Courtney Adams, Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, and Jessy Smith, Senior QA Analyst, talk about QA tooling, best practices, and tips for enhancing software quality.

Zach Herr, a Solutions Architect, discusses using the SBAR communication framework to make technical decisions.

Colin Smith, Senior Site Reliability Engineer, talks about how to identify and manage toil in software systems.

Hosts Dave Cohen and Nana Gapar reflect on how the podcast started, how it has evolved in the past two years, and what they've learned.

Returning guests Alex Bugosh and Zach Herr discuss how our understanding of Tech Debt has evolved and reflect on the progress that Jellyvision has made after one year.

Paul Adkins, Sr. Director of Security and Infrastructure at Jellyvision shares his thoughts on Impostor Syndrome, a mental health topic that affects people in tech and other industries. Paul talks about its impacts on his career, including moving into the tech industry from a non-tech role and advocating for his value at work. He also offers recommendations for mitigating it that can be done on your own or with the help of others.

Warning: book spoilers ahead!

Jesse Landis, Associate Release Manager, and Michael Meidenbauer, Software Engineer, discuss the devops tour-de-force novel The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford. They go into their favorite moments, how Lean manufacturing principles apply to software development, and some of the controversial parts of the book. They also decide if they know anyone who reminds them of any of the characters in the book.

Julia Heney, Lead UX Writer, and Joe Thomas, Engineering Team Lead, discuss how they set up book clubs in their org. They talk about how books were selected, how virtual meetings were conducted, and more scholastic tidbits.

Director of Engineering Kevin Templin talks all about growing your tech career. He shares how he got into his first tech role and his thoughts on promotions, individual contribution, and what to consider if you want to go down the management track.

Software Engineers in Test, Courtney Adams and Dave Lyzenga, return to discuss common testing frameworks, tools, and regression testing strategies. They talk about the pros and cons of sharing test scaffolding tools across teams and why we moved away from it.