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-technical things that go along with being a software developer.
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2025-02-24 |
Episode 449: My tech lead ignored my warnings and I don't know what my leadership style is In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hello, long time listener first time question asker. I work for a medium sized tech company and I recently moved teams. Right now my old team is attempting to refactor a bunch of code I... |
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2025-02-17 |
Episode 448: Title over salary and from figure skater to software developer In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: A listener named Steven says, Long-time listener of the podcast here—it always brings me so much joy! Should I prioritize title over salary? I’m currently based in Europe... |
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2025-02-10 |
Episode 447: Overleveled at FAANG and accidental draft feedback In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I am a mid level engineer overleveled as a senior engineer in a FAANG company. I got super lucky landing this high paying remote job, but dang… I did underestimate the expectations for ... |
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2025-02-03 | In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: A listener named Matthias (mah-TEA-as) asks, In episode 444 you’re talking about the problems when hiring in the age of AI. I’m a manager who’s trying to hire right now and frankly... | |
2025-01-27 |
Episode 445: Staying at my first job and my coworker is insulting other departments In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: A listener named Kevin asks, Hey, found the show and really enjoy it! Been listening from the beginning and have noticed that one of the pieces of advice given is that you should n... |
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2025-01-20 |
Episode 444: Surrounded by apathetic coworkers and put it on my resume? In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: After a decade as a Senior front-end engineer in companies stuck in legacy ways of working—paying lip service to true agility while clinging to control-heavy, waterfall practices—I’m fr... |
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2025-01-13 |
Episode 443: Does my PM hate me? and My coworker has anxiety when I help In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I think my team’s PM might hate me. Hate is exaggerating, but they often will give public praise to other members of my team on work they’ve done, and seem to be pretty friendly with ot... |
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2025-01-06 |
Episode 442: Improving communication skills and how to break my job hopping habit In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I would like your advice on how I can improve my communication skills. I realize that practicing is usually the best way, but I am interested in taking online courses or learning more o... |
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2024-12-30 |
Episode 441: Will working in healthcare hurt my reputation and precious wisdom In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I’m currently in the interviewing pipeline for an engineering position at a fairly large healthcare company. In light of the recent events surrounding UnitedHealthcare, there’s been ren... |
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2024-12-23 |
Episode 440: How do I help my boss not burn out and should I tell people I'm older than I am? In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Stefan Help! Most of the time people ask questions about issues that already happened. I however, would like to prevent one. I am a young Tech Lead and really love my responsi... |