Episode 535: Manager externalities and should I fight stupid processes
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Listener Random Listener asks, You guys talk a lot about externalities, which help...
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Soft Skills Engineering
It takes more than great code to be a great engineer. Soft Skills Engineering is a weekly question and answer podcast where software developer hosts answer questions about all of the non-tec...
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20 of 536 episodesEpisode 534: I'm so bad at my job and I've inherited a huge slop pile
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Soft Skills Engineering, I’m a senior software engineer with over 20 years of e...
Episode 533: I'm drowning in AI slop from lazy coworkers
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey Dave and Jamison. I don’t know what to do with the amount of the AI slop I hav...
Episode 532: My new company is an absolute mess and should I get an English-speaking job as a Japanese engineer?
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Dave and Jamison, I’ve been a Java backend dev for over 10 years. After getting...
Episode 531: Shallow feedback and my coworker is a huge sloperator
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Listener Jame ain’t no dance asks,! Hey Space Therapists, I am a consultant that h...
Episode 530: Product engineering and why does my team never challenge my ideas?
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Listener Myamax myamax says, I just listened to episode 527 and could really use s...
Episode 529: Zoom calls on my open floor plan and laconic staff engineer
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Jamison and Dave, jesters of my daily commute. I’m a *mechanical* engineer at a...
Episode 528: Sleepy family software business and leaving after an acquisition
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: A listener named “Will angel answer my question?” asks, Hi, I recently joined a ne...
Episode 527: I lost my job after 10 years and am I too old to switch to a security career?
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hello Dave and Jamison! I’m a longtime listener going back to the early days of th...
Episode 526: Why can't I get promoted so quickly after my last promotion and I got hired as a software engineer but ended up doing ops
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Dave & Jamison! I’ve been listening for almost a year now and have worked throu...
Episode 525: How do I save my company of 500 people and my new company is insane with AI
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey Dave and Jamison, First, I love your show and it has now been part of my Monda...
Episode 524: My CTO AI-codes big piles of slop and early mornings, late meetings
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I work for a small software company on a team of about 7 or 8 engineers. I like wo...
Episode 523: (Rerun of 331) Prickly ticket and title downgrade
This is a rerun of episode 331. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Listener ninjamonkey says, I am a new grad who is...
Episode 522: I stayed too long at my first job and should I get a masters degree
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I stayed too long at my first company and now my career is ruined? Hi both, long t...
Episode 521: negotiating . . . now? and doing good work is not enough for promotion?
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Dwill Ainghell asks, During the golden era of software development, it was commonl...
Episode 520: I came back to my former team and was shocked by AI and my team does not care at ALL about the code
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey Dave & Jamison, Long time listener. Love the podcast. I recently rejoined a re...
Episode 519: Why does my team not have a tech lead and rumors!
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi D&J! Question from Sweden! I’m a senior dev that have seen a lot of orgs withou...
Episode 518: stuck at startup and is my employer mistreating me because I'm on a visa?
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I have been at a small startup company for 5 years now. It’s a very small technica...
Episode 517: Is it good for my career to work at a SaaS company and why am I being asked to manage two teams?
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey guys. This question comes all the way from New Zealand. Recently discovered yo...
Episode 516: Not a baby and my product manager doesn't know the product
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: My company follows scrum, with daily standups. We got a new scrum master. He is ve...