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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.

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Episode Playlist

50 episodes

Dec 30, 2024•—

Episode 441: Will working in healthcare hurt my reputation and precious wisdom

Jan 6, 2025•—

Episode 442: Improving communication skills and how to break my job hopping habit

Jan 13, 2025•—

Episode 443: Does my PM hate me? and My coworker has anxiety when I help

Jan 20, 2025•—

Episode 444: Surrounded by apathetic coworkers and put it on my resume?

Jan 27, 2025•—

Episode 445: Staying at my first job and my coworker is insulting other departments

Feb 3, 2025•—

Episode 446: Wading through AI slop and they don't get git

Feb 10, 2025•—

Episode 447: Overleveled at FAANG and accidental draft feedback

Feb 17, 2025•—

Episode 448: Title over salary and from figure skater to software developer

Feb 24, 2025•—

Episode 449: My tech lead ignored my warnings and I don't know what my leadership style is

Mar 3, 2025•—

Episode 450: I'm terrible at behavioral interviews and time zonessssssss

Mar 10, 2025•—

Episode 451: Un-collaborative architect and who is my boss?

Mar 17, 2025•—

Episode 452: Consulting refactor and extra work, extra scrutiny

Mar 24, 2025•—

Episode 453: Why did my company build an internal LinkedIn and how do I not get stagnant in my skills?

Mar 31, 2025•—

Episode 454: Tracking productivity? and my CTO is ChatGPT

Apr 7, 2025•—

Episode 455: UX designer without a mentor and I get bored too easily and stressed too easily

Apr 14, 2025•—

Episode 456: Will I look bad on the job market if I'm a crypto developer and struggling to go from management back to dev work

Apr 21, 2025•—

Episode 457: How do I get off the on-call rotation and "big tech" == "big leagues"?

Apr 28, 2025•—

Episode 458: Infinite tech debt hack and figuring out what is going on

May 5, 2025•—

Episode 459: Am I cutting edge and how to compliment someone who went from super jerk to super nice

May 12, 2025•—

Episode 460: Losing autonomy and I got skipped for a promotion even though I'm awesome

May 19, 2025•—

Episode 461: How to do side projects with a family and demanding job and my company promised me a raise, but didn't give it

May 26, 2025•—

Episode 462: Supporting laid-off employee and how to rebuild culture after layoffs

Jun 2, 2025•—

Episode 463: CTO w/ weak resume and I tried management and it was TERRIBLE

Jun 9, 2025•—

Episode 464: Rehiring an overpaid boomerang and AI has taken over my teammate's brain

Jun 16, 2025•—

Episode 465: Talking to your report's previous manager and how to replace a 30-year-old ticketing system

Jun 23, 2025•—

Episode 466: Bad performance review and moving in to the caves

Jun 30, 2025•—

Episode 467: I can't get promoted if I do my job and should I get a degree to get a job in this economy

Jul 7, 2025•—

Episode 468: Should I take a mini-retirement and doubling down on anachronisms

Jul 14, 2025•—

Episode 469: Passed over for lead role and perhaps I'm the jerk

Jul 21, 2025•—

Episode 470: I said something stupid in a meeting and just want to code

Jul 28, 2025•—

Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoom meeting

Aug 4, 2025•—

Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL

Aug 11, 2025•—

Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from work

Aug 18, 2025•—

Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switching

Aug 25, 2025•—

Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time

Sep 1, 2025•—

Episode 476: How much help is too much help and guarding against slop

Sep 8, 2025•—

Episode 477: Four months and I already hate my job and grumpy and fuzzy

Sep 15, 2025•—

Episode 478: Can you coach self-awareness and my boss is an llm

Sep 22, 2025•—

Episode 479: Contractors to the rescue and dinged for delay

Sep 29, 2025•—

Episode 480: Do I just coast until I quit and going back to work after a long time

Oct 6, 2025•—

Episode 481: I'm bored and will I ever find out why I was fired?

Oct 13, 2025•—

Episode 482: I got a promotion, but a tiny raise and an imposter interviewed for my team

Oct 20, 2025•—

Episode 483: My team hated me from day one and should I stack PTO before my resignation

Oct 27, 2025•—

Episode 484: How to get a raise after slacking off for YEARS and my PM won't stop DM'ing me

Nov 3, 2025•—

Episode 485: I'm terrible at hiring decisions and my coworker spams us with AI-generated memes

Nov 10, 2025•—

Episode 486: No one on my team talks and skip level meetings

Nov 17, 2025•—

Episode 487: My manager ignores me during 1:1's and I am required to work in an empty office

Nov 24, 2025•—

Episode 488: How do I survive in a culture of optics and jira slacker

Dec 1, 2025•—

Episode 489: Ethical dilemma for a gambling app dev and ethical employers

Dec 1, 2025•—

Soft Skills Engineering

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