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 329: Falling behind and can't get a management job
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Episode 328: Fear of sudden firing and reducing the lottery factor
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Episode 327: Remote with onsite team and undercover refactor
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Episode 326: Good perks, bad code and paper shredder suggestion box
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Episode 325: Surprise PIP and salary leak
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Episode 324: Understanding accents and mega soft skills
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Episode 323: Shopping offers and returning equipment
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Episode 322: Cover blown and no one cares
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Episode 321: Politely, no and participation at scale
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Episode 320: Hot and less hot and no privileges
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Episode 319: Steve's babysitter and these uncertain times
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Episode 318: Staff and part time dev
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Episode 317: Process renegades and hiding my disgrunteledness
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Episode 316: Skills reboot and quitting the perfect job
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Episode 315: Poor feedback recipient and rubber duck
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Episode 314: "That guy" and how to skip level
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Episode 313: Parents are fighting and hat-removal
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Episode 312: Nit-picking and Promo raises
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Episode 311: (rerun of 207) Unclear career goals and garbage code
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Episode 310: Flip flop and architecture astronaut
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Episode 309: Missing boss support and new manager, who dis
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Episode 308: FAANG to startup and Google interview prep
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Episode 307: Side hustle or new job and tell me when you're stuck
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Episode 306: Sabbaticals and betray my team
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Episode 305: About that raise and *you're* not fired
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Episode 304: My subordinate is smarter than me and confused in meetings
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Episode 303: Should I stop coding and off to the field
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Episode 302: Bad boss movies and well-written emails
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Episode 301: I forced the framework and product stealing credit
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Episode 300: Manager move and cultural or personal
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Episode 299: Neophyte estimates and forced framework
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Episode 298: Thanks, and goodbye and fessing up
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Episode 297: Flat decisions and pointy-haired boss
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Episode 296: Low performer and frantic manager
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Episode 295: Underleveled at FAANG and lazy tech lead
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Episode 294: Unqualified internal applicant and speculative specs
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Episode 293: Moving TOO fast and following my manager
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Episode 292: Haunted by former co-worker and awkward manager endorsement
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Episode 291: Hyper-productive team lead and hyper-unproductive senior engineer
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Episode 290: Past offers and from QA to PM
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Episode 289: Sharing wisdom nicely and too many raises?
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Episode 288: Too excited about learning and furious boss when quitting
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Episode 287: Informal favoritism and post-hoc finger pointing
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Episode 286: I don't care about borkchain and morning procrastination?
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Episode 285: Staying technical as a manager and skill over seniority
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Episode 284: Slow mentee ramp-up and quit before new job?
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Episode 283: Jealousy and burnout
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Episode 282: Setting boundaries late and junior joy
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Episode 281: Contractor is sus and too much job hopping?
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Episode 280: Async communication and how to quit not nicely
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