Acima Development
By Mike Challis
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Episodes: 97
Description
At Acima, we have a large software development team. We wanted to be able to share with the community things we have learned about the development process.
We'll share some tech specifics (we do Ruby, Kotlin, Javascript, and Haskell), but also talk a lot about mentoring, communication, hiring, planning, and the other things that make up a lot of the software development process but don't always get talked about enough.
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Episode 97: Standups
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Episode 96: AI & Code Reviews
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Episode 95: What Do Data Engineers Do?
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Episode 94: Staying Cool During Production Issues
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Episode 93: The State of AI
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Episode 92: Technical Hobbies
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Episode 91: Surviving This Job Market
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Episode 90: SQL as a Superpower
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Episode 89: Agentic AI
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Episode 88: Balance
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Episode 87: Handling Miscommunication
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Episode 86: Scary Code
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Episode 85: Leading with Confidence
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Episode 84: When Not to Follow Best Practices
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Episode 83: Outside-Work Programming Projects
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 82: ORMs vs SQL
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Episode 81: How Do I Invest Engineering Time?
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Episode 80: How Is a Big Project Different from a Small One?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Episode 79: Evaluating Vendors
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 78: Building Company Culture
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Episode 77: Onboarding Yourself
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Episode 76: Interviewing in the AI Era
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 75: Communication Failure Modes
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Episode 74: When To Speak Up
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Episode 73: What Would I Do Differently?
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May 28, 2025 |
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Episode 72: Build vs. Buy vs. Open Source
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May 14, 2025 |
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Episode 71: Testing in Production
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Episode 70: Burnout
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Episode 69: Why Engineers Should Understand the Business
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Episode 68: DevOps / ZeroOps
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 67: Cross-Team Communication
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 66: The Next Few Years
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 65: Working With Legacy Systems
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 64: Taking Breaks
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 63: The Evolution of DevOps
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 62: The Mythical Man-Month
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Episode 61: Effective Meetings
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 60: Business Logic Architecture
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Episode 59: Infrastructure Tools
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 58: Feature Verification
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 57: How to Learn
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 56: Team Sizes
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode 55: How to Estimate Badly
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode 54: Monoliths vs Microservices
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Episode 53: Velocity vs Thoroughness
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 52: Scary Code
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Episode 51: Changing Languages
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 50: Onboarding
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 49: Breaking Down Work
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 48: Strategies and Pitfalls of Estimation
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Episode 47: Onboarding New Employees
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 46: Coding Myths
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May 22, 2024 |
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Episode 45: Promoting Innovation and Collaboration
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May 08, 2024 |
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Episode 44: Conformity vs Autonomy
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 43: Habits 2.0
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 42: Habits
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 41: Code Reviews
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 40: Git
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 39: Software Development and Music
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 38: Burnout and Work-Life Balance
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 37: Introduction to Ruby
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 36: Dubugging Tools
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 35: Which IDE is Best For Developers?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 34: Learning New Programming Languages
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 33: How Does Modern AI Work?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 32: Coming Up With Project Ideas
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 31: Should I Be A Team Lead?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 30: Why is RSpec So Hard? (Part II)
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 29: Why Is RSpec So Hard? (Part I)
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode 28: Who Are Your Mentors?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 27: How Do You Keep Learning When There Are Endless Things to Do?
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 26: Job Satisfaction
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 25: How Do You Get Up to Speed When Starting in a New Codebase?
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Episode 24: What Project Did You Work on that Really Propelled Your Abilities to the Next Level?
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Javascript vs Server-Side Rendering
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 22: What Challenges Have You Faced on the Journey to Development Success?
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 21: Frustration Management
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Episode 20: How Do We Effectively Work with Product People?
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Episode 19: Why or Why Not Use Ruby?
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Episode 18: What Inspired You to Want to Become a Developer?
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May 24, 2023 |
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Episode 17: How Do You Break Up a Product Request Into Work (Part 2)
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 16: How Do You Break Up a Product Request Into Work?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Episode 15: What Do You Study to Continue Learning?
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Episode 14: Teaching Kids to Code
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 13: Skills Clinics
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Episode 12: How Can Remote Developers Fit Into a Team?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Episode 11: Favorite Dev Tools and Tricks Part 2
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Episode 10: Favorite Dev Tools and Tricks
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 9: Remote Work Vs. In-Office
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Episode 8: Code Cleanliness and Organization
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 7: Debugging Skills
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Episode 6: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Part II
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 5: Questions Rails Doesn't Answer
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 4: What Does a Software Developer Do?
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Episode 3: What Should The Relationship With QA Look Like?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Episode 2: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Episode 1: What Self-Taught and Bootcamp Grads Miss
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Sep 28, 2022 |