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 (512)
Episode 261: Anxious about work and senior imposter
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Episode 260: Pay cut after hired and new job ramp-up
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Episode 259: Moving up to meetings and will remote work stay a thing?
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Episode 258: Addicted to scrolling and underpaid with equity
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Episode 257: Oops I didn't negotiate and really another raise question
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Episode 256: No degree ceiling and reverse whippersnappers
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Episode 255: Only positive feedback and overworked and siloed
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Episode 254: Code makes my body hurt and level madness
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Episode 253: Not coding after 2 years and fake data scientists
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Episode 252: Impossible documentation and unexcited coworkers
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Episode 251: Working with real live developers and the royal we?
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Episode 250: The management track and active listening
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Episode 249: Settling the Wild West and credit for self-study
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Episode 248: Non-private slack channels and expectations
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Episode 247: Estimates and hotdesking
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Episode 246: Humanitarian salary conundrum and family benefits
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Episode 245: Sweating the small stuff and quit my first job?
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Episode 244: Quitting telephone and recommendontion
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Episode 243: Saying no and conference
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Episode 242 (Episode 131 re-run): Stinky feet and high salary expectation
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Episode 241 (Rerun of 184): Indispensable and IT cold war
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Episode 240: Under-leveled in the big leagues and pushing back
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Episode 239: Hustle and patents and toxicity
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Episode 238: Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks
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Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency
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Episode 236: Making mistakes and Lowball offer
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Episode 235: Bus factors and toxic time bomb
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Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers
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Episode 233: Manual unit testing and WFH demotivation
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Episode 232: "Junior" developer and NDA'd
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Episode 231: Freedom for me not for thee and optimizing for growth
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Episode 230: Not seeking promotion and taking code
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Episode 229: Other people's code and moving into product management
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Episode 228: Unpaid team lead and banking hours
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Episode 227: Junior expectations and manager flakiness
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Episode 226: Declining job offers and being the outside hire
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Episode 225: Stuck on the ladder and can't say no
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Episode 224: Bad review from conflicted boss and questioning my career choices
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Episode 223: Feedback rage and making up for lost time
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Episode 222: Cowboy CTO and underpaid after promotion
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Episode 221: Current boss reference and getting paid to do nothing
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Episode 220: Premature leadership push and credit and status
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Episode 219: Remote crickets and Manager Careering
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Episode 218: Referral underperforming and take a tech lead role
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Episode 217: Quitting words and double COVID internship
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Episode 216: One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles
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Episode 215: Many jobs in one and junior git stickler
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Episode 214: Jumping ship and saying "I can't"
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Episode 213: Interviewing your future boss and screwed by private equity
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Episode 212: Turnover and self-inflicted complexity
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