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Soft Skills Engineering
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Soft Skills Engineering 

Jamison Dance and Dave Smith
50 episodes available · plays inline · no app required
  1. Episode 518: stuck at startup and is my employer mistreating me because I'm on a visa?
    Jun 22, 2026 ·32:59
  2. Episode 517: Is it good for my career to work at a SaaS company and why am I being asked to manage two teams?
    Jun 15, 2026 ·32:04
  3. Episode 516: Not a baby and my product manager doesn't know the product
    Jun 8, 2026 ·36:51
  4. Episode 515: My junior team member won't listen to me and will I be the dumbest employee at a quantum computer company?
    Jun 1, 2026 ·35:19
  5. Episode 514: Trust issues and underperformers and my coworker resents me for being faster
    May 25, 2026 ·38:14
  6. Episode 513: Forgotten employee and what skills actually matter in the AI world
    May 18, 2026 ·36:55
  7. Episode 512: Can non-engineers really contribute code with AI and not sharing
    May 11, 2026 ·42:30
  8. Episode 511: Should I take a temporary management position and performance-based bonuses
    May 4, 2026 ·35:06
  9. Episode 510: Old and behind and how do I hang on for the last few years until retirement?
    Apr 27, 2026 ·33:58
  10. Episode 509: I hate AI software dev, so should I become a manager and leading, not doing
    Apr 20, 2026 ·36:09
  11. Episode 508: My company is an unethical spammer and my coworkers take so much sick time
    Apr 13, 2026 ·32:57
  12. Episode 507: I got fired unexpectedly and breadth and depth
    Apr 6, 2026 ·33:15
  13. Episode 506: I hate my job with AI and my team-mate thinks I suck
    Mar 30, 2026 ·40:48
  14. Episode 505: Called to the principal's office and my team leads are super dogmatic
    Mar 23, 2026 ·45:53
  15. Episode 504: Should I quit my AI job before my first day and professional button-clicker
    Mar 16, 2026 ·32:15
  16. Episode 503: Hardware is hard and my PMs are pushing AI slop code
    Mar 9, 2026 ·36:30
  17. Episode 502: Management keeps leaving and I hate using AI to code
    Mar 2, 2026 ·41:19
  18. Episode 501: Vibecoding CEO and doing to teaching
    Feb 23, 2026 ·29:17
  19. Episode 500: Am I the only one not getting raises and firing my whole team
    Feb 16, 2026 ·36:15
  20. Episode 499: Should I quit my solo dev job with a sports team and senile seniors
    Feb 9, 2026 ·33:11
  21. Episode 498: Testing in big corporations and how to get my first management job
    Feb 2, 2026 ·31:52
  22. Episode 497: Patronizing perf reviews and can't get anything done as a tech lead
    Jan 26, 2026 ·27:52
  23. Episode 496: Passing non-technical interviews and my internship with only other interns
    Jan 19, 2026 ·26:48
  24. Episode 495: What to do when my boss quits and moving to Romania?
    Jan 12, 2026 ·32:14
  25. Episode 494: Am I interviewing all wrong and leaving old team chats
    Jan 5, 2026 ·26:02
  26. Episode 493: My boss one-ups my negativity and football engineering
    Dec 29, 2025 ·21:01
  27. Episode 492: Fresh grads and startups or the goog
    Dec 22, 2025 ·33:30
  28. Episode 491: Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titantic and my boss leaks private info
    Dec 15, 2025 ·36:48
  29. Episode 490: How do I break into software dev from QA automation and underselling
    Dec 8, 2025 ·26:14
  30. Episode 489: Ethical dilemma for a gambling app dev and ethical employers
    Dec 1, 2025 ·34:57
  31. Episode 488: How do I survive in a culture of optics and jira slacker
    Nov 24, 2025 ·30:38
  32. Episode 487: My manager ignores me during 1:1's and I am required to work in an empty office
    Nov 17, 2025 ·36:18
  33. Episode 486: No one on my team talks and skip level meetings
    Nov 10, 2025 ·29:19
  34. Episode 485: I'm terrible at hiring decisions and my coworker spams us with AI-generated memes
    Nov 3, 2025 ·43:53
  35. Episode 484: How to get a raise after slacking off for YEARS and my PM won't stop DM'ing me
    Oct 27, 2025 ·29:27
  36. Episode 483: My team hated me from day one and should I stack PTO before my resignation
    Oct 20, 2025 ·38:22
  37. Episode 482: I got a promotion, but a tiny raise and an imposter interviewed for my team
    Oct 13, 2025 ·31:47
  38. Episode 481: I'm bored and will I ever find out why I was fired?
    Oct 6, 2025 ·29:03
  39. Episode 480: Do I just coast until I quit and going back to work after a long time
    Sep 29, 2025 ·27:09
  40. Episode 479: Contractors to the rescue and dinged for delay
    Sep 22, 2025 ·34:57
  41. Episode 478: Can you coach self-awareness and my boss is an llm
    Sep 15, 2025 ·38:18
  42. Episode 477: Four months and I already hate my job and grumpy and fuzzy
    Sep 8, 2025 ·37:51
  43. Episode 476: How much help is too much help and guarding against slop
    Sep 1, 2025 ·37:36
  44. Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time
    Aug 25, 2025 ·33:26
  45. Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switching
    Aug 18, 2025 ·38:04
  46. Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from work
    Aug 11, 2025 ·35:59
  47. Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL
    Aug 4, 2025 ·26:59
  48. Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoom meeting
    Jul 28, 2025 ·28:34
  49. Episode 470: I said something stupid in a meeting and just want to code
    Jul 21, 2025 ·30:12
  50. Episode 469: Passed over for lead role and perhaps I'm the jerk
    Jul 14, 2025 ·35:53
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