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.
Episodes (530)
Episode 529: Zoom calls on my open floor plan and laconic staff engineer
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Episode 528: Sleepy family software business and leaving after an acquisition
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Episode 527: I lost my job after 10 years and am I too old to switch to a securi...
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Episode 526: Why can't I get promoted so quickly after my last promotion and I g...
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Episode 525: How do I save my company of 500 people and my new company is insane...
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Episode 524: My CTO AI-codes big piles of slop and early mornings, late meetings
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Episode 523: (Rerun of 331) Prickly ticket and title downgrade
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Episode 522: I stayed too long at my first job and should I get a masters degree
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Episode 521: negotiating . . . now? and doing good work is not enough for promot...
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Episode 520: I came back to my former team and was shocked by AI and my team doe...
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Episode 519: Why does my team not have a tech lead and rumors!
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Episode 518: stuck at startup and is my employer mistreating me because I'm on a...
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Episode 517: Is it good for my career to work at a SaaS company and why am I bei...
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Episode 516: Not a baby and my product manager doesn't know the product
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Episode 515: My junior team member won't listen to me and will I be the dumbest...
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Episode 514: Trust issues and underperformers and my coworker resents me for bei...
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Episode 513: Forgotten employee and what skills actually matter in the AI world
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Episode 512: Can non-engineers really contribute code with AI and not sharing
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Episode 511: Should I take a temporary management position and performance-based...
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Episode 510: Old and behind and how do I hang on for the last few years until re...
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Episode 509: I hate AI software dev, so should I become a manager and leading, n...
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Episode 508: My company is an unethical spammer and my coworkers take so much si...
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Episode 507: I got fired unexpectedly and breadth and depth
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Episode 506: I hate my job with AI and my team-mate thinks I suck
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Episode 505: Called to the principal's office and my team leads are super dogmat...
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Episode 504: Should I quit my AI job before my first day and professional button...
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Episode 503: Hardware is hard and my PMs are pushing AI slop code
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Episode 502: Management keeps leaving and I hate using AI to code
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Episode 501: Vibecoding CEO and doing to teaching
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Episode 500: Am I the only one not getting raises and firing my whole team
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Episode 499: Should I quit my solo dev job with a sports team and senile seniors
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Episode 498: Testing in big corporations and how to get my first management job
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Episode 497: Patronizing perf reviews and can't get anything done as a tech lead
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Episode 496: Passing non-technical interviews and my internship with only other...
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Episode 495: What to do when my boss quits and moving to Romania?
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Episode 494: Am I interviewing all wrong and leaving old team chats
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Episode 493: My boss one-ups my negativity and football engineering
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Episode 492: Fresh grads and startups or the goog
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Episode 491: Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titantic and my boss leaks private...
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Episode 490: How do I break into software dev from QA automation and undersellin...
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Episode 489: Ethical dilemma for a gambling app dev and ethical employers
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Episode 488: How do I survive in a culture of optics and jira slacker
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Episode 487: My manager ignores me during 1:1's and I am required to work in an...
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Episode 486: No one on my team talks and skip level meetings
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Episode 485: I'm terrible at hiring decisions and my coworker spams us with AI-g...
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Episode 484: How to get a raise after slacking off for YEARS and my PM won't sto...
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Episode 483: My team hated me from day one and should I stack PTO before my resi...
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Episode 482: I got a promotion, but a tiny raise and an imposter interviewed for...
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Episode 481: I'm bored and will I ever find out why I was fired?
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Episode 480: Do I just coast until I quit and going back to work after a long ti...
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