Soft Skills Engineering

By Jamison Dance and Dave Smith

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 dev... more

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The podcast currently has 530 episodes available.

Soft Skills Engineering episodes:

January 05, 2018Episode 90: Upper Management Dislikes Me and Undeserved Job Offers
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Upper management has a negative impression of me because of an early manager. How do I manage and improve my reputation with mid and upper level management, who I interact with very rarely?

I have a job offer I feel unqualified for. Should I decline this offer I honestly don’t deserve, or face a massive amount of impostor syndrome and risk not delivering?
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30min
December 28, 2017Episode 89: Departed Engineers and Employment Contracts
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
How do I deal with co-workers who constantly cite the decisions of engineers who don’t work here anymore?

My employment makes it sound like the company owns my past work and side-projects. Is this true? Is this normal?
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31min
December 22, 2017Episode 88: How To Dress For Interviews and Learning To Interview
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
How do you dress for interviews? Full on informal beach bum? Smart casual? Formal suit tie?

I’m a new developer and have been asked to interview incoming developers. How do I learn how to interview?
This is the NoRedInk interview process. This is the blog post Jamison likes on getting data out of the technical portion of the interview. This is a slightly pessimistic look at pitfalls in the standard interview process. Google wrote a great article about structured interviewing that might also be helpful.
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39min
December 14, 2017Episode 87: Pushover Coworkers and Productivity Metrics
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
My peers give up and say “have it your way” whenever we have technical discussions. How do I get them to be more vocal about their opinions?

I like the idea of measuring things, but metrics seem easy to game. How do I effectively measure team and personal productivity?
Jamison cites this tweet and this blog post about examining your own productivity.
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48min
December 07, 2017Episode 86: Sharing Salaries and Offensive Words
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
Could you (Jamison and Dave) share some salary information publicly? It would help to know how much others make.

My boss uses an offensive word in technical discussions. How do I ask him to stop?
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35min
November 30, 2017Episode 85: Annoying Know-it-alls and Company Headshots
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
One of my co-workers is a know-it-all, which is pretty annoying. How do I work with them?

A former employer still has my photo on their team website eight years after I left. How do I get them to take it down?
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25min
November 23, 2017Episode 84: Shy Developers and Outsourced Architecture
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
I work with a very shy and anxious remote developer. How do I work effectively with them?

Our manager is outsourcing the core architecture of our next products to an offshore team. How do I tell him I think this is a bad idea?
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27min
November 16, 2017Episode 83: Gaps In The Resume and Moving To Business
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
I think I’ve saved enough money to get out of the rat race. If something goes wrong and I need to get a job again, how do I explain a long gap in my resume?

I like writing code but I’m interested in moving to a more business-focused role. How can I test this without burning bridges? Do I need to take a pay cut?
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27min
November 09, 2017Episode 82: Blow Ups and Job Security
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
How do I smooth things over after a blow-up between team members?

A team mate admits he writes bad code on purpose for job security. What do I do?
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37min
November 02, 2017Episode 81: Unwilling To Grow and Forced Out During Two Weeks Notice
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:
A developer on a team I lead doesn’t seem interested in growing. How do I help them engage more?

I gave two weeks notice, but was told part of the way through to not come in any more. I still had work left and this made me feel bad. Is this common? Did I do anything wrong?
Jamison talks about the Khan Academy engineering culture. He kinda misquoted it though. They don’t explicitly say they lay people off who don’t progress.
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26min

FAQs about Soft Skills Engineering:

How many episodes does Soft Skills Engineering have?

The podcast currently has 530 episodes available.

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