Episode 103: Team Dynamics and Bad Code

Published: March 31, 2018, 7 p.m.

A listener named Dan talks about ThanksBot, an internal tool at Facebook to support gratitude.

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Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

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  1. I became an engineer because I loved my programming assignments and CS degree. However, at work I\u2019m struggling to contribute beyond competing the tasks assigned to me. How do I participate more in broader technical solutions, process, etc?
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  3. I recently started a new job, and a lot of the existing code is really bad. How can I raise this concern, or make improvements to the code, without offending my teammates who wrote it? Thanks!
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