalist or specialist developer?
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Episode 23: Joining a startup as a CTO and asking for a raise
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Episode 22: Health insurance and contributing to open source projects
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Episode 21: Giving work to interns and dealing with "dead weight" developers
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Episode 20: Stories from people who got fired and doing effective code reviews
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Episode 19: Firing someone for a coding mistake and getting demoted
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Episode 18: Dropping out of college and preparing for interviews
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Episode 17: Side project ideas and getting fired
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Episode 16: Dealing with recruiters and learning new things without frustration
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Episode 15: Working with non-technical people and keeping up with the latest tec...
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Episode 14: Web developer prejudice and legacy code
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Episode 13: Dealing with a 'yes' boss and the difference between contract and pe...
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Episode 12: Making friends at work and how to be good at being managed
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Episode 11: Negotiating offers and dealing with an oblivious boss
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Episode 10: Mentors and Stock Options
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Episode 9: Deadlines and Titles
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Episode 8: Work life balance and on-boarding new engineers
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Episode 7: Finding meaning and quitting your job
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Episode 6: Speaking at Conferences
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Episode 5: Developer Compensation
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Episode 4: Should I build my personal brand?
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Episode 3: What to look for in a dev team
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Episode 2: Influencing your team and dealing with anger
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Episode 1: Startup Opportunities and Switching Jobs
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