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 379: Someone fixed my ticket and is tech debt bad for my career
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Episode 378: Too much leadership and awkward zoom silence
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Episode 377: Short Tenure Promotion and too much free time at work
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Episode 376: Return to office and quitting tech
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Episode 375: visa woes and Bob does everything wrong
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Episode 374: Secret burnout and no room for failure
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Episode 373: I have no vision and not-so-positive environment
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Episode 372: Equity and getting interrupted in Zoom meetings
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Episode 371: After Mary Poppins and credit denied
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Episode 370: Fake imposter syndrome and opposite ends
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Episode 369: Staying at a sinking ship and behavioral interview questions
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Episode 368: Manager in crisis and cutting costs
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Episode 367: Hybrid denier and recovering from crying
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Episode 366: No FE work and my co-worker is a parrot
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Episode 365: Rerun of 307, side hustles and telling me when you are stuck
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Episode 364: EMs doing technical tasks and too soft?
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Episode 363: Future impact of tech stacks and async communication
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Episode 362: Running the clock down and updating linkedin without freaking peopl...
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Episode 361: Get git and non-tech ramping up
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Episode 360: Mixing up names and improving without feedback
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Episode 359: Competition and awkward in person
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Episode 358: Sticky Note Scandal and startup appeal
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Episode 357: Waiting to be paid and survivor's guilt
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Episode 356: Ummmmmmmmm and failed spikes
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Episode 355: Driving kids instead of team and jk i quit
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Episode 354: Good at circuits, bad at git and ghosts of team members past
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Episode 353: Easter outage and unethical things
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Episode 352: Exploding manager and I hate computers
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Episode 351: Senior hoarding and layabout lead dev
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Episode 350: Bombing a technical interview and background vetting
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Episode 349: Performance review dissonance and being a remote manager
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Episode 348: Making too many mistakes and low code career risk
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Episode 347: New untrusting manager and crappy project management
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Episode 346: Changing jobs with no raise and wrangling a cowboy coder
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Episode 345: Head of Engineering vs writing code and Voluntary Severance
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Episode 344: Showing impact without hiring and over over over engineering
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Episode 343: Tech lead/manager and discouraging seniors
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Episode 342: Losing my job to AI and bad review season
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Episode 341: Offer rescinded and layoff stuff
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Episode 340: Productivity lulls and code review showdown
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Episode 339: Coworker double-dipping and building toxic community
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Episode 338: I am the golden handcuffs and Staying in management
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Episode 337: Helping the principal and Manager conflict
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Episode 336: Roadmap roadkill and returning to office
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Episode 335: Senior questions and overly optimistic
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Episode 334: Personal brand and awkward silence
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Episode 333: Unsure about management and I shall decline the offer
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Episode 332: Layoff + baby survival and 18-year-old CS graduate
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Episode 331: Prickly ticket and title downgrade
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Episode 330: Mixed signals and not ready for senior
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