Soft Skills Engineering

By Jamison Dance and Dave SmithBusiness Technology

Soft Skills Engineering episodes

December 12, 2016Episode 39: Brilliant Jerks and One on Ones
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
How do I deal with engineers who are skilled technically but rude and demeaning?

What should I talk about in one on ones with my manager or reports? We also cite Questions for our first 1:1, a blog post by Lara Hogan.
31 min
December 05, 2016Episode 38: Going Over Heads and Firing Just After Hiring
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
When is it appropriate to go over someone’s head?

Should I fire the new engineer that we just hired (and who relocated to take the job)?
0 min
November 29, 2016Episode 37: VC Funding and Internal Presentations
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
How does venture capital work, and how does it affect me?

How do I give great presentations at work?
32 min
November 22, 2016Episode 36: Unlimited Vacation and Enforcing Best Practices
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
What do you think of unlimited vacation policies?

How do I enforce coding best practices?
Show notes, because Jamison is feeling ambitious:
The Netflix culture slides we mentioned

pylint, the linter Dave talked about
28 min
November 15, 2016Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
How can I attract talent?

How do I quit without burning bridges?
41 min
November 07, 2016Episode 34: Do Certifications Help and How Can I Avoid Avoidance?
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Do certifications help me?

How can I solve an avoidance problem?
30 min
October 31, 2016Episode 33: Damaging Your Credibility and Meeting Potential Employers In School
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
How can a developer damage their credibility online?

How can I meet potential employers while I’m still in school?
34 min
October 26, 2016Episode 32: Why Would You Do Contracting?
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer this question:
Why would a developer leave a full time job to do consulting or contracting?
It just so happens that Jamison did this a few months ago, and he shares his experience in making the transition.
17 min
October 17, 2016Episode 31: Going In To Management and Knowing If A Job Is Worth Applying To
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
Should I go in to management?

How do you know if a job is worth applying to?
34 min
October 08, 2016Episode 30: Reaching Consensus and Code Editing Etiquette
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
How should you reach consensus on a team? Should you always have consensus?

What is the etiquette around editing code in a shared repository?
41 min

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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…