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 179: Pushing preemptive promotion and de-motivated by promotion
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Episode 178: Procrastinating colleague and working remotely for an on-site compa...
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Episode 177: Work life vertigo and work life interviews
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Episode 176: Afraid to disappoint and tech co-founder advice
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Episode 175: Famous devs at conferences and becoming obsolete
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Episode 174: Bottleneck manager and how to tech lead
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Episode 173: Newbie burden and getting a 25% raise
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Episode 172: Contracting and American email etiquette
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Episode 171: Unwilling mentorship and tortoise vs hare DevOps
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Episode 170: Code rage and code review etiquette
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Episode 169: Conspiracy theories and flexible schedules
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Episode 168: Self-snooping and work from home jeopardy
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Episode 167: Foosball culture and giving feedback to geniuses
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Episode 166: Not the intern and fighting at work
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Episode 165: I don't play videogames and quarter-career burnout
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Episode 164: Fear of firing and disengaged teammates
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Episode 163: Sounding a warning and negative Glassdoor reviews
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Episode 162 (rerun of episode 113): Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Respons...
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Episode 161: Trapped as a QA engineer and trapped as a generalist
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Episode 160: Non-manager 1:1s and throwing away dev learning
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Episode 159: Rejecting candidates and corporate image obsession
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Episode 158: I accepted a counter-offer and stayed and dealing with engineers wh...
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Episode 157: How to deal with a consistent low performer and my architect wants...
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Episode 156: How to move from web development into other software engineering ro...
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Episode 155: What do you think about employee monitoring software and how do I g...
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Episode 154: Why am I terrible at picking candidates and how soon can I quit my...
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Episode 153: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout (rerun of episode 71)
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Episode 152: How to pair program as an introvert and being mistreated as a contr...
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Episode 151: Where are all the old developers and Do I not ask enough questions?
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Episode 150: How to fight imposter syndrome as a technical lead and Getting in t...
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Episode 149: How to get my engineering career back on track and how to thrive in...
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Episode 148: In the orbit of a Rock Star Programmer and Should I share my salary...
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Episode 147: How to grow in a flat organization and how to get references when j...
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Episode 146: What to do with sick co-workers who come into the office and dealin...
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Episode 145: What to do with a bad manager who is loved by upper management and...
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Episode 144: Job hunting while employed and how to start my first technical lead...
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Episode 143: Dealing with meeting interrupters and setting work limits
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Episode 142: Can I get hired above my level even though I look inexperienced on...
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Episode 141: A Rampant Rewriter and Dealing with an Overexplainer (rerun of epis...
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Episode 140: Should I apologize for my bugs after I quit and should I become a p...
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Episode 139: How to deal with badmouthing and how to survive in a loud open offi...
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Episode 138: Should I ask for a raise before my annual review and how to keep up...
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Episode 137: How to get answers to technical questions and Should managers also...
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Episode 136: My family thinks I'm over paid and Is a 10% raise good
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Episode 135: Publicly Correcting Speakers and Forced Into a Dev Role as a Produc...
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Episode 134: Boredom vs Money and Agile vs Long-Term Schedules
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Episode 133: Herding Linter Cats and Surviving Until Severance Time
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Episode 132: Should I tell my boss I'm planning to quit and keeping tech talks g...
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Episode 131: Coworkers with stinky feet and Was my salary expectation too high
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Episode 130 (rerun of episode 87): Stand up and fight! and Metrics
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