BROADCASTS.com

b'

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

Questions

\\n
1. \\n

   Hello soft skills audio, love the show and your great advice.

   \\n\\n

   My question is how do I stop sweating the small stuff.

   \\n\\n

   I have one colleague who either can\\u2019t spell, or types so fast the words make no sense and doesn\\u2019t correct the mistakes. Emails, comments in code, comments in PRs, presentations to management, everything is a garbled mess and makes us look bad as a team.

   \\n\\n

   Another colleague just can\\u2019t stop talking in \\u2018business speak\\u2019. Every conversation is twice as long as it should be because they need to \\u2018touch base on what\\u2019s happening in this space and will circle back\\u2019

   \\n\\n

   These are by no means \\u2018quit your job\\u2019 problems. How do I avoid eye rolling and getting frustrated over something so minor?

   \\n
\\n
2. \\n

   I\\u2019ve been working at a software company for almost 10 years now. It\\u2019s an amazing company, 5 minutes from where I live, with a really good culture. I have an awesome role as a senior developer working with interesting new technologies, a lot of flexibility, responsibilities and a valued opinion on both technological and company-wide matters. However, this is still my first job.

   \\n\\n

   I\\u2019ve invested a lot of time and effort on career growth the last few years but I feel like there are only a few developers at my company who share the same level of enthusiasm and the need to grow as I do. I\\u2019ve been able to bring in new tech, introduce modern practices and share knowledge with my colleagues, but it feels like I\\u2019m the only one who\\u2019s actively pushing for this.

   \\n\\n

   Since this is my first job, I don\\u2019t know if this is the case in other places as well. I\\u2019ve done some freelance projects on the side to learn more about how things work somewhere else but mostly I\\u2019m the only senior dev on these projects.

   \\n\\n

   On the one hand I have a job that I love, on the other hand I don\\u2019t really know what\\u2019s out there. I feel like I might regret it later if I don\\u2019t try something else but based on other people\\u2019s experiences, I know it\\u2019s hard to find a company with such a good culture and understanding as where I am right now. Switching jobs would also give me a significant salary increase, but will require a longer commute. There are only a few software companies in my area.

   \\n\\n

   Can you help me figure out if I should take the blue pill or the red pill?

   \\n
\\n