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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

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   I recently started working at a small dev shop. Somewhere along the way I may or may not have started seeing a coworker outside of work. It\u2019s really been great but there are no clear examples of how the organization would react to something like this. We have fairly lateral positions and there are no written policies or anything in the handbook. Even so, we\u2019ve been doing our best to act \u201cbusiness casual\u201d when we run into each other during the day. We don\u2019t work directly but it\u2019s a smaller company so the chance is pretty good that we eventually will.

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   It\u2019s been fun to navigate so far but wondering what your take is on this/the pros and cons of telling trusted coworkers or management. Thanks!!

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   I\u2019ve been working as a software engineer for several years now. In my current job I have fortnightly one-to-one catchups with my manager. My problem is that I very rarely have anything to say. My work is going fine, I\u2019m happy enough with my job, and I don\u2019t feel like I really need help with anything. I feel as though not having much to say reflects poorly on me, giving the impression that I\u2019m uninterested or that I don\u2019t value my managers input. What is it we should be talking about?

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