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 111: Dogma Rehab and Getting a Co-worker Fired
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Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting
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Episode 109: Critical Junior Dev and Introducing New Tools
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(Rerun) Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly
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Episode 108: An Insecure Teammate and Disclosing Past Ratings
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(Rerun) Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech
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Episode 107: Silence After Interviews and Newsletter Politics
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Episode 106: Working From Home Without Rotting and Meetup Etiquette
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Episode 105: Interviewing for Management and Annoying Noises
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Episode 104: Interviews With VPs and Hiring a Tester
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Episode 103: Team Dynamics and Bad Code
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Episode 102: Correcting English and Tyranny of the Urgent
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Episode 101: Style In Code Reviews and How To Thank My Manager
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Episode 99: Developer Health and Whiteboard Interviews
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Episode 98 (Rerun of Episode 57): Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers
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Episode 97: A Quiet Intern and Hearts and Guts
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Episode 96: Teaching Burden and Unknown Unknowns
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Episode 95: Paying For Help and Scared of Recruiters
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Episode 94: Dodging Recommendations and Full Sleeve Tattoos
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Episode 93: Negotiating Annual Raises and Part-Time Work
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Episode 92: Career Death by Friction and New Job Woes
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Episode 91: Job Requirements and Teams of Misfits
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Episode 90: Upper Management Dislikes Me and Undeserved Job Offers
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Episode 89: Departed Engineers and Employment Contracts
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Episode 88: How To Dress For Interviews and Learning To Interview
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Episode 87: Pushover Coworkers and Productivity Metrics
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Episode 86: Sharing Salaries and Offensive Words
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Episode 85: Annoying Know-it-alls and Company Headshots
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Episode 84: Shy Developers and Outsourced Architecture
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Episode 83: Gaps In The Resume and Moving To Business
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Episode 82: Blow Ups and Job Security
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Episode 81: Unwilling To Grow and Forced Out During Two Weeks Notice
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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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