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 479: Contractors to the rescue and dinged for delay
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Episode 478: Can you coach self-awareness and my boss is an llm
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Episode 477: Four months and I already hate my job and grumpy and fuzzy
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Episode 476: How much help is too much help and guarding against slop
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Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time
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Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switc...
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Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from wo...
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Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL
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Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoo...
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Episode 470: I said something stupid in a meeting and just want to code
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Episode 469: Passed over for lead role and perhaps I'm the jerk
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Episode 468: Should I take a mini-retirement and doubling down on anachronisms
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Episode 467: I can't get promoted if I do my job and should I get a degree to ge...
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Episode 466: Bad performance review and moving in to the caves
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Episode 465: Talking to your report's previous manager and how to replace a 30-y...
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Episode 464: Rehiring an overpaid boomerang and AI has taken over my teammate's...
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Episode 463: CTO w/ weak resume and I tried management and it was TERRIBLE
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Episode 462: Supporting laid-off employee and how to rebuild culture after layof...
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Episode 461: How to do side projects with a family and demanding job and my comp...
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Episode 460: Losing autonomy and I got skipped for a promotion even though I'm a...
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Episode 459: Am I cutting edge and how to compliment someone who went from super...
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Episode 458: Infinite tech debt hack and figuring out what is going on
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Episode 457: How do I get off the on-call rotation and "big tech" == "big league...
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Episode 456: Will I look bad on the job market if I'm a crypto developer and str...
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Episode 455: UX designer without a mentor and I get bored too easily and stresse...
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Episode 454: Tracking productivity? and my CTO is ChatGPT
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Episode 453: Why did my company build an internal LinkedIn and how do I not get...
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Episode 452: Consulting refactor and extra work, extra scrutiny
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Episode 451: Un-collaborative architect and who is my boss?
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Episode 450: I'm terrible at behavioral interviews and time zonessssssss
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Episode 449: My tech lead ignored my warnings and I don't know what my leadershi...
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Episode 448: Title over salary and from figure skater to software developer
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Episode 447: Overleveled at FAANG and accidental draft feedback
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Episode 446: Wading through AI slop and they don't get git
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Episode 445: Staying at my first job and my coworker is insulting other departme...
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Episode 444: Surrounded by apathetic coworkers and put it on my resume?
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Episode 443: Does my PM hate me? and My coworker has anxiety when I help
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Episode 442: Improving communication skills and how to break my job hopping habi...
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Episode 441: Will working in healthcare hurt my reputation and precious wisdom
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Episode 440: How do I help my boss not burn out and should I tell people I'm old...
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Episode 439: Harried VP of Eng and first startup job
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Episode 438: Software job after prison and working 60 hours per week at age 20 a...
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Episode 437: My company canceled all one-on-ones and moving to a single backlog
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Episode 436: Paralyzed by checkboxes and I'm on a "must keep happy" list
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Episode 435: How to make my boss actually do something and kindly shooting down
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Episode 434: Forgetful boss and nothing to say
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Episode 433: My teammate pretends we decided, but we didn't and my team is getti...
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Episode 432: As an LLM, how can I be more emotionally smart and when to use I vs...
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Episode 431: Stinky.js and power hungry friend
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Episode 430: Should I quit this job I'm underqualified for and honestly torpedoe...
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