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Episode 305: About that raise and *you're* not fired
26:00
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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May 23, 2022 |
Episode 304: My subordinate is smarter than me and confused in meetings
26:58
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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May 16, 2022 |
Episode 303: Should I stop coding and off to the field
30:17
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Show Notes
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May 09, 2022 |
Episode 302: Bad boss movies and well-written emails
30:37
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Show NotesThis episode is sponsored by Compiler, and original podcast from Red Hat. Check it out Reference to the Dragon book on Wikipedia Robustness principle: Be liberal in what you accept and conservative in what you send |
May 02, 2022 |
Episode 301: I forced the framework and product stealing credit
26:38
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Apr 25, 2022 |
Episode 300: Manager move and cultural or personal
29:23
We are celebrating our 300th episode by publishing unique songs about the podcast. To get access to the songs, join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SoftSkillsEng In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Apr 18, 2022 |
Episode 299: Neophyte estimates and forced framework
26:44
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Show Notes
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Apr 11, 2022 |
Episode 298: Thanks, and goodbye and fessing up
30:18
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Apr 04, 2022 |
Episode 297: Flat decisions and pointy-haired boss
30:07
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Mar 28, 2022 |
Episode 296: Low performer and frantic manager
28:44
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Mar 21, 2022 |
Episode 295: Underleveled at FAANG and lazy tech lead
32:08
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Mar 14, 2022 |
Episode 294: Unqualified internal applicant and speculative specs
31:47
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Mar 07, 2022 |
Episode 293: Moving TOO fast and following my manager
21:37
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Feb 28, 2022 |
Episode 292: Haunted by former co-worker and awkward manager endorsement
22:57
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Feb 21, 2022 |
Episode 291: Hyper-productive team lead and hyper-unproductive senior engineer
25:43
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Feb 14, 2022 |
Episode 290: Past offers and from QA to PM
21:41
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Feb 07, 2022 |
Episode 289: Sharing wisdom nicely and too many raises?
19:52
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jan 31, 2022 |
Episode 288: Too excited about learning and furious boss when quitting
23:01
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Show Notes
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Jan 24, 2022 |
Episode 287: Informal favoritism and post-hoc finger pointing
22:01
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Jan 17, 2022 |
Episode 286: I don't care about borkchain and morning procrastination?
28:58
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Show NotesArticle by Dave on how to make your standups awesome: https://blog.standuply.com/are-your-standups-awesome-91fb124033be |
Jan 10, 2022 |
Episode 285: Staying technical as a manager and skill over seniority
30:34
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Show Notes
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Jan 03, 2022 |
Episode 284: Slow mentee ramp-up and quit before new job?
27:09
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jan 03, 2022 |
Episode 283: Jealousy and burnout
34:58
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 20, 2021 |
Episode 282: Setting boundaries late and junior joy
27:51
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 13, 2021 |
Episode 281: Contractor is sus and too much job hopping?
24:22
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Dec 06, 2021 |
Episode 280: Async communication and how to quit not nicely
32:56
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Nov 29, 2021 |
Episode 279: (Rerun of 220) Premature leadership push and credit and status
33:39
This is a rerun of episode 220. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Nov 22, 2021 |
Episode 278: PM to engineer and pressure to stay after quitting
35:24
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Nov 15, 2021 |
Episode 277: Super long code reviews and replacement laptop
33:32
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Nov 08, 2021 |
Episode 276: Startup or big company and negotiating your exit?
28:41
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Nov 01, 2021 |
Episode 275: Take-home tests and doing my own recruiting
34:09
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Oct 25, 2021 |
Episode 274: Announcing resignation too early and why are my ideas rejected?
24:59
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Oct 18, 2021 |
Episode 273: Influencing people and getting a raise in a flat org
25:06
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Oct 11, 2021 |
Episode 272: Consistent or shiny
30:30
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Sep 27, 2021 |
Episode 271: Too quiet and quitting too much?
31:19
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Sep 13, 2021 |
Episode 270 (rerun of 227): Junior expectations and manager flakiness
30:59
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Sep 07, 2021 |
Episode 269: A bad product and running the meter down
27:27
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Aug 30, 2021 |
Episode 268: Title inflation and solo remote engineer
22:00
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Aug 23, 2021 |
Episode 267: Cheap promotion raise and live coding blues
28:42
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show NotesConsumer price index: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm @Channel Twitter account: https://twitter.com/Channel https://interviewing.io/ |
Aug 16, 2021 |
Episode 266: Switching tech stacks and awkward zoom silence
25:06
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Jul 26, 2021 |
Episode 265 (rerun of 216): One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles
32:17
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Jul 19, 2021 |
Episode 264: Finger pointing and getting recognition
29:12
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Jul 12, 2021 |
Episode 263: Why am I bored and ver-boss-ity
28:33
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Jul 05, 2021 |
Episode 262: I'm too popular and too much turnover
19:49
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Jun 14, 2021 |
Episode 261: Anxious about work and senior imposter
24:03
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Jun 07, 2021 |
Episode 260: Pay cut after hired and new job ramp-up
33:42
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May 24, 2021 |
Episode 259: Moving up to meetings and will remote work stay a thing?
22:59
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May 10, 2021 |
Episode 258: Addicted to scrolling and underpaid with equity
31:14
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May 03, 2021 |
Episode 257: Oops I didn't negotiate and really another raise question
25:26
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Apr 19, 2021 |
Episode 256: No degree ceiling and reverse whippersnappers
31:02
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show Noteshttps://www.simscale.com/blog/2017/12/nasa-mars-climate-orbiter-metric/ https://money.cnn.com/2012/05/13/technology/yahoo-ceo-out/index.htm |
Apr 12, 2021 |
Episode 255: Only positive feedback and overworked and siloed
25:09
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Apr 05, 2021 |
Episode 254: Code makes my body hurt and level madness
32:31
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show NotesVoice Driven Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuRkGkf5HU Patrick McKenzie’s article on salary negotiation: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/ |
Mar 29, 2021 |
Episode 253: Not coding after 2 years and fake data scientists
33:31
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Mar 22, 2021 |
Episode 252: Impossible documentation and unexcited coworkers
29:42
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show notesGary Bernhardt’s WAT video from 2012: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat |
Mar 15, 2021 |
Episode 251: Working with real live developers and the royal we?
23:57
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Mar 08, 2021 |
Episode 250: The management track and active listening
28:01
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show Noteshttps://mediocre.dev/it-takes-more |
Mar 01, 2021 |
Episode 249: Settling the Wild West and credit for self-study
28:57
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Feb 22, 2021 |
Episode 248: Non-private slack channels and expectations
31:28
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Feb 15, 2021 |
Episode 247: Estimates and hotdesking
32:24
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Feb 08, 2021 |
Episode 246: Humanitarian salary conundrum and family benefits
28:16
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Feb 01, 2021 |
Episode 245: Sweating the small stuff and quit my first job?
29:24
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Jan 25, 2021 |
Episode 244: Quitting telephone and recommendontion
28:43
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Jan 18, 2021 |
Episode 243: Saying no and conference
21:59
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Jan 11, 2021 |
Episode 242 (Episode 131 re-run): Stinky feet and high salary expectation
25:00
It’s one more re-run before we are back with new stuff! Enjoy this episode from November 2018, back when Tiger King didn’t yet exist. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Jan 05, 2021 |
Episode 241 (Rerun of 184): Indispensable and IT cold war
33:58
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Dec 28, 2020 |
Episode 240: Under-leveled in the big leagues and pushing back
34:38
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Dec 14, 2020 |
Episode 239: Hustle and patents and toxicity
26:14
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Dec 07, 2020 |
Episode 238: Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks
31:41
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Nov 30, 2020 |
Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency
24:49
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Show Noteshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth%27s_up-arrow_notation http://boston.conman.org/2003/12/02.3 |
Nov 23, 2020 |
Episode 236: Making mistakes and Lowball offer
33:03
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show NotesPatrick McKenzie’s article on salary negotiation: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/ |
Nov 16, 2020 |
Episode 235: Bus factors and toxic time bomb
27:13
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show Noteshttps://www.computerworld.com/article/2534312/the–640k–quote-won-t-go-away—-but-did-gates-really-say-it-.html - apparently the bill gates quote is apocryphal |
Nov 09, 2020 |
Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers
29:25
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Nov 02, 2020 |
Episode 233: Manual unit testing and WFH demotivation
34:10
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show Noteshttps://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/UnitTest.html https://www.amazon.com/Art-Gathering-How-Meet-Matters/dp/1594634920 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1304143989939949568.html |
Oct 26, 2020 |
Episode 232: "Junior" developer and NDA'd
33:10
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Oct 19, 2020 |
Episode 231: Freedom for me not for thee and optimizing for growth
15:43
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Oct 12, 2020 |
Episode 230: Not seeking promotion and taking code
28:46
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Oct 05, 2020 |
Episode 229: Other people's code and moving into product management
27:10
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Sep 28, 2020 |
Episode 228: Unpaid team lead and banking hours
26:16
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Sep 21, 2020 |
Episode 227: Junior expectations and manager flakiness
30:40
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Sep 14, 2020 |
Episode 226: Declining job offers and being the outside hire
31:26
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Sep 07, 2020 |
Episode 225: Stuck on the ladder and can't say no
10:29
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show Noteshttps://lethain.com/career-narratives/ |
Aug 31, 2020 |
Episode 224: Bad review from conflicted boss and questioning my career choices
31:20
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
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Aug 24, 2020 |
Episode 223: Feedback rage and making up for lost time
24:42
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Aug 17, 2020 |
Episode 222: Cowboy CTO and underpaid after promotion
26:04
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Aug 10, 2020 |
Episode 221: Current boss reference and getting paid to do nothing
11:47
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Aug 03, 2020 |
Episode 220: Premature leadership push and credit and status
17:50
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Jul 27, 2020 |
Episode 219: Remote crickets and Manager Careering
30:30
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Jul 20, 2020 |
Episode 218: Referral underperforming and take a tech lead role
32:33
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Jul 13, 2020 |
Episode 217: Quitting words and double COVID internship
30:19
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Jul 06, 2020 |
Episode 216: One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles
32:07
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Jun 29, 2020 |
Episode 215: Many jobs in one and junior git stickler
32:40
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Jun 22, 2020 |
Episode 214: Jumping ship and saying "I can't"
30:14
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions
Show Notes
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Jun 15, 2020 |
Episode 213: Interviewing your future boss and screwed by private equity
30:59
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Jun 08, 2020 |
Episode 212: Turnover and self-inflicted complexity
28:16
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Actual study showing actual results that we actually linked in the show notes this episode: https://radford.aon.com/insights/infographics/2017/technology/q1-2017-turnover-rates-hiring-sentiment-by-industry-at-us-technology-companies |
Jun 01, 2020 |
Episode 211: Biorhythm and coworker roommate
26:34
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May 25, 2020 |
Episode 210: Study time and caring less
27:44
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May 18, 2020 |
Episode 209: Glue and Covid ghost job
25:50
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May 11, 2020 |
Episode 208: Toe-stepper-on-er and high leverage work
28:27
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May 04, 2020 |
Episode 207: Unclear career goals and garbage code
34:46
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Apr 27, 2020 |
Episode 206: Micromanaging WFH and vaguely tech lead
32:40
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Apr 20, 2020 |
Episode 205: Old code outage and questions leaking
24:02
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Apr 13, 2020 |
Episode 204: Remote work and ghosting your employer
27:44
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Apr 06, 2020 |
Episode 203: Downturns and conflict
38:05
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Mar 30, 2020 |
Episode 202: Can't stand up and new team, new me
28:05
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Mar 23, 2020 |
Episode 201: Too soon for a raise and management, masters, maybe?
36:16
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Mar 16, 2020 |
Episode 200: Crazy work work stories
29:29
🎉🎉🎉 Celebrating 200 episodes! 🎉🎉🎉In this special episode, Dave and Jamison share crazy work stories contributed by listeners to celebrate 200 episodes of Soft Skills Engineering
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Mar 09, 2020 |
Episode 199: Offshore team influence and time zone fun
31:49
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Mar 02, 2020 |
Episode 198: Stinky manager and VP overhaul
27:00
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Feb 24, 2020 |
Episode 197: Rambling co-worker and awkward resume leak
28:49
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Feb 17, 2020 |
Episode 196: "Offshore resources" and ageist layoffs
27:10
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Feb 10, 2020 |
Episode 195: Ad-hoc promotion and quitting a huge company with Charity Majors
33:14
We’re excited to have special guest Charity Majors on the show! Charity is the CTO and former CEO of Honeycomb. She has worked at Second Life, Parse, Facebook, and more. She blogs at charity.wtf. Dave, Jamison, and Charity answer these questions:
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Feb 03, 2020 |
Episode 194: Leveling up through speaking and negativity
27:30
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Jan 27, 2020 |
Episode 193: Playing the field and paying for speaking
25:25
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Jan 20, 2020 |
Episode 192: Giving feedback and messaging a team change
34:06
Hey, want to use Dropbox as your app’s production database? Well, check here. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jan 13, 2020 |
Episode 191: Overshadowed and demos and credit
30:47
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Jan 06, 2020 |
Episode 190: Disorganized startup and leveling up the team
33:36
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Dec 30, 2019 |
Episode 189: Building relationships and handling negative feedback with speical guest Jeff Leiken
43:09
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
You can get in touch with Jeff Leiken at https://www.evolutionmentoring.com/. |
Dec 23, 2019 |
Episode 188: Drama overload and agile ouroboroses
25:35
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Dec 16, 2019 |
Episode 187: Interview insanity and making up for lost time
38:41
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Dec 09, 2019 |
Episode 186: First job negotiation and am I a senior engineer?
33:07
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Dec 02, 2019 |
Episode 185: Fragile coworkers and soft demotion
32:59
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Nov 25, 2019 |
Episode 184: Indispensable and IT cold war
33:33
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Nov 18, 2019 |
Episode 183: Terrible boss code and peer-to-peer mentorship
30:17
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Nov 11, 2019 |
Episode 182: Lunch and switching to product management
29:00
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Nov 04, 2019 |
Episode 181: Blocked by back-end and tired of coding
30:51
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Oct 28, 2019 |
Episode 180: Inspiring attention to detail and moving
29:01
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Oct 21, 2019 |
Episode 179: Pushing preemptive promotion and de-motivated by promotion
28:04
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Oct 14, 2019 |
Episode 178: Procrastinating colleague and working remotely for an on-site company
21:52
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Oct 07, 2019 |
Episode 177: Work life vertigo and work life interviews
24:34
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Sep 30, 2019 |
Episode 176: Afraid to disappoint and tech co-founder advice
24:53
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Sep 23, 2019 |
Episode 175: Famous devs at conferences and becoming obsolete
27:21
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Sep 16, 2019 |
Episode 174: Bottleneck manager and how to tech lead
33:06
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Sep 09, 2019 |
Episode 173: Newbie burden and getting a 25% raise
33:24
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Sep 02, 2019 |
Episode 172: Contracting and American email etiquette
28:43
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Aug 26, 2019 |
Episode 171: Unwilling mentorship and tortoise vs hare DevOps
31:38
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Aug 19, 2019 |
Episode 170: Code rage and code review etiquette
36:07
Vote for Soft Skills Engineering on the Hackernoon Noonies awards for best Dev Podcast!In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Aug 12, 2019 |
Episode 169: Conspiracy theories and flexible schedules
31:36
Vote for Soft Skills Engineering on the Hackernoon Noonies awards for best Dev Podcast!In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Aug 05, 2019 |
Episode 168: Self-snooping and work from home jeopardy
31:00
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Jul 29, 2019 |
Episode 167: Foosball culture and giving feedback to geniuses
35:08
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Jul 22, 2019 |
Episode 166: Not the intern and fighting at work
34:09
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Jul 15, 2019 |
Episode 165: I don't play videogames and quarter-career burnout
28:34
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Jul 08, 2019 |
Episode 164: Fear of firing and disengaged teammates
31:15
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Jul 01, 2019 |
Episode 163: Sounding a warning and negative Glassdoor reviews
34:05
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Jun 24, 2019 |
Episode 162 (rerun of episode 113): Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities
32:59
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Jun 17, 2019 |
Episode 161: Trapped as a QA engineer and trapped as a generalist
31:15
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Jun 10, 2019 |
Episode 160: Non-manager 1:1s and throwing away dev learning
25:23
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Jun 03, 2019 |
Episode 159: Rejecting candidates and corporate image obsession
27:22
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May 27, 2019 |
Episode 158: I accepted a counter-offer and stayed and dealing with engineers who exaggerate their contributions
27:10
This episode is sponsored by the O’Reilly Velocity conference. Register today and use discount code SKILLS for a 20% discount: http://velocityconf.com/skills. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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May 20, 2019 |
Episode 157: How to deal with a consistent low performer and my architect wants me to switch from Ruby to Java
33:08
This episode is sponsored by the O’Reilly Velocity conference. Register today and use discount code SKILLS for a 20% discount: http://velocityconf.com/skills. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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May 13, 2019 |
Episode 156: How to move from web development into other software engineering roles and dealing with slow code review processes
35:52
This episode is sponsored by the O’Reilly Velocity conference. Register today and use discount code SKILLS for a 20% discount: http://velocityconf.com/skills. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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May 06, 2019 |
Episode 155: What do you think about employee monitoring software and how do I get un-demotivated after losing interest in software dev?
26:49
This episode is sponsored by the O’Reilly Velocity conference. Register today and use discount code SKILLS for a 20% discount: http://velocityconf.com/skills. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Apr 29, 2019 |
Episode 154: Why am I terrible at picking candidates and how soon can I quit my job?
30:27
This episode is sponsored by the O’Reilly Velocity conference. Register today and use discount code SKILLS for a 20% discount: http://velocityconf.com/skills. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Apr 22, 2019 |
Episode 153: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout (rerun of episode 71)
41:49
This episode is a rerun of episode 71 from August 2017. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Jamison mentions the blog post by Jamis Buck called To Smile Again where he talks about his experiences with burnout. |
Apr 15, 2019 |
Episode 152: How to pair program as an introvert and being mistreated as a contractor?
34:01
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Apr 08, 2019 |
Episode 151: Where are all the old developers and Do I not ask enough questions?
25:03
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Apr 01, 2019 |
Episode 150: How to fight imposter syndrome as a technical lead and Getting in to meetups
28:30
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Mar 25, 2019 |
Episode 149: How to get my engineering career back on track and how to thrive in a heavy process environment
43:10
Joining us this episode is special guest Nedda Amini! In this episode, Nedda, Dave, and Jamison answer these questions:
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Mar 18, 2019 |
Episode 148: In the orbit of a Rock Star Programmer and Should I share my salary with my coworkers?
26:34
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Mar 11, 2019 |
Episode 147: How to grow in a flat organization and how to get references when job hunting in stealth mode?
3:35
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Mar 04, 2019 |
Episode 146: What to do with sick co-workers who come into the office and dealing with weird performance review feedback
23:09
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Feb 25, 2019 |
Episode 145: What to do with a bad manager who is loved by upper management and should I include detecting major security vulnerabilities on my resume?
24:18
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Feb 18, 2019 |
Episode 144: Job hunting while employed and how to start my first technical lead role
33:52
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions along with special guest Jonathan Cutrell::
Follow Jonathan Cutrell on Twitter @jcutrell and subscribe to the Developer Tea podcast: https://spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea. |
Feb 11, 2019 |
Episode 143: Dealing with meeting interrupters and setting work limits
25:48
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Feb 04, 2019 |
Episode 142: Can I get hired above my level even though I look inexperienced on paper and should I be brutally honest in peer performance reviews
30:30
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jan 28, 2019 |
Episode 141: A Rampant Rewriter and Dealing with an Overexplainer (rerun of episode 73)
33:18
This is a re-broadcast of episode 73 from August 2017. We’ll be back next week with a new episode! In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jan 21, 2019 |
Episode 140: Should I apologize for my bugs after I quit and should I become a project manager
29:35
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jan 14, 2019 |
Episode 139: How to deal with badmouthing and how to survive in a loud open office
29:08
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jan 07, 2019 |
Episode 138: Should I ask for a raise before my annual review and how to keep up with young, single, overtime-working co-workers
25:11
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 31, 2018 |
Episode 137: How to get answers to technical questions and Should managers also be technical
27:57
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 24, 2018 |
Episode 136: My family thinks I'm over paid and Is a 10% raise good
24:22
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 17, 2018 |
Episode 135: Publicly Correcting Speakers and Forced Into a Dev Role as a Product Manager
27:28
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 10, 2018 |
Episode 134: Boredom vs Money and Agile vs Long-Term Schedules
36:30
This episode is sponsored by Pluralsight. Pluralsight is hiring data scientists, machine learning engineers, and software engineers. Check out the jobs at https://pluralsight.com/softskills In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 03, 2018 |
Episode 133: Herding Linter Cats and Surviving Until Severance Time
29:22
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Nov 19, 2018 |
Episode 132: Should I tell my boss I'm planning to quit and keeping tech talks going
25:28
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Nov 12, 2018 |
Episode 131: Coworkers with stinky feet and Was my salary expectation too high
24:46
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Nov 05, 2018 |
Episode 130 (rerun of episode 87): Stand up and fight! and Metrics
47:18
This is a rerun of episode 87 from December 14, 2017. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Oct 29, 2018 |
Episode 129: Office romance and What to say during one-on-ones
24:42
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Oct 22, 2018 |
Episode 128: Finish The Degree In Poverty? and Hiring Insecurity
18:36
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Oct 15, 2018 |
Episode 127: Leaving a Job I Love and My Role Is Being Eroded
21:20
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Oct 08, 2018 |
Episode 126: I'm underpaid and Game Industry Bonuses
25:42
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Oct 01, 2018 |
Episode 125: Brainstorming sessions and Slack Ettiquette
35:20
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Sep 24, 2018 |
Episode 124: Pair Programming Pain and Side Hustle CEO
32:12
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Sep 17, 2018 |
Episode 123: Salary Promise Fail and Slacker Coworkers
29:26
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Sep 10, 2018 |
Episode 122: Too Much Process and Negotiating Salaries with Multiple Companies
31:18
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Sep 03, 2018 |
Episode 121: Working Remotely Without Hating It and Managing Rotating Engineers
32:28
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Aug 27, 2018 |
Episode 120: Layoff Decisions and Overworking Peers
32:09
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Aug 20, 2018 |
Episode 119 (rerun of episode 77): My boss wants me to speak at conferences and how to get better than a 2% raise
19:54
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Aug 13, 2018 |
Episode 118: Asking For Help and Speaking Up
27:51
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Job pitch time! Are you interested in working at Walmart Labs? Email Jamison at jamison.dance@walmartlabas.com! |
Jul 30, 2018 |
Episode 117: Defense Industry Stigma and Responding to Negative Feedback
25:55
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jul 23, 2018 |
Episode 116: Weekend Warrioring and Reaching the End of the Career Ladder
30:37
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jul 17, 2018 |
Episode 115: Sharing Your Salary When You Leave and Hiring Decisions Overruled
21:41
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jul 10, 2018 |
Episode 114: Story Point Commitments and Measuring Productivity (Episode 79 Rerun)
39:00
In this re-run of episode 79, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
The article comparing research on productivity in static and dynamic type systems is here. It is a great read. Jamison also mentions Goodhart’s Law. Read more about it here. |
Jul 02, 2018 |
Episode 113: Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities
32:58
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jun 25, 2018 |
Episode 112: Disinterested Interviewing and Layoff Fallout
26:57
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jun 18, 2018 |
Episode 111: Dogma Rehab and Getting a Co-worker Fired
34:50
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jun 12, 2018 |
Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting
27:12
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jun 04, 2018 |
Episode 109: Critical Junior Dev and Introducing New Tools
25:29
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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May 29, 2018 |
(Rerun) Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly
40:49
We’ve got another re-run this week, as Jamison and Dave both recover from being sick. We’ll be back with a new episode next week. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
This episode originally aired on November 15th, 2016. |
May 20, 2018 |
Episode 108: An Insecure Teammate and Disclosing Past Ratings
24:32
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Jamison talks about the Khan Academy Engineering Principles, which are great and which you should read. |
May 13, 2018 |
(Rerun) Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech
33:13
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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May 06, 2018 |
Episode 107: Silence After Interviews and Newsletter Politics
28:00
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Apr 30, 2018 |
Episode 106: Working From Home Without Rotting and Meetup Etiquette
27:19
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Apr 22, 2018 |
Episode 105: Interviewing for Management and Annoying Noises
32:38
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Apr 12, 2018 |
Episode 104: Interviews With VPs and Hiring a Tester
28:04
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Apr 06, 2018 |
Episode 103: Team Dynamics and Bad Code
30:35
A listener named Dan talks about ThanksBot, an internal tool at Facebook to support gratitude. Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Mar 31, 2018 |
Episode 102: Correcting English and Tyranny of the Urgent
36:43
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Read more about the hairy arm principle and the fun memory tricks that game developers pull. |
Mar 24, 2018 |
Episode 101: Style In Code Reviews and How To Thank My Manager
30:20
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
I recently read a paper on coding style and how it survives even through compilation and optimization! |
Mar 17, 2018 |
Episode 99: Developer Health and Whiteboard Interviews
32:42
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
This is a pretty good summary of some of the health effects of sitting. Here is the tweet Jamison talked about. |
Mar 09, 2018 |
Episode 98 (Rerun of Episode 57): Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers
35:00
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Mar 02, 2018 |
Episode 97: A Quiet Intern and Hearts and Guts
29:33
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Feb 22, 2018 |
Episode 96: Teaching Burden and Unknown Unknowns
27:49
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Wikipedia has a whole article on the origin of the phrase “unknown unknowns”. Also, Gary Bernhardt has a fantastic talk called Ideology about “unknown knowns” - things we believe in software without even realizing we believe them. |
Feb 17, 2018 |
Episode 95: Paying For Help and Scared of Recruiters
30:53
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
I finally found the creepy Jack and the Beanstalk video! It is still horrifying. |
Feb 08, 2018 |
Episode 94: Dodging Recommendations and Full Sleeve Tattoos
34:45
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Feb 03, 2018 |
Episode 93: Negotiating Annual Raises and Part-Time Work
28:46
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
This tweet storm by Sarah Mei is good and relevant. This is the video about making your own font and anagraphs that Jamison mentioned at the end. It is SO GOOD. This is a funny and enlightening video that people of taste and culture will appreciate. This one is also good. Ok fine, they are all good. |
Jan 27, 2018 |
Episode 92: Career Death by Friction and New Job Woes
39:49
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Jan 19, 2018 |
Episode 91: Job Requirements and Teams of Misfits
27:40
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Jan 11, 2018 |
Episode 90: Upper Management Dislikes Me and Undeserved Job Offers
29:17
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Jan 05, 2018 |
Episode 89: Departed Engineers and Employment Contracts
30:36
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Dec 28, 2017 |
Episode 88: How To Dress For Interviews and Learning To Interview
38:01
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
This is the NoRedInk interview process. This is the blog post Jamison likes on getting data out of the technical portion of the interview. This is a slightly pessimistic look at pitfalls in the standard interview process. Google wrote a great article about structured interviewing that might also be helpful. |
Dec 22, 2017 |
Episode 87: Pushover Coworkers and Productivity Metrics
47:01
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Jamison cites this tweet and this blog post about examining your own productivity. |
Dec 14, 2017 |
Episode 86: Sharing Salaries and Offensive Words
34:24
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Dec 07, 2017 |
Episode 85: Annoying Know-it-alls and Company Headshots
24:41
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Nov 30, 2017 |
Episode 84: Shy Developers and Outsourced Architecture
26:57
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Nov 23, 2017 |
Episode 83: Gaps In The Resume and Moving To Business
26:10
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Nov 16, 2017 |
Episode 82: Blow Ups and Job Security
36:23
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Nov 09, 2017 |
Episode 81: Unwilling To Grow and Forced Out During Two Weeks Notice
25:11
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Jamison talks about the Khan Academy engineering culture. He kinda misquoted it though. They don’t explicitly say they lay people off who don’t progress. |
Nov 02, 2017 |
Episode 80: New Team Leads and Constant Follow Up
31:45
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Jamison mentions this by Charity Majors on the pendulum between technical and people leadership. Jamison also mentions this HBR article on employee happiness. |
Oct 29, 2017 |
Episode 79: Story Point Misses and Measuring Productivity
38:29
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
The article comparing research on productivity in static and dynamic type systems is here. It is a great read. Jamison also mentions Goodhart’s Law. Read more about it here. |
Oct 19, 2017 |
Episode 78: Endless Rewrites and Fake Deadlines
27:28
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
We talked a bit about the value of deadlines way back in episode nine if you want to hear some positive things about deadlines. |
Oct 13, 2017 |
Episode 77: Boss Wants Me To Speak and The 2% Raise
35:22
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
We talked about conferences a bit more way back in episode 6. We also talked more about playing the salary game in episode 23, which is a technique for sharing salary information with your co-workers. |
Oct 04, 2017 |
Episode 76: Writing Goals and Firing Jokes
30:50
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Sep 25, 2017 |
Episode 75: Self-Promotion For Wallflowers and Moving in a Year
34:06
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Way back in episode 26 we talked a little bit about self-promotion as well. |
Sep 19, 2017 |
Episode 74: Switching Languages Without A Pay Cut and A Missed Negotiation
36:43
Jamison and Dave will be at the UtahJS Conference on September 18th. See conf.utahjs.com for more info and to buy tickets. Come say hi! This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Sep 11, 2017 |
Episode 73: A Rampant Rewriter and Overexplainers
39:01
Jamison and Dave will be at the UtahJS Conference on September 18th. See conf.utahjs.com for more info and to buy tickets. Come say hi! This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Aug 31, 2017 |
Episode 72: The Micromanaging CEO and The Only Developer
29:08
Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Aug 17, 2017 |
Episode 71: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout
41:42
Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Jamison mentions the blog post by Jamis Buck called To Smile Again where he talks about his experiences with burnout. |
Aug 14, 2017 |
Episode 70: Appraisal-Driven Development and Meeting Creep
32:03
Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Jamison mentions the 37 signals blog post on the downsides of group chat. |
Jul 28, 2017 |
Episode 69: A Know-It-All Lead and Selling Your Boss on Remote Work
38:52
Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Jul 21, 2017 |
Episode 68: Paying Your Dues and Non-technical Hobbies
43:12
Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Jamison mentioned Dan Luu’s article on how bad teams are always hiring. Here it is. Rich Hickey’s Hammock-Driven Development talk was also mentioned. |
Jul 13, 2017 |
Episode 67: Graduate School and Asking Good Questions
44:56
Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
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Jul 07, 2017 |
Episode 66: Nepotism and Minimum Junior Requirements
22:07
Jamison and Dave talk about these questions:
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Jun 29, 2017 |
Episode 65: Left In The Dust and Imposter Syndrome
39:20
Jamison and Dave talk about these questions:
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Jun 22, 2017 |
Episode 64: Negative Peer Reviews and On Call
37:18
Jamison and Dave talk about these questions:
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Jun 15, 2017 |
Episode 63: (Rerun) Management Snobs and Two Bosses
24:41
Jamison and Dave were out this week, so here is a DEEP CUT from the archives. This originally aired as episode 41.
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Jun 08, 2017 |
Episode 62: Many Meetings and Surviving an Acquisition
29:35
Jamison and Dave answer these two questions:
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May 31, 2017 |
Episode 61: Product Managers and Notifications
34:52
We answer these two questions:
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May 25, 2017 |
Episode 60: Office Arrangements and Disarming A Code Owner
35:19
We answer these two questions:
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May 17, 2017 |
Episode 59: Buying Training and Unrelated Experience
30:41
Thanks to all the people who pointed us to the Single Level of Abstraction Principle which we obliquely referred to in episode 57. We answer these two questions:
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May 11, 2017 |
Episode 58: Dropping Out and Interview Prep (Rerun)
41:46
Dave and Jamison were out this week, so we have a re-run of a DEEP CUT for you. This originally aired as episode 18. We answer these two questions:
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May 02, 2017 |
Episode 57: Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers
34:45
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Apr 25, 2017 |
Episode 56: Keeping Meetings On Track and Designer-centric Culture
30:45
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Apr 18, 2017 |
Episode 55: Ng-Conf Live Episode
34:13
It’s a special ng-conf live episode! Dave and Jamison answer these questions in front of a live audience:
Here is the Khan Academy Engineering Ladder Jamison mentioned towards the end of the show. |
Apr 11, 2017 |
Episode 54: Sneaky Contractors and Job Titles
41:38
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Here is the Khan Academy Engineering Ladder Jamison mentioned towards the end of the show. |
Apr 04, 2017 |
Episode 53: Bait and Switch and Informing Your Manager
29:46
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Mar 29, 2017 |
Episode 52: Slowness Guilt and I Have No Side Projects
26:19
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Mar 21, 2017 |
Episode 51: Junior Scrum Master In Trouble And Jamison Has No Degree
31:9
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
In question two Jamison discovers he has been lying on his LinkedIn profile for half a decade, and freaks out a little bit. The mistake is corrected, but can the damage ever be undone? Tune in next week on SOFT SKILLS ENGINEERING. |
Mar 15, 2017 |
Episode 50: I Didn't Quit and Manager of Zero People
25:29
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Mar 07, 2017 |
Episode 49: Candidate Plagiarism and a Tightwad Employer
27:31
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
We mention The Joel Test. Also remember to tweet about the show for endorsements from Dave and Jamison for completely serious and relevant skills like doomsday-bunker-building and yodeling. |
Feb 28, 2017 |
Episode 48: Quitting a Death March & Am I Underpaid
32:31
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Feb 21, 2017 |
Episode 47: Speaking Up In A New Job and Personal Issues
30:41
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Thank you to Algolia for sponsoring this episode. Check out their job posting at algolia.com/softskillsengineering. Also thanks to Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which I spent 310 hours playing. |
Feb 14, 2017 |
Episode 46: My New Crappy Job and Youth vs the Status Quo
40:17
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Thank you to Algolia for sponsoring this episode. Check out their job posting at algolia.com/softskillsengineering. |
Feb 07, 2017 |
Episode 45: RAPID FIRE and Micromanagers
24:50
It’s our first RAPID FIRE episode, where we answer a bunch of questions rapid-ish-ly.
We also answer a longer question: How do I deal with a micromanaging project manager? Thank you to Algolia for sponsoring this episode. Check out their job posting at algolia.com/softskillsengineering. |
Jan 28, 2017 |
Episode 44: Discussing Firing and Writing Job Postings
34:25
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
We mention Julia Evans’ blog post A litmus test for job descriptions in the second question. |
Jan 25, 2017 |
Episode 43: Internship Costs and CS Interview Questions
40:37
Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
The second question was prompted by this tweet:
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Jan 16, 2017 |
Episode 42: Bootcamp Job Hopping and Cultural Reliability
30:20
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Jan 02, 2017 |
Episode 41: Management Snobs and Two Bosses
24:26
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 28, 2016 |
Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech
33:13
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 21, 2016 |
Episode 39: Brilliant Jerks and One on Ones
30:40
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 12, 2016 |
Episode 38: Going Over Heads and Firing Just After Hiring
34:6
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Dec 05, 2016 |
Episode 37: VC Funding and Internal Presentations
31:54
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Nov 29, 2016 |
Episode 36: Unlimited Vacation and Enforcing Best Practices
27:10
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Show notes, because Jamison is feeling ambitious:
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Nov 22, 2016 |
Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly
40:26
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Nov 15, 2016 |
Episode 34: Do Certifications Help and How Can I Avoid Avoidance?
29:23
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Nov 07, 2016 |
Episode 33: Damaging Your Credibility and Meeting Potential Employers In School
33:38
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Oct 31, 2016 |
Episode 32: Why Would You Do Contracting?
16:29
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer this question:
It just so happens that Jamison did this a few months ago, and he shares his experience in making the transition. |
Oct 26, 2016 |
Episode 31: Going In To Management and Knowing If A Job Is Worth Applying To
33:10
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Oct 17, 2016 |
Episode 30: Reaching Consensus and Code Editing Etiquette
40:29
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
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Oct 08, 2016 |
Episode 29: What Should I Do When Starting A New Job?
21:25
Literally the only episode that the advice “quit your job and get a better one” doesn’t apply. Dave and Jamison answer the question:
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Oct 07, 2016 |
Episode 28: How Long Should I Stay At My Job and How Do I Help Junior Developers Improve
34:48
In episode 28, Jamison and Dave answer these questions: How long should I stay before I quit my job?
How do you encourage junior developers to improve?
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Sep 26, 2016 |
Episode 27: Writing Great Resumes and Pushing Back on Non-Engineering Tasks
42:41
In episode 27, Jamison and Dave answer these questions: How do I write a great resume?
Should I push back on non-engineering tasks like PowerPoint presentations?From listener samspot: I am a Sr. Developer and I am often asked to spend time on PowerPoint presentations for funding and other business stuff. I want to ask why the managers, analysts, etc can’t handle these tasks. I find them to be a frequent distraction from my actual responsibilities, especially because these are so frequently “emergency” requests. Should I push back on this work, or is it better to be a team player? |
Sep 19, 2016 |
Episode 26: Communicate Your Efforts and I Told You So
41:10
In episode 26, Jamison and Dave answer these question: How do you make sure people know about your good work?See Matt Zabriskie’s great post for background on this. We also mentioned Do Things, Write About It. How do you get your point across effectively so you don’t have to say “I told you so” later? |
Sep 12, 2016 |
Episode 25: Understanding the Business and Managing Without Being a Developer
38:49
In episode 25, Jamison and Dave answer these question: How do I understand the business side better?
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