Soft Skills Engineering
Jamison Dance and Dave Smith
EN1012 episodes
technology
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 (1012)
Episode 503: Hardware is hard and my PMs are pushing AI slop code
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Mar 9, 202636:30pending
Episode 502: Management keeps leaving and I hate using AI to code
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Mar 2, 202641:19pending
Episode 501: Vibecoding CEO and doing to teaching
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Feb 23, 202629:17pending
Episode 500: Am I the only one not getting raises and firing my whole team
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Feb 16, 202636:15pending
Episode 499: Should I quit my solo dev job with a sports team and senile seniors
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Feb 9, 202633:11pending
Episode 498: Testing in big corporations and how to get my first management job
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Feb 2, 202631:52pending
Episode 497: Patronizing perf reviews and can't get anything done as a tech lead
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Jan 26, 202627:52pending
Episode 496: Passing non-technical interviews and my internship with only other...
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Jan 19, 202626:48pending
Episode 495: What to do when my boss quits and moving to Romania?
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Jan 12, 202632:14pending
Episode 494: Am I interviewing all wrong and leaving old team chats
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Jan 5, 202626:02pending
Episode 493: My boss one-ups my negativity and football engineering
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Dec 29, 202521:01pending
Episode 492: Fresh grads and startups or the goog
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Dec 22, 202533:30pending
Episode 491: Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titantic and my boss leaks private...
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Dec 15, 202536:48pending
Episode 490: How do I break into software dev from QA automation and undersellin...
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Dec 8, 202526:14pending
Episode 489: Ethical dilemma for a gambling app dev and ethical employers
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Dec 1, 202534:57pending
Episode 488: How do I survive in a culture of optics and jira slacker
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Nov 24, 202530:38pending
Episode 487: My manager ignores me during 1:1's and I am required to work in an...
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Nov 17, 202536:18pending
Episode 486: No one on my team talks and skip level meetings
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Nov 10, 202529:19pending
Episode 485: I'm terrible at hiring decisions and my coworker spams us with AI-g...
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Nov 3, 202543:53pending
Episode 484: How to get a raise after slacking off for YEARS and my PM won't sto...
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Oct 27, 202529:27pending
Episode 483: My team hated me from day one and should I stack PTO before my resi...
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Oct 20, 202538:22pending
Episode 482: I got a promotion, but a tiny raise and an imposter interviewed for...
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Oct 13, 202531:47pending
Episode 481: I'm bored and will I ever find out why I was fired?
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Oct 6, 202529:03pending
Episode 480: Do I just coast until I quit and going back to work after a long ti...
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Sep 29, 202527:09pending
Episode 479: Contractors to the rescue and dinged for delay
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Sep 22, 202534:57pending
Episode 478: Can you coach self-awareness and my boss is an llm
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Sep 15, 202538:18pending
Episode 477: Four months and I already hate my job and grumpy and fuzzy
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Sep 8, 202537:51pending
Episode 476: How much help is too much help and guarding against slop
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Sep 1, 202537:36pending
Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time
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Aug 25, 202533:26pending
Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switc...
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Aug 18, 202538:04pending
Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from wo...
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Aug 11, 202535:59pending
Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL
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Aug 4, 202526:59pending
Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoo...
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Jul 28, 202528:34pending
Episode 470: I said something stupid in a meeting and just want to code
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Jul 21, 202530:12pending
Episode 469: Passed over for lead role and perhaps I'm the jerk
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Jul 14, 202535:53pending
Episode 468: Should I take a mini-retirement and doubling down on anachronisms
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Jul 7, 202531:12pending
Episode 467: I can't get promoted if I do my job and should I get a degree to ge...
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Jun 30, 202540:52pending
Episode 466: Bad performance review and moving in to the caves
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Jun 23, 202529:56pending
Episode 465: Talking to your report's previous manager and how to replace a 30-y...
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Jun 16, 202529:44pending
Episode 464: Rehiring an overpaid boomerang and AI has taken over my teammate's...
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Jun 9, 202549:38pending
Episode 463: CTO w/ weak resume and I tried management and it was TERRIBLE
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Jun 2, 202527:16pending
Episode 462: Supporting laid-off employee and how to rebuild culture after layof...
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May 26, 202528:46pending
Episode 461: How to do side projects with a family and demanding job and my comp...
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May 19, 202532:40pending
Episode 460: Losing autonomy and I got skipped for a promotion even though I'm a...
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May 12, 202533:07pending
Episode 459: Am I cutting edge and how to compliment someone who went from super...
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May 5, 202522:44pending
Episode 458: Infinite tech debt hack and figuring out what is going on
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Apr 28, 202534:00pending
Episode 457: How do I get off the on-call rotation and "big tech" == "big league...
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Apr 21, 202527:25pending
Episode 456: Will I look bad on the job market if I'm a crypto developer and str...
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Apr 14, 202531:39pending
Episode 455: UX designer without a mentor and I get bored too easily and stresse...
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Apr 7, 202533:00pending
Episode 454: Tracking productivity? and my CTO is ChatGPT
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Mar 31, 202528:11pending
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