Run Toward Something - Career Growth, Mentorship & Work-Life Balance with Dave Schwantes

SummaryCareer growth through mentorship and work-life balance with Dave Schwantes, Senior Software Engineer at GitHub. Brittany and Dave explore why running toward meaningful work beats running from burnout, how mentorship became his primary form of engineering leverage, and what career happiness actually looks like across different life stages. From Instacart and Couchsurfing to building in-house bootcamps, Dave shares how sustainable engineering culture beats individual productivity hacks—and his take on how AI tools reshape what engineers really need to master.LinksDave's personal site: https://dinosaurseateverybody.comDon't Break Prod (bite-sized career advice): https://dontbreakprod.comGrave Danger (Dave's spooky ska band) on Bandcamp: https://gravedangerskath.bandcamp.comDave on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dorkrawk.bsky.socialDave on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidschwantesDave on GitHub: https://github.com/dorkrawkWeb Dev Challenge Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2sEoZG8EIwThe Engineer Manager Pendulum article: https://charity.wtf/2017/05/11/the-engineer-manager-pendulum/HostOvercommitted: https://overcommitted.devBrittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.com