Soft Skills Engineering

Soft Skills Engineering

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

Title Duration Published Consumed
Episode 289: Sharing wisdom nicely and too many raises? 00:19:52 2022-01-31 20:00
Episode 288: Too excited about learning and furious boss when quitting 00:23:01 2022-01-24 20:00
Episode 287: Informal favoritism and post-hoc finger pointing 00:22:01 2022-01-17 20:00
Episode 286: I don't care about borkchain and morning procrastination? 00:28:58 2022-01-10 20:00
Episode 284: Slow mentee ramp-up and quit before new job? 00:27:09 2022-01-03 20:00
Episode 285: Staying technical as a manager and skill over seniority 00:30:34 2022-01-03 20:00
Episode 283: Jealousy and burnout 00:34:58 2021-12-20 20:00
Episode 282: Setting boundaries late and junior joy 00:27:51 2021-12-13 20:00
Episode 281: Contractor is sus and too much job hopping? 00:24:22 2021-12-06 20:00
Episode 280: Async communication and how to quit not nicely 00:32:56 2021-11-29 20:00
Episode 279: (Rerun of 220) Premature leadership push and credit and status 00:33:39 2021-11-22 20:00
Episode 278: PM to engineer and pressure to stay after quitting 00:35:24 2021-11-15 20:00
Episode 277: Super long code reviews and replacement laptop 00:33:32 2021-11-08 20:00
Episode 276: Startup or big company and negotiating your exit? 00:28:41 2021-11-01 20:00
Episode 275: Take-home tests and doing my own recruiting 00:34:09 2021-10-25 21:00
Episode 274: Announcing resignation too early and why are my ideas rejected? 00:24:59 2021-10-18 21:00
Episode 273: Influencing people and getting a raise in a flat org 00:25:06 2021-10-11 21:00
Episode 272: Consistent or shiny 00:30:30 2021-09-27 21:00
Episode 271: Too quiet and quitting too much? 00:31:19 2021-09-13 21:00
Episode 270 (rerun of 227): Junior expectations and manager flakiness 00:30:59 2021-09-07 21:00
Episode 269: A bad product and running the meter down 00:27:27 2021-08-30 21:00
Episode 268: Title inflation and solo remote engineer 00:22:00 2021-08-23 21:01
Episode 267: Cheap promotion raise and live coding blues 00:28:42 2021-08-16 21:00
Episode 266: Switching tech stacks and awkward zoom silence 00:25:06 2021-07-26 21:00
Episode 265 (rerun of 216): One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles 00:32:17 2021-07-19 21:00
Episode 264: Finger pointing and getting recognition 00:29:12 2021-07-12 21:00
Episode 263: Why am I bored and ver-boss-ity 00:28:33 2021-07-05 21:00
Episode 262: I'm too popular and too much turnover 00:19:49 2021-06-14 21:00
Episode 261: Anxious about work and senior imposter 00:24:03 2021-06-07 21:00
Episode 260: Pay cut after hired and new job ramp-up 00:33:42 2021-05-24 21:00
Episode 259: Moving up to meetings and will remote work stay a thing? 00:22:59 2021-05-10 21:00
Episode 258: Addicted to scrolling and underpaid with equity 00:31:14 2021-05-03 21:00
Episode 257: Oops I didn't negotiate and really another raise question 00:25:26 2021-04-19 21:00
Episode 256: No degree ceiling and reverse whippersnappers 00:31:02 2021-04-12 21:00
Episode 255: Only positive feedback and overworked and siloed 00:25:09 2021-04-05 21:00
Episode 254: Code makes my body hurt and level madness 00:32:31 2021-03-29 21:00
Episode 253: Not coding after 2 years and fake data scientists 00:33:31 2021-03-22 20:00
Episode 252: Impossible documentation and unexcited coworkers 00:29:42 2021-03-15 20:00
Episode 251: Working with real live developers and the royal we? 00:23:57 2021-03-08 20:00
Episode 250: The management track and active listening 00:28:01 2021-03-01 20:00
Episode 249: Settling the Wild West and credit for self-study 00:28:57 2021-02-22 20:00
Episode 248: Non-private slack channels and expectations 00:31:28 2021-02-15 20:00
Episode 247: Estimates and hotdesking 00:32:24 2021-02-08 20:00
Episode 246: Humanitarian salary conundrum and family benefits 00:28:16 2021-02-01 20:00
Episode 245: Sweating the small stuff and quit my first job? 00:29:24 2021-01-25 20:00
Episode 244: Quitting telephone and recommendontion 00:28:43 2021-01-18 20:00
Episode 243: Saying no and conference 00:21:59 2021-01-11 20:00
Episode 242 (Episode 131 re-run): Stinky feet and high salary expectation 00:25:00 2021-01-05 20:00
Episode 241 (Rerun of 184): Indispensable and IT cold war 00:33:58 2020-12-28 20:00
Episode 240: Under-leveled in the big leagues and pushing back 00:34:38 2020-12-14 20:00
Episode 239: Hustle and patents and toxicity 00:26:14 2020-12-07 20:00
Episode 238: Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks 00:31:41 2020-11-30 20:00
Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency 00:24:49 2020-11-23 20:00
Episode 236: Making mistakes and Lowball offer 00:33:03 2020-11-16 20:00
Episode 235: Bus factors and toxic time bomb 00:27:13 2020-11-09 20:00
Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers 00:29:25 2020-11-02 20:00
Episode 233: Manual unit testing and WFH demotivation 00:34:10 2020-10-26 20:00
Episode 232: "Junior" developer and NDA'd 00:33:10 2020-10-19 21:00
Episode 231: Freedom for me not for thee and optimizing for growth 00:15:43 2020-10-12 21:00
Episode 230: Not seeking promotion and taking code 00:28:46 2020-10-05 21:00
Episode 229: Other people's code and moving into product management 00:27:10 2020-09-28 21:00
Episode 228: Unpaid team lead and banking hours 00:26:16 2020-09-21 21:00
Episode 227: Junior expectations and manager flakiness 00:30:40 2020-09-14 21:00
Episode 226: Declining job offers and being the outside hire 00:31:26 2020-09-07 21:00
Episode 225: Stuck on the ladder and can't say no 00:10:29 2020-08-31 21:00
Episode 224: Bad review from conflicted boss and questioning my career choices 00:31:20 2020-08-24 21:00
Episode 223: Feedback rage and making up for lost time 00:24:42 2020-08-17 21:00
Episode 222: Cowboy CTO and underpaid after promotion 00:26:04 2020-08-10 21:00
Episode 221: Current boss reference and getting paid to do nothing 00:11:47 2020-08-03 21:00
Episode 220: Premature leadership push and credit and status 00:17:50 2020-07-27 21:00
Episode 219: Remote crickets and Manager Careering 00:30:30 2020-07-20 21:00
Episode 218: Referral underperforming and take a tech lead role 00:32:33 2020-07-13 21:00
Episode 217: Quitting words and double COVID internship 00:30:19 2020-07-06 21:00
Episode 216: One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles 00:32:07 2020-06-29 21:00
Episode 215: Many jobs in one and junior git stickler 00:32:40 2020-06-22 21:00
Episode 214: Jumping ship and saying "I can't" 00:30:14 2020-06-15 21:00
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Episode 213: Interviewing your future boss and screwed by private equity 00:30:59 2020-06-08 21:00
Episode 212: Turnover and self-inflicted complexity 00:28:16 2020-06-01 21:00
Episode 211: Biorhythm and coworker roommate 00:26:34 2020-05-25 21:00
Episode 210: Study time and caring less 00:27:44 2020-05-18 21:00
Episode 209: Glue and Covid ghost job 00:25:50 2020-05-11 21:00
Episode 208: Toe-stepper-on-er and high leverage work 00:28:27 2020-05-04 21:00
Episode 207: Unclear career goals and garbage code 00:34:46 2020-04-27 21:00
Episode 206: Micromanaging WFH and vaguely tech lead 00:32:40 2020-04-20 21:00
Episode 205: Old code outage and questions leaking 00:24:02 2020-04-13 21:00
Episode 204: Remote work and ghosting your employer 00:27:44 2020-04-06 21:00
Episode 203: Downturns and conflict 00:38:05 2020-03-30 21:00
Episode 202: Can't stand up and new team, new me 00:28:05 2020-03-23 20:00
Episode 201: Too soon for a raise and management, masters, maybe? 00:36:16 2020-03-16 20:00
Episode 200: Crazy work work stories 00:29:29 2020-03-09 20:00
Episode 199: Offshore team influence and time zone fun 00:31:49 2020-03-02 20:00
Episode 198: Stinky manager and VP overhaul 00:27:00 2020-02-24 20:00
Episode 197: Rambling co-worker and awkward resume leak 00:28:49 2020-02-17 20:00
Episode 196: "Offshore resources" and ageist layoffs 00:27:10 2020-02-10 20:00
Episode 195: Ad-hoc promotion and quitting a huge company with Charity Majors 00:33:14 2020-02-03 20:00
Episode 194: Leveling up through speaking and negativity 00:27:30 2020-01-27 20:00
Episode 193: Playing the field and paying for speaking 00:25:25 2020-01-20 20:00
Episode 192: Giving feedback and messaging a team change 00:34:06 2020-01-13 20:00
Episode 191: Overshadowed and demos and credit 00:30:47 2020-01-06 20:00
Episode 190: Disorganized startup and leveling up the team 00:33:36 2019-12-30 20:00
Episode 189: Building relationships and handling negative feedback with speical guest Jeff Leiken 00:43:09 2019-12-23 20:00
Episode 188: Drama overload and agile ouroboroses 00:25:35 2019-12-16 20:00
Episode 187: Interview insanity and making up for lost time 00:38:41 2019-12-09 20:00
Episode 186: First job negotiation and am I a senior engineer? 00:33:07 2019-12-02 20:00
Episode 185: Fragile coworkers and soft demotion 00:32:59 2019-11-25 20:00
Episode 184: Indispensable and IT cold war 00:33:33 2019-11-18 20:00
Episode 183: Terrible boss code and peer-to-peer mentorship 00:30:17 2019-11-11 20:00
Episode 182: Lunch and switching to product management 00:29:00 2019-11-04 20:00
Episode 181: Blocked by back-end and tired of coding 00:30:51 2019-10-28 20:00
Episode 180: Inspiring attention to detail and moving 00:29:01 2019-10-21 21:00
Episode 179: Pushing preemptive promotion and de-motivated by promotion 00:28:04 2019-10-14 21:00
Episode 178: Procrastinating colleague and working remotely for an on-site company 00:21:52 2019-10-07 21:00
Episode 177: Work life vertigo and work life interviews 00:24:34 2019-09-30 21:00
Episode 176: Afraid to disappoint and tech co-founder advice 00:24:53 2019-09-23 21:00
Episode 175: Famous devs at conferences and becoming obsolete 00:27:21 2019-09-16 21:00
Episode 174: Bottleneck manager and how to tech lead 00:33:06 2019-09-09 21:00
Episode 173: Newbie burden and getting a 25% raise 00:33:24 2019-09-02 21:00
Episode 172: Contracting and American email etiquette 00:28:43 2019-08-26 21:00
Episode 171: Unwilling mentorship and tortoise vs hare DevOps 00:31:38 2019-08-19 21:00
Episode 170: Code rage and code review etiquette 00:36:07 2019-08-12 21:00
Episode 169: Conspiracy theories and flexible schedules 00:31:36 2019-08-05 21:00
Episode 168: Self-snooping and work from home jeopardy 00:31:00 2019-07-29 21:00
Episode 167: Foosball culture and giving feedback to geniuses 00:35:08 2019-07-22 21:00
Episode 166: Not the intern and fighting at work 00:34:09 2019-07-15 21:00
Episode 165: I don't play videogames and quarter-career burnout 00:28:34 2019-07-08 21:00
Episode 164: Fear of firing and disengaged teammates 00:31:15 2019-07-01 21:00
Episode 163: Sounding a warning and negative Glassdoor reviews 00:34:05 2019-06-24 21:00
Episode 162 (rerun of episode 113): Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities 00:32:59 2019-06-17 21:00
Episode 161: Trapped as a QA engineer and trapped as a generalist 00:31:15 2019-06-10 21:00
Episode 160: Non-manager 1:1s and throwing away dev learning 00:25:23 2019-06-03 21:00
Episode 159: Rejecting candidates and corporate image obsession 00:27:22 2019-05-27 21:00
Episode 158: I accepted a counter-offer and stayed and dealing with engineers who exaggerate their contributions 00:27:10 2019-05-20 21:00
Episode 157: How to deal with a consistent low performer and my architect wants me to switch from Ruby to Java 00:33:08 2019-05-13 21:00
Episode 156: How to move from web development into other software engineering roles and dealing with slow code review processes 00:35:52 2019-05-06 21:00
Episode 155: What do you think about employee monitoring software and how do I get un-demotivated after losing interest in software dev? 00:26:49 2019-04-29 21:00
Episode 154: Why am I terrible at picking candidates and how soon can I quit my job? 00:30:27 2019-04-22 21:00
Episode 153: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout (rerun of episode 71) 00:41:49 2019-04-15 21:00
Episode 152: How to pair program as an introvert and being mistreated as a contractor? 00:34:01 2019-04-08 21:00
Episode 151: Where are all the old developers and Do I not ask enough questions? 00:25:03 2019-04-01 21:00
Episode 150: How to fight imposter syndrome as a technical lead and Getting in to meetups 00:28:30 2019-03-25 20:00
Episode 149: How to get my engineering career back on track and how to thrive in a heavy process environment 00:43:10 2019-03-18 20:00
Episode 148: In the orbit of a Rock Star Programmer and Should I share my salary with my coworkers? 00:26:34 2019-03-11 20:00
Episode 147: How to grow in a flat organization and how to get references when job hunting in stealth mode? 00:03:35 2019-03-04 20:00
Episode 146: What to do with sick co-workers who come into the office and dealing with weird performance review feedback 00:23:09 2019-02-25 20:00
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? 00:24:18 2019-02-18 20:00
Episode 144: Job hunting while employed and how to start my first technical lead role 00:33:52 2019-02-11 20:00
Episode 143: Dealing with meeting interrupters and setting work limits 00:25:48 2019-02-04 20:00
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 00:30:30 2019-01-28 20:00
Episode 141: A Rampant Rewriter and Dealing with an Overexplainer (rerun of episode 73) 00:33:18 2019-01-21 20:00
Episode 140: Should I apologize for my bugs after I quit and should I become a project manager 00:29:35 2019-01-14 20:00
Episode 139: How to deal with badmouthing and how to survive in a loud open office 00:29:08 2019-01-07 20:00
Episode 138: Should I ask for a raise before my annual review and how to keep up with young, single, overtime-working co-workers 00:25:11 2018-12-31 20:00
Episode 137: How to get answers to technical questions and Should managers also be technical 00:27:57 2018-12-24 20:00
Episode 136: My family thinks I'm over paid and Is a 10% raise good 00:24:22 2018-12-17 20:00
Episode 135: Publicly Correcting Speakers and Forced Into a Dev Role as a Product Manager 00:27:28 2018-12-10 20:00
Episode 134: Boredom vs Money and Agile vs Long-Term Schedules 00:36:30 2018-12-03 20:00
Episode 133: Herding Linter Cats and Surviving Until Severance Time 00:29:22 2018-11-19 20:00
Episode 132: Should I tell my boss I'm planning to quit and keeping tech talks going 00:25:28 2018-11-12 20:00
Episode 131: Coworkers with stinky feet and Was my salary expectation too high 00:24:46 2018-11-05 20:00
Episode 130 (rerun of episode 87): Stand up and fight! and Metrics 00:47:18 2018-10-29 20:00
Episode 129: Office romance and What to say during one-on-ones 00:24:42 2018-10-22 21:00
Episode 128: Finish The Degree In Poverty? and Hiring Insecurity 00:18:36 2018-10-15 21:00
Episode 127: Leaving a Job I Love and My Role Is Being Eroded 00:21:20 2018-10-08 21:00
Episode 126: I'm underpaid and Game Industry Bonuses 00:25:42 2018-10-01 21:00
Episode 125: Brainstorming sessions and Slack Ettiquette 00:35:20 2018-09-24 21:00
Episode 124: Pair Programming Pain and Side Hustle CEO 00:32:12 2018-09-17 21:00
Episode 123: Salary Promise Fail and Slacker Coworkers 00:29:26 2018-09-10 21:00
Episode 122: Too Much Process and Negotiating Salaries with Multiple Companies 00:31:18 2018-09-03 21:00
Episode 121: Working Remotely Without Hating It and Managing Rotating Engineers 00:32:28 2018-08-27 21:00
Episode 120: Layoff Decisions and Overworking Peers 00:32:09 2018-08-20 21:00
Episode 119 (rerun of episode 77): My boss wants me to speak at conferences and how to get better than a 2% raise 00:19:54 2018-08-13 21:00
Episode 118: Asking For Help and Speaking Up 00:27:51 2018-07-30 21:00
Episode 117: Defense Industry Stigma and Responding to Negative Feedback 00:25:55 2018-07-23 21:00
Episode 116: Weekend Warrioring and Reaching the End of the Career Ladder 00:30:37 2018-07-17 21:00
Episode 115: Sharing Your Salary When You Leave and Hiring Decisions Overruled 00:21:41 2018-07-10 21:00
Episode 114: Story Point Commitments and Measuring Productivity (Episode 79 Rerun) 00:39:00 2018-07-02 21:00
Episode 113: Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities 00:32:58 2018-06-25 21:00
Episode 112: Disinterested Interviewing and Layoff Fallout 00:26:57 2018-06-18 21:00
Episode 111: Dogma Rehab and Getting a Co-worker Fired 00:34:50 2018-06-12 21:00
Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting 00:27:12 2018-06-04 21:00
Episode 109: Critical Junior Dev and Introducing New Tools 00:25:29 2018-05-29 21:00
(Rerun) Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly 00:40:49 2018-05-20 21:00
Episode 108: An Insecure Teammate and Disclosing Past Ratings 00:24:32 2018-05-13 21:00
(Rerun) Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech 00:33:13 2018-05-06 21:00
Episode 107: Silence After Interviews and Newsletter Politics 00:28:00 2018-04-30 21:00
Episode 106: Working From Home Without Rotting and Meetup Etiquette 00:27:19 2018-04-22 21:00
Episode 105: Interviewing for Management and Annoying Noises 00:32:38 2018-04-12 21:00
Episode 104: Interviews With VPs and Hiring a Tester 00:28:04 2018-04-06 21:00
Episode 103: Team Dynamics and Bad Code 00:30:35 2018-03-31 21:00
Episode 102: Correcting English and Tyranny of the Urgent 00:36:43 2018-03-24 20:00
Episode 101: Style In Code Reviews and How To Thank My Manager 00:30:20 2018-03-17 20:00
Episode 99: Developer Health and Whiteboard Interviews 00:32:42 2018-03-09 20:00
Episode 98 (Rerun of Episode 57): Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers 00:35:00 2018-03-02 20:00
Episode 97: A Quiet Intern and Hearts and Guts 00:29:33 2018-02-22 20:00
Episode 96: Teaching Burden and Unknown Unknowns 00:27:49 2018-02-17 20:00
Episode 95: Paying For Help and Scared of Recruiters 00:30:53 2018-02-08 20:00
Episode 94: Dodging Recommendations and Full Sleeve Tattoos 00:34:45 2018-02-03 20:00
Episode 93: Negotiating Annual Raises and Part-Time Work 00:28:46 2018-01-27 20:00
Episode 92: Career Death by Friction and New Job Woes 00:39:49 2018-01-19 20:00
Episode 91: Job Requirements and Teams of Misfits 00:27:40 2018-01-11 20:00
Episode 90: Upper Management Dislikes Me and Undeserved Job Offers 00:29:17 2018-01-05 20:00
Episode 89: Departed Engineers and Employment Contracts 00:30:36 2017-12-28 20:00
Episode 88: How To Dress For Interviews and Learning To Interview 00:38:01 2017-12-22 20:00
Episode 87: Pushover Coworkers and Productivity Metrics 00:47:01 2017-12-14 20:00
Episode 86: Sharing Salaries and Offensive Words 00:34:24 2017-12-07 20:00
Episode 85: Annoying Know-it-alls and Company Headshots 00:24:41 2017-11-30 20:00
Episode 84: Shy Developers and Outsourced Architecture 00:26:57 2017-11-23 20:00
Episode 83: Gaps In The Resume and Moving To Business 00:26:10 2017-11-16 20:00
Episode 82: Blow Ups and Job Security 00:36:23 2017-11-09 20:00
Episode 81: Unwilling To Grow and Forced Out During Two Weeks Notice 00:25:11 2017-11-02 20:00
Episode 80: New Team Leads and Constant Follow Up 00:31:45 2017-10-29 20:00
Episode 79: Story Point Misses and Measuring Productivity 00:38:29 2017-10-19 21:00
Episode 78: Endless Rewrites and Fake Deadlines 00:27:28 2017-10-13 21:00
Episode 77: Boss Wants Me To Speak and The 2% Raise 00:35:22 2017-10-04 21:00
Episode 76: Writing Goals and Firing Jokes 00:30:50 2017-09-25 21:00
Episode 75: Self-Promotion For Wallflowers and Moving in a Year 00:34:06 2017-09-19 21:00
Episode 74: Switching Languages Without A Pay Cut and A Missed Negotiation 00:36:43 2017-09-11 21:00
Episode 73: A Rampant Rewriter and Overexplainers 00:39:01 2017-08-31 21:00
Episode 72: The Micromanaging CEO and The Only Developer 00:29:08 2017-08-17 21:00
Episode 71: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout 00:41:42 2017-08-14 21:00
Episode 70: Appraisal-Driven Development and Meeting Creep 00:32:03 2017-07-28 21:00
Episode 69: A Know-It-All Lead and Selling Your Boss on Remote Work 00:38:52 2017-07-21 21:00
Episode 68: Paying Your Dues and Non-technical Hobbies 00:43:12 2017-07-13 21:00
Episode 67: Graduate School and Asking Good Questions 00:44:56 2017-07-07 21:00
Episode 66: Nepotism and Minimum Junior Requirements 00:22:07 2017-06-29 21:00
Episode 65: Left In The Dust and Imposter Syndrome 00:39:20 2017-06-22 21:00
Episode 64: Negative Peer Reviews and On Call 00:37:18 2017-06-15 21:00
Episode 63: (Rerun) Management Snobs and Two Bosses 00:24:41 2017-06-08 21:00
Episode 62: Many Meetings and Surviving an Acquisition 00:29:35 2017-05-31 21:00
Episode 61: Product Managers and Notifications 00:34:52 2017-05-25 21:00
Episode 60: Office Arrangements and Disarming A Code Owner 00:35:19 2017-05-17 21:00
Episode 59: Buying Training and Unrelated Experience 00:30:41 2017-05-11 21:00
Episode 58: Dropping Out and Interview Prep (Rerun) 00:41:46 2017-05-02 21:00
Episode 57: Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers 00:34:45 2017-04-25 21:00
Episode 56: Keeping Meetings On Track and Designer-centric Culture 00:30:45 2017-04-18 21:00
Episode 55: Ng-Conf Live Episode 00:34:13 2017-04-11 21:00
Episode 54: Sneaky Contractors and Job Titles 00:41:38 2017-04-04 21:00
Episode 53: Bait and Switch and Informing Your Manager 00:29:46 2017-03-29 21:00
Episode 52: Slowness Guilt and I Have No Side Projects 00:26:19 2017-03-21 20:00
Episode 51: Junior Scrum Master In Trouble And Jamison Has No Degree 00:31:09 2017-03-15 20:00
Episode 50: I Didn't Quit and Manager of Zero People 00:25:29 2017-03-07 20:00
Episode 49: Candidate Plagiarism and a Tightwad Employer 00:27:31 2017-02-28 20:00
Episode 48: Quitting a Death March & Am I Underpaid 00:32:31 2017-02-21 20:00
Episode 47: Speaking Up In A New Job and Personal Issues 00:30:41 2017-02-14 20:00
Episode 46: My New Crappy Job and Youth vs the Status Quo 00:40:17 2017-02-07 20:00
Episode 45: RAPID FIRE and Micromanagers 00:24:50 2017-01-28 20:00
Episode 44: Discussing Firing and Writing Job Postings 00:34:25 2017-01-25 20:00
Episode 43: Internship Costs and CS Interview Questions 00:40:37 2017-01-16 20:00
Episode 42: Bootcamp Job Hopping and Cultural Reliability 00:30:20 2017-01-02 20:00
Episode 41: Management Snobs and Two Bosses 00:24:26 2016-12-28 20:00
Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech 00:33:13 2016-12-21 20:00
Episode 39: Brilliant Jerks and One on Ones 00:30:40 2016-12-12 20:00
Episode 38: Going Over Heads and Firing Just After Hiring 00:34:06 2016-12-05 20:00
Episode 37: VC Funding and Internal Presentations 00:31:54 2016-11-29 20:00
Episode 36: Unlimited Vacation and Enforcing Best Practices 00:27:10 2016-11-22 20:00
Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly 00:40:26 2016-11-15 20:00
Episode 34: Do Certifications Help and How Can I Avoid Avoidance? 00:29:23 2016-11-07 20:00
Episode 33: Damaging Your Credibility and Meeting Potential Employers In School 00:33:38 2016-10-31 20:00
Episode 32: Why Would You Do Contracting? 00:16:29 2016-10-26 21:00
Episode 31: Going In To Management and Knowing If A Job Is Worth Applying To 00:33:10 2016-10-17 21:00
Episode 30: Reaching Consensus and Code Editing Etiquette 00:40:29 2016-10-08 21:00
Episode 29: What Should I Do When Starting A New Job? 00:21:25 2016-10-07 21:00
Episode 28: How Long Should I Stay At My Job and How Do I Help Junior Developers Improve 00:34:48 2016-09-26 21:00
Episode 27: Writing Great Resumes and Pushing Back on Non-Engineering Tasks 00:42:41 2016-09-19 21:00
Episode 26: Communicate Your Efforts and I Told You So 00:41:10 2016-09-12 21:00
Episode 25: Understanding the Business and Managing Without Being a Developer 00:38:49 2016-09-05 21:00
Episode 24: Should I be a generalist or specialist developer? 00:37:35 2016-08-29 21:00
Episode 23: Joining a startup as a CTO and asking for a raise 00:37:33 2016-08-22 21:00
Episode 22: Health insurance and contributing to open source projects 00:40:55 2016-08-15 21:00
Episode 21: Giving work to interns and dealing with "dead weight" developers 00:33:55 2016-08-08 21:00
Episode 20: Stories from people who got fired and doing effective code reviews 00:30:31 2016-08-01 21:00
Episode 19: Firing someone for a coding mistake and getting demoted 00:25:33 2016-07-25 21:00
Episode 18: Dropping out of college and preparing for interviews 00:25:33 2016-07-18 21:00
Episode 17: Side project ideas and getting fired 00:25:33 2016-07-04 21:00
Episode 16: Dealing with recruiters and learning new things without frustration 00:25:33 2016-06-27 21:00
Episode 15: Working with non-technical people and keeping up with the latest technology (with Brad Green) 00:25:33 2016-06-20 21:00
Episode 14: Web developer prejudice and legacy code 00:25:33 2016-06-07 21:00
Episode 13: Dealing with a 'yes' boss and the difference between contract and permanent positions 00:25:33 2016-05-30 21:00
Episode 12: Making friends at work and how to be good at being managed 00:25:33 2016-05-23 21:00
Episode 11: Negotiating offers and dealing with an oblivious boss 00:25:33 2016-05-16 21:00
Episode 10: Mentors and Stock Options 00:25:33 2016-05-09 21:00
Episode 9: Deadlines and Titles 00:25:33 2016-05-02 21:00
Episode 8: Work life balance and on-boarding new engineers 00:25:33 2016-04-25 21:00
Episode 7: Finding meaning and quitting your job 00:25:33 2016-04-18 21:00
Episode 6: Speaking at Conferences 00:25:33 2016-04-11 21:00
Episode 5: Developer Compensation 00:25:33 2016-04-04 21:00
Episode 4: Should I build my personal brand? 00:25:33 2016-03-31 21:00
Episode 3: What to look for in a dev team 00:25:33 2016-03-21 20:00
Episode 2: Influencing your team and dealing with anger 00:25:33 2016-03-14 20:00
Episode 1: Startup Opportunities and Switching Jobs 00:25:33 2016-03-07 20:00