Soft Skills Engineering
Technology

Soft Skills Engineering

by Jamison Dance and Dave Smith

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.

103 episodes
EN language
All Episodes
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Episode 505: Called to the principal's office and my team leads are super dogmatic
45:53 Mar 23, 2026
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Episode 504: Should I quit my AI job before my first day and professional button-clicker
32:15 Mar 16, 2026
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Episode 503: Hardware is hard and my PMs are pushing AI slop code
36:30 Mar 9, 2026
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Episode 502: Management keeps leaving and I hate using AI to code
41:19 Mar 2, 2026
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Episode 501: Vibecoding CEO and doing to teaching
29:17 Feb 23, 2026
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Episode 500: Am I the only one not getting raises and firing my whole team
36:15 Feb 16, 2026
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Episode 499: Should I quit my solo dev job with a sports team and senile seniors
33:11 Feb 9, 2026
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Episode 498: Testing in big corporations and how to get my first management job
31:52 Feb 2, 2026
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Episode 497: Patronizing perf reviews and can't get anything done as a tech lead
27:52 Jan 26, 2026
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Episode 496: Passing non-technical interviews and my internship with only other interns
26:48 Jan 19, 2026
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Episode 495: What to do when my boss quits and moving to Romania?
32:14 Jan 12, 2026
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Episode 494: Am I interviewing all wrong and leaving old team chats
26:02 Jan 5, 2026
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Episode 493: My boss one-ups my negativity and football engineering
21:01 Dec 29, 2025
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Episode 492: Fresh grads and startups or the goog
33:30 Dec 22, 2025
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Episode 491: Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titantic and my boss leaks private info
36:48 Dec 15, 2025
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Episode 490: How do I break into software dev from QA automation and underselling
26:14 Dec 8, 2025
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Episode 489: Ethical dilemma for a gambling app dev and ethical employers
34:57 Dec 1, 2025
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Episode 488: How do I survive in a culture of optics and jira slacker
30:38 Nov 24, 2025
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Episode 487: My manager ignores me during 1:1's and I am required to work in an empty office
36:18 Nov 17, 2025
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Episode 486: No one on my team talks and skip level meetings
29:19 Nov 10, 2025
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Episode 485: I'm terrible at hiring decisions and my coworker spams us with AI-generated memes
43:53 Nov 3, 2025
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Episode 484: How to get a raise after slacking off for YEARS and my PM won't stop DM'ing me
29:27 Oct 27, 2025
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Episode 483: My team hated me from day one and should I stack PTO before my resignation
38:22 Oct 20, 2025
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Episode 482: I got a promotion, but a tiny raise and an imposter interviewed for my team
31:47 Oct 13, 2025
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Episode 481: I'm bored and will I ever find out why I was fired?
29:03 Oct 6, 2025
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Episode 480: Do I just coast until I quit and going back to work after a long time
27:09 Sep 29, 2025
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Episode 479: Contractors to the rescue and dinged for delay
34:57 Sep 22, 2025
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Episode 478: Can you coach self-awareness and my boss is an llm
38:18 Sep 15, 2025
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Episode 477: Four months and I already hate my job and grumpy and fuzzy
37:51 Sep 8, 2025
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Episode 476: How much help is too much help and guarding against slop
37:36 Sep 1, 2025
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Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time
33:26 Aug 25, 2025
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Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switching
38:04 Aug 18, 2025
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Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from work
35:59 Aug 11, 2025
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Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL
26:59 Aug 4, 2025
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Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoom meeting
28:34 Jul 28, 2025
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Episode 470: I said something stupid in a meeting and just want to code
30:12 Jul 21, 2025
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Episode 469: Passed over for lead role and perhaps I'm the jerk
35:53 Jul 14, 2025
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Episode 468: Should I take a mini-retirement and doubling down on anachronisms
31:12 Jul 7, 2025
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Episode 467: I can't get promoted if I do my job and should I get a degree to get a job in this economy
40:52 Jun 30, 2025
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Episode 466: Bad performance review and moving in to the caves
29:56 Jun 23, 2025
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Episode 465: Talking to your report's previous manager and how to replace a 30-year-old ticketing system
29:44 Jun 16, 2025
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Episode 464: Rehiring an overpaid boomerang and AI has taken over my teammate's brain
49:38 Jun 9, 2025
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Episode 463: CTO w/ weak resume and I tried management and it was TERRIBLE
27:16 Jun 2, 2025
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Episode 462: Supporting laid-off employee and how to rebuild culture after layoffs
28:46 May 26, 2025
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Episode 461: How to do side projects with a family and demanding job and my company promised me a raise, but didn't give it
32:40 May 19, 2025
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Episode 460: Losing autonomy and I got skipped for a promotion even though I'm awesome
33:07 May 12, 2025
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Episode 459: Am I cutting edge and how to compliment someone who went from super jerk to super nice
22:44 May 5, 2025
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Episode 458: Infinite tech debt hack and figuring out what is going on
34:00 Apr 28, 2025
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Episode 457: How do I get off the on-call rotation and "big tech" == "big leagues"?
27:25 Apr 21, 2025
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Episode 456: Will I look bad on the job market if I'm a crypto developer and struggling to go from management back to dev work
31:39 Apr 14, 2025
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