Soft Skills Engineering

Soft Skills Engineering

202 episodes

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.

Podcasts

Episode 384: EM missing code and non-location pay

Published: Nov. 27, 2023, noon
Duration: 25 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 383: In the trenches without writing code and how to close a social skill gap

Published: Nov. 20, 2023, noon
Duration: 37 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 382: Mentors for managers and mob programming

Published: Nov. 13, 2023, noon
Duration: 31 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 381: Doing less and bad reference

Published: Nov. 6, 2023, noon
Duration: 32 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 380: Overruled by non-technical manager and describing technical stuff to non-technical people

Published: Oct. 30, 2023, noon
Duration: 38 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 379: Someone fixed my ticket and is tech debt bad for my career

Published: Oct. 23, 2023, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 378: Too much leadership and awkward zoom silence

Published: Oct. 16, 2023, noon
Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 377: Short Tenure Promotion and too much free time at work

Published: Oct. 9, 2023, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 376: Return to office and quitting tech

Published: Oct. 2, 2023, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 375: visa woes and Bob does everything wrong

Published: Sept. 25, 2023, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 374: Secret burnout and no room for failure

Published: Sept. 18, 2023, noon
Duration: 30 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 373: I have no vision and not-so-positive environment

Published: Sept. 11, 2023, noon
Duration: 40 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 372: Equity and getting interrupted in Zoom meetings

Published: Sept. 4, 2023, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 371: After Mary Poppins and credit denied

Published: Aug. 28, 2023, noon
Duration: 34 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 370: Fake imposter syndrome and opposite ends

Published: Aug. 21, 2023, noon
Duration: 35 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 369: Staying at a sinking ship and behavioral interview questions

Published: Aug. 14, 2023, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 368: Manager in crisis and cutting costs

Published: Aug. 7, 2023, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 367: Hybrid denier and recovering from crying

Published: July 31, 2023, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 366: No FE work and my co-worker is a parrot

Published: July 24, 2023, noon
Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 365: Rerun of 307, side hustles and telling me when you are stuck

Published: July 17, 2023, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 364: EMs doing technical tasks and too soft?

Published: July 10, 2023, noon
Duration: 25 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 363: Future impact of tech stacks and async communication

Published: July 3, 2023, noon
Duration: 26 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 362: Running the clock down and updating linkedin without freaking people out

Published: June 26, 2023, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 361: Get git and non-tech ramping up

Published: June 19, 2023, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 360: Mixing up names and improving without feedback

Published: June 12, 2023, noon
Duration: 37 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 359: Competition and awkward in person

Published: June 5, 2023, noon
Duration: 40 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 358: Sticky Note Scandal and startup appeal

Published: May 29, 2023, noon
Duration: 35 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 357: Waiting to be paid and survivor's guilt

Published: May 22, 2023, noon
Duration: 29 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 356: Ummmmmmmmm and failed spikes

Published: May 15, 2023, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 355: Driving kids instead of team and jk i quit

Published: May 8, 2023, noon
Duration: 25 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 354: Good at circuits, bad at git and ghosts of team members past

Published: May 1, 2023, noon
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 353: Easter outage and unethical things

Published: April 24, 2023, noon
Duration: 30 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 352: Exploding manager and I hate computers

Published: April 17, 2023, noon
Duration: 32 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 351: Senior hoarding and layabout lead dev

Published: April 10, 2023, noon
Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 350: Bombing a technical interview and background vetting

Published: April 3, 2023, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 349: Performance review dissonance and being a remote manager

Published: March 27, 2023, noon
Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 348: Making too many mistakes and low code career risk

Published: March 20, 2023, noon
Duration: 24 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 347: New untrusting manager and crappy project management

Published: March 13, 2023, noon
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 346: Changing jobs with no raise and wrangling a cowboy coder

Published: March 6, 2023, noon
Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 345: Head of Engineering vs writing code and Voluntary Severance

Published: Feb. 27, 2023, noon
Duration: 27 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 344: Showing impact without hiring and over over over engineering

Published: Feb. 20, 2023, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 343: Tech lead/manager and discouraging seniors

Published: Feb. 13, 2023, noon
Duration: 19 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 342: Losing my job to AI and bad review season

Published: Feb. 6, 2023, noon
Duration: 31 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 341: Offer rescinded and layoff stuff

Published: Jan. 30, 2023, noon
Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 340: Productivity lulls and code review showdown

Published: Jan. 23, 2023, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 339: Coworker double-dipping and building toxic community

Published: Jan. 16, 2023, noon
Duration: 30 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 338: I am the golden handcuffs and Staying in management

Published: Jan. 9, 2023, noon
Duration: 27 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 337: Helping the principal and Manager conflict

Published: Jan. 2, 2023, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 336: Roadmap roadkill and returning to office

Published: Dec. 26, 2022, noon
Duration: 35 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 335: Senior questions and overly optimistic

Published: Dec. 19, 2022, noon
Duration: 34 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 334: Personal brand and awkward silence

Published: Dec. 12, 2022, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 333: Unsure about management and I shall decline the offer

Published: Dec. 5, 2022, noon
Duration: 31 minutes 1 second

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Episode 332: Layoff + baby survival and 18-year-old CS graduate

Published: Nov. 28, 2022, noon
Duration: 35 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 331: Prickly ticket and title downgrade

Published: Nov. 21, 2022, noon
Duration: 32 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 330: Mixed signals and not ready for senior

Published: Nov. 14, 2022, noon
Duration: 30 minutes

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Episode 329: Falling behind and can't get a management job

Published: Nov. 7, 2022, noon
Duration: 27 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 328: Fear of sudden firing and reducing the lottery factor

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, noon
Duration: 26 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 327: Remote with onsite team and undercover refactor

Published: Oct. 24, 2022, noon
Duration: 31 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 326: Good perks, bad code and paper shredder suggestion box

Published: Oct. 17, 2022, noon
Duration: 31 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 325: Surprise PIP and salary leak

Published: Oct. 10, 2022, noon
Duration: 34 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 324: Understanding accents and mega soft skills

Published: Oct. 3, 2022, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 323: Shopping offers and returning equipment

Published: Sept. 26, 2022, noon
Duration: 26 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 322: Cover blown and no one cares

Published: Sept. 19, 2022, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 321: Politely, no and participation at scale

Published: Sept. 12, 2022, noon
Duration: 30 minutes 1 second

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Episode 320: Hot and less hot and no privileges

Published: Sept. 5, 2022, noon
Duration: 27 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 319: Steve's babysitter and these uncertain times

Published: Aug. 29, 2022, noon
Duration: 37 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 318: Staff and part time dev

Published: Aug. 22, 2022, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 317: Process renegades and hiding my disgrunteledness

Published: Aug. 15, 2022, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 316: Skills reboot and quitting the perfect job

Published: Aug. 8, 2022, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 315: Poor feedback recipient and rubber duck

Published: Aug. 1, 2022, noon
Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 314: "That guy" and how to skip level

Published: July 25, 2022, noon
Duration: 35 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 313: Parents are fighting and hat-removal

Published: July 18, 2022, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 312: Nit-picking and Promo raises

Published: July 11, 2022, noon
Duration: 30 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 311: (rerun of 207) Unclear career goals and garbage code

Published: July 4, 2022, noon
Duration: 34 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 310: Flip flop and architecture astronaut

Published: June 27, 2022, noon
Duration: 30 minutes 1 second

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Episode 309: Missing boss support and new manager, who dis

Published: June 20, 2022, noon
Duration: 30 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 308: FAANG to startup and Google interview prep

Published: June 13, 2022, noon
Duration: 27 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 307: Side hustle or new job and tell me when you're stuck

Published: June 6, 2022, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 306: Sabbaticals and betray my team

Published: May 30, 2022, noon
Duration: 24 minutes 1 second

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Episode 305: About that raise and *you're* not fired

Published: May 23, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes

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Episode 304: My subordinate is smarter than me and confused in meetings

Published: May 16, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 303: Should I stop coding and off to the field

Published: May 9, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 302: Bad boss movies and well-written emails

Published: May 2, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 301: I forced the framework and product stealing credit

Published: April 25, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 300: Manager move and cultural or personal

Published: April 18, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 299: Neophyte estimates and forced framework

Published: April 11, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 298: Thanks, and goodbye and fessing up

Published: April 4, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 297: Flat decisions and pointy-haired boss

Published: March 28, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 296: Low performer and frantic manager

Published: March 21, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 295: Underleveled at FAANG and lazy tech lead

Published: March 14, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 294: Unqualified internal applicant and speculative specs

Published: March 7, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 293: Moving TOO fast and following my manager

Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 292: Haunted by former co-worker and awkward manager endorsement

Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 291: Hyper-productive team lead and hyper-unproductive senior engineer

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 290: Past offers and from QA to PM

Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 7 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 289: Sharing wisdom nicely and too many raises?

Published: Jan. 31, 2022, 7 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 288: Too excited about learning and furious boss when quitting

Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 7 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 1 second

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Episode 287: Informal favoritism and post-hoc finger pointing

Published: Jan. 17, 2022, 7 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 1 second

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Episode 286: I don't care about borkchain and morning procrastination?

Published: Jan. 10, 2022, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 285: Staying technical as a manager and skill over seniority

Published: Jan. 3, 2022, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 284: Slow mentee ramp-up and quit before new job?

Published: Jan. 3, 2022, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 283: Jealousy and burnout

Published: Dec. 20, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 282: Setting boundaries late and junior joy

Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 281: Contractor is sus and too much job hopping?

Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 280: Async communication and how to quit not nicely

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 279: (Rerun of 220) Premature leadership push and credit and status

Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 278: PM to engineer and pressure to stay after quitting

Published: Nov. 15, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 277: Super long code reviews and replacement laptop

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 276: Startup or big company and negotiating your exit?

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 275: Take-home tests and doing my own recruiting

Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 274: Announcing resignation too early and why are my ideas rejected?

Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 273: Influencing people and getting a raise in a flat org

Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 272: Consistent or shiny

Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 271: Too quiet and quitting too much?

Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 270 (rerun of 227): Junior expectations and manager flakiness

Published: Sept. 7, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 269: A bad product and running the meter down

Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 268: Title inflation and solo remote engineer

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 7:01 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes

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Episode 267: Cheap promotion raise and live coding blues

Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 266: Switching tech stacks and awkward zoom silence

Published: July 26, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 265 (rerun of 216): One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles

Published: July 19, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 264: Finger pointing and getting recognition

Published: July 12, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 263: Why am I bored and ver-boss-ity

Published: July 5, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 262: I'm too popular and too much turnover

Published: June 14, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 261: Anxious about work and senior imposter

Published: June 7, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 260: Pay cut after hired and new job ramp-up

Published: May 24, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 259: Moving up to meetings and will remote work stay a thing?

Published: May 10, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 258: Addicted to scrolling and underpaid with equity

Published: May 3, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 257: Oops I didn't negotiate and really another raise question

Published: April 19, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 256: No degree ceiling and reverse whippersnappers

Published: April 12, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 255: Only positive feedback and overworked and siloed

Published: April 5, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 254: Code makes my body hurt and level madness

Published: March 29, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 253: Not coding after 2 years and fake data scientists

Published: March 22, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 252: Impossible documentation and unexcited coworkers

Published: March 15, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 251: Working with real live developers and the royal we?

Published: March 8, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 250: The management track and active listening

Published: March 1, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 1 second

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Episode 249: Settling the Wild West and credit for self-study

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 248: Non-private slack channels and expectations

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 247: Estimates and hotdesking

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 246: Humanitarian salary conundrum and family benefits

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 245: Sweating the small stuff and quit my first job?

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 244: Quitting telephone and recommendontion

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 243: Saying no and conference

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 242 (Episode 131 re-run): Stinky feet and high salary expectation

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes

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Episode 241 (Rerun of 184): Indispensable and IT cold war

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 240: Under-leveled in the big leagues and pushing back

Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 239: Hustle and patents and toxicity

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 238: Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks

Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 236: Making mistakes and Lowball offer

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 235: Bus factors and toxic time bomb

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 233: Manual unit testing and WFH demotivation

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 232: "Junior" developer and NDA'd

Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 231: Freedom for me not for thee and optimizing for growth

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 230: Not seeking promotion and taking code

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 229: Other people's code and moving into product management

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 228: Unpaid team lead and banking hours

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 227: Junior expectations and manager flakiness

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 226: Declining job offers and being the outside hire

Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 225: Stuck on the ladder and can't say no

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 224: Bad review from conflicted boss and questioning my career choices

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 223: Feedback rage and making up for lost time

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 222: Cowboy CTO and underpaid after promotion

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 221: Current boss reference and getting paid to do nothing

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 220: Premature leadership push and credit and status

Published: July 27, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 219: Remote crickets and Manager Careering

Published: July 20, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 218: Referral underperforming and take a tech lead role

Published: July 13, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 217: Quitting words and double COVID internship

Published: July 6, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 216: One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles

Published: June 29, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 215: Many jobs in one and junior git stickler

Published: June 22, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 214: Jumping ship and saying "I can't"

Published: June 15, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 213: Interviewing your future boss and screwed by private equity

Published: June 8, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 212: Turnover and self-inflicted complexity

Published: June 1, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 211: Biorhythm and coworker roommate

Published: May 25, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 210: Study time and caring less

Published: May 18, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 209: Glue and Covid ghost job

Published: May 11, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 208: Toe-stepper-on-er and high leverage work

Published: May 4, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 207: Unclear career goals and garbage code

Published: April 27, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 206: Micromanaging WFH and vaguely tech lead

Published: April 20, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 205: Old code outage and questions leaking

Published: April 13, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 204: Remote work and ghosting your employer

Published: April 6, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 203: Downturns and conflict

Published: March 30, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 202: Can't stand up and new team, new me

Published: March 23, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 201: Too soon for a raise and management, masters, maybe?

Published: March 16, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 200: Crazy work work stories

Published: March 9, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 199: Offshore team influence and time zone fun

Published: March 2, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 198: Stinky manager and VP overhaul

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes

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Episode 197: Rambling co-worker and awkward resume leak

Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 196: "Offshore resources" and ageist layoffs

Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 195: Ad-hoc promotion and quitting a huge company with Charity Majors

Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 194: Leveling up through speaking and negativity

Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 193: Playing the field and paying for speaking

Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 192: Giving feedback and messaging a team change

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 191: Overshadowed and demos and credit

Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 190: Disorganized startup and leveling up the team

Published: Dec. 30, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 189: Building relationships and handling negative feedback with speical guest Jeff Leiken

Published: Dec. 23, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 188: Drama overload and agile ouroboroses

Published: Dec. 16, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 187: Interview insanity and making up for lost time

Published: Dec. 9, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 186: First job negotiation and am I a senior engineer?

Published: Dec. 2, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 185: Fragile coworkers and soft demotion

Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 184: Indispensable and IT cold war

Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 183: Terrible boss code and peer-to-peer mentorship

Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 182: Lunch and switching to product management

Published: Nov. 4, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes

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Episode 181: Blocked by back-end and tired of coding

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 180: Inspiring attention to detail and moving

Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 1 second

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Episode 179: Pushing preemptive promotion and de-motivated by promotion

Published: Oct. 14, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 178: Procrastinating colleague and working remotely for an on-site company

Published: Oct. 7, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 177: Work life vertigo and work life interviews

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 176: Afraid to disappoint and tech co-founder advice

Published: Sept. 23, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 175: Famous devs at conferences and becoming obsolete

Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 174: Bottleneck manager and how to tech lead

Published: Sept. 9, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 173: Newbie burden and getting a 25% raise

Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 172: Contracting and American email etiquette

Published: Aug. 26, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 171: Unwilling mentorship and tortoise vs hare DevOps

Published: Aug. 19, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 170: Code rage and code review etiquette

Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 169: Conspiracy theories and flexible schedules

Published: Aug. 5, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 168: Self-snooping and work from home jeopardy

Published: July 29, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes

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Episode 167: Foosball culture and giving feedback to geniuses

Published: July 22, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 166: Not the intern and fighting at work

Published: July 15, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 165: I don't play videogames and quarter-career burnout

Published: July 8, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 164: Fear of firing and disengaged teammates

Published: July 1, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 163: Sounding a warning and negative Glassdoor reviews

Published: June 24, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 162 (rerun of episode 113): Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities

Published: June 17, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 161: Trapped as a QA engineer and trapped as a generalist

Published: June 10, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 160: Non-manager 1:1s and throwing away dev learning

Published: June 3, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 159: Rejecting candidates and corporate image obsession

Published: May 27, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 154: Why am I terrible at picking candidates and how soon can I quit my job?

Published: April 22, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 153: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout (rerun of episode 71)

Published: April 15, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 152: How to pair program as an introvert and being mistreated as a contractor?

Published: April 8, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 1 second

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Episode 151: Where are all the old developers and Do I not ask enough questions?

Published: April 1, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 150: How to fight imposter syndrome as a technical lead and Getting in to meetups

Published: March 25, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 149: How to get my engineering career back on track and how to thrive in a heavy process environment

Published: March 18, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 148: In the orbit of a Rock Star Programmer and Should I share my salary with my coworkers?

Published: March 11, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 147: How to grow in a flat organization and how to get references when job hunting in stealth mode?

Published: March 4, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 144: Job hunting while employed and how to start my first technical lead role

Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 143: Dealing with meeting interrupters and setting work limits

Published: Feb. 4, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 141: A Rampant Rewriter and Dealing with an Overexplainer (rerun of episode 73)

Published: Jan. 21, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 140: Should I apologize for my bugs after I quit and should I become a project manager

Published: Jan. 14, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 139: How to deal with badmouthing and how to survive in a loud open office

Published: Jan. 7, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 137: How to get answers to technical questions and Should managers also be technical

Published: Dec. 24, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 136: My family thinks I'm over paid and Is a 10% raise good

Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 135: Publicly Correcting Speakers and Forced Into a Dev Role as a Product Manager

Published: Dec. 10, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 134: Boredom vs Money and Agile vs Long-Term Schedules

Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 133: Herding Linter Cats and Surviving Until Severance Time

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 132: Should I tell my boss I'm planning to quit and keeping tech talks going

Published: Nov. 12, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 131: Coworkers with stinky feet and Was my salary expectation too high

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 130 (rerun of episode 87): Stand up and fight! and Metrics

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 129: Office romance and What to say during one-on-ones

Published: Oct. 22, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 128: Finish The Degree In Poverty? and Hiring Insecurity

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 127: Leaving a Job I Love and My Role Is Being Eroded

Published: Oct. 8, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 126: I'm underpaid and Game Industry Bonuses

Published: Oct. 1, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 125: Brainstorming sessions and Slack Ettiquette

Published: Sept. 24, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 124: Pair Programming Pain and Side Hustle CEO

Published: Sept. 17, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 123: Salary Promise Fail and Slacker Coworkers

Published: Sept. 10, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 122: Too Much Process and Negotiating Salaries with Multiple Companies

Published: Sept. 3, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 121: Working Remotely Without Hating It and Managing Rotating Engineers

Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 120: Layoff Decisions and Overworking Peers

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 118: Asking For Help and Speaking Up

Published: July 30, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 117: Defense Industry Stigma and Responding to Negative Feedback

Published: July 23, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 116: Weekend Warrioring and Reaching the End of the Career Ladder

Published: July 17, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 115: Sharing Your Salary When You Leave and Hiring Decisions Overruled

Published: July 10, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 114: Story Point Commitments and Measuring Productivity (Episode 79 Rerun)

Published: July 2, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes

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Episode 113: Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities

Published: June 25, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 112: Disinterested Interviewing and Layoff Fallout

Published: June 18, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 111: Dogma Rehab and Getting a Co-worker Fired

Published: June 12, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting

Published: June 4, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 109: Critical Junior Dev and Introducing New Tools

Published: May 29, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 29 seconds

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(Rerun) Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly

Published: May 20, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 108: An Insecure Teammate and Disclosing Past Ratings

Published: May 13, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 32 seconds

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(Rerun) Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech

Published: May 6, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 107: Silence After Interviews and Newsletter Politics

Published: April 30, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes

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Episode 106: Working From Home Without Rotting and Meetup Etiquette

Published: April 22, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 105: Interviewing for Management and Annoying Noises

Published: April 12, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 104: Interviews With VPs and Hiring a Tester

Published: April 6, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 103: Team Dynamics and Bad Code

Published: March 31, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 102: Correcting English and Tyranny of the Urgent

Published: March 24, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 101: Style In Code Reviews and How To Thank My Manager

Published: March 17, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 99: Developer Health and Whiteboard Interviews

Published: March 9, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 98 (Rerun of Episode 57): Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers

Published: March 2, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

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Episode 97: A Quiet Intern and Hearts and Guts

Published: Feb. 22, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 96: Teaching Burden and Unknown Unknowns

Published: Feb. 17, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 95: Paying For Help and Scared of Recruiters

Published: Feb. 8, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 94: Dodging Recommendations and Full Sleeve Tattoos

Published: Feb. 3, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 93: Negotiating Annual Raises and Part-Time Work

Published: Jan. 27, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 92: Career Death by Friction and New Job Woes

Published: Jan. 19, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 91: Job Requirements and Teams of Misfits

Published: Jan. 11, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 90: Upper Management Dislikes Me and Undeserved Job Offers

Published: Jan. 5, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 89: Departed Engineers and Employment Contracts

Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 88: How To Dress For Interviews and Learning To Interview

Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 1 second

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Episode 87: Pushover Coworkers and Productivity Metrics

Published: Dec. 14, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 1 second

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Episode 86: Sharing Salaries and Offensive Words

Published: Dec. 7, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 85: Annoying Know-it-alls and Company Headshots

Published: Nov. 30, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 84: Shy Developers and Outsourced Architecture

Published: Nov. 23, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 83: Gaps In The Resume and Moving To Business

Published: Nov. 16, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 82: Blow Ups and Job Security

Published: Nov. 9, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 81: Unwilling To Grow and Forced Out During Two Weeks Notice

Published: Nov. 2, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 80: New Team Leads and Constant Follow Up

Published: Oct. 29, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 79: Story Point Misses and Measuring Productivity

Published: Oct. 19, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 78: Endless Rewrites and Fake Deadlines

Published: Oct. 13, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 77: Boss Wants Me To Speak and The 2% Raise

Published: Oct. 4, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 76: Writing Goals and Firing Jokes

Published: Sept. 25, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 75: Self-Promotion For Wallflowers and Moving in a Year

Published: Sept. 19, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 74: Switching Languages Without A Pay Cut and A Missed Negotiation

Published: Sept. 11, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 73: A Rampant Rewriter and Overexplainers

Published: Aug. 31, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 1 second

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Episode 72: The Micromanaging CEO and The Only Developer

Published: Aug. 17, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 71: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout

Published: Aug. 14, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 70: Appraisal-Driven Development and Meeting Creep

Published: July 28, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 69: A Know-It-All Lead and Selling Your Boss on Remote Work

Published: July 21, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 68: Paying Your Dues and Non-technical Hobbies

Published: July 13, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 67: Graduate School and Asking Good Questions

Published: July 7, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 66: Nepotism and Minimum Junior Requirements

Published: June 29, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 65: Left In The Dust and Imposter Syndrome

Published: June 22, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 64: Negative Peer Reviews and On Call

Published: June 15, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 63: (Rerun) Management Snobs and Two Bosses

Published: June 8, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 62: Many Meetings and Surviving an Acquisition

Published: May 31, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 61: Product Managers and Notifications

Published: May 25, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 60: Office Arrangements and Disarming A Code Owner

Published: May 17, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 59: Buying Training and Unrelated Experience

Published: May 11, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 58: Dropping Out and Interview Prep (Rerun)

Published: May 2, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 57: Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers

Published: April 25, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 56: Keeping Meetings On Track and Designer-centric Culture

Published: April 18, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 55: Ng-Conf Live Episode

Published: April 11, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 54: Sneaky Contractors and Job Titles

Published: April 4, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 53: Bait and Switch and Informing Your Manager

Published: March 29, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 52: Slowness Guilt and I Have No Side Projects

Published: March 21, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 51: Junior Scrum Master In Trouble And Jamison Has No Degree

Published: March 15, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 50: I Didn't Quit and Manager of Zero People

Published: March 7, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 49: Candidate Plagiarism and a Tightwad Employer

Published: Feb. 28, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 48: Quitting a Death March & Am I Underpaid

Published: Feb. 21, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 47: Speaking Up In A New Job and Personal Issues

Published: Feb. 14, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 46: My New Crappy Job and Youth vs the Status Quo

Published: Feb. 7, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 45: RAPID FIRE and Micromanagers

Published: Jan. 28, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 44: Discussing Firing and Writing Job Postings

Published: Jan. 25, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 43: Internship Costs and CS Interview Questions

Published: Jan. 16, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 42: Bootcamp Job Hopping and Cultural Reliability

Published: Jan. 2, 2017, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 41: Management Snobs and Two Bosses

Published: Dec. 28, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech

Published: Dec. 21, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 39: Brilliant Jerks and One on Ones

Published: Dec. 12, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 38: Going Over Heads and Firing Just After Hiring

Published: Dec. 5, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 37: VC Funding and Internal Presentations

Published: Nov. 29, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 36: Unlimited Vacation and Enforcing Best Practices

Published: Nov. 22, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly

Published: Nov. 15, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 34: Do Certifications Help and How Can I Avoid Avoidance?

Published: Nov. 7, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 33: Damaging Your Credibility and Meeting Potential Employers In School

Published: Oct. 31, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 32: Why Would You Do Contracting?

Published: Oct. 26, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 31: Going In To Management and Knowing If A Job Is Worth Applying To

Published: Oct. 17, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 30: Reaching Consensus and Code Editing Etiquette

Published: Oct. 8, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 29: What Should I Do When Starting A New Job?

Published: Oct. 7, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 28: How Long Should I Stay At My Job and How Do I Help Junior Developers Improve

Published: Sept. 26, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 27: Writing Great Resumes and Pushing Back on Non-Engineering Tasks

Published: Sept. 19, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 26: Communicate Your Efforts and I Told You So

Published: Sept. 12, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 25: Understanding the Business and Managing Without Being a Developer

Published: Sept. 5, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 24: Should I be a generalist or specialist developer?

Published: Aug. 29, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 23: Joining a startup as a CTO and asking for a raise

Published: Aug. 22, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 22: Health insurance and contributing to open source projects

Published: Aug. 15, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 21: Giving work to interns and dealing with "dead weight" developers

Published: Aug. 8, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 20: Stories from people who got fired and doing effective code reviews

Published: Aug. 1, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 19: Firing someone for a coding mistake and getting demoted

Published: July 25, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 18: Dropping out of college and preparing for interviews

Published: July 18, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 17: Side project ideas and getting fired

Published: July 4, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 16: Dealing with recruiters and learning new things without frustration

Published: June 27, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 15: Working with non-technical people and keeping up with the latest technology (with Brad Green)

Published: June 20, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 14: Web developer prejudice and legacy code

Published: June 7, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 13: Dealing with a 'yes' boss and the difference between contract and permanent positions

Published: May 30, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 12: Making friends at work and how to be good at being managed

Published: May 23, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 11: Negotiating offers and dealing with an oblivious boss

Published: May 16, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 10: Mentors and Stock Options

Published: May 9, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 9: Deadlines and Titles

Published: May 2, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 8: Work life balance and on-boarding new engineers

Published: April 25, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 7: Finding meaning and quitting your job

Published: April 18, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 6: Speaking at Conferences

Published: April 11, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 5: Developer Compensation

Published: April 4, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 4: Should I build my personal brand?

Published: March 31, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 3: What to look for in a dev team

Published: March 21, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 2: Influencing your team and dealing with anger

Published: March 14, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 1: Startup Opportunities and Switching Jobs

Published: March 7, 2016, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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