All Episodes
Soft Skills Engineering — 527 episodes
Episode 526: Why can't I get promoted so quickly after my last promotion and I got hired as a software engineer but ended up doing ops
Episode 525: How do I save my company of 500 people and my new company is insane with AI
Episode 524: My CTO AI-codes big piles of slop and early mornings, late meetings
Episode 523: (Rerun of 331) Prickly ticket and title downgrade
Episode 522: I stayed too long at my first job and should I get a masters degree
Episode 521: negotiating . . . now? and doing good work is not enough for promotion?
Episode 520: I came back to my former team and was shocked by AI and my team does not care at ALL about the code
Episode 519: Why does my team not have a tech lead and rumors!
Episode 518: stuck at startup and is my employer mistreating me because I'm on a visa?
Episode 517: Is it good for my career to work at a SaaS company and why am I being asked to manage two teams?
Episode 516: Not a baby and my product manager doesn't know the product
Episode 515: My junior team member won't listen to me and will I be the dumbest employee at a quantum computer company?
Episode 514: Trust issues and underperformers and my coworker resents me for being faster
Episode 513: Forgotten employee and what skills actually matter in the AI world
Episode 512: Can non-engineers really contribute code with AI and not sharing
Episode 511: Should I take a temporary management position and performance-based bonuses
Episode 510: Old and behind and how do I hang on for the last few years until retirement?
Episode 509: I hate AI software dev, so should I become a manager and leading, not doing
Episode 508: My company is an unethical spammer and my coworkers take so much sick time
Episode 507: I got fired unexpectedly and breadth and depth
Episode 506: I hate my job with AI and my team-mate thinks I suck
Episode 505: Called to the principal's office and my team leads are super dogmatic
Episode 504: Should I quit my AI job before my first day and professional button-clicker
Episode 503: Hardware is hard and my PMs are pushing AI slop code
Episode 502: Management keeps leaving and I hate using AI to code
Episode 501: Vibecoding CEO and doing to teaching
Episode 500: Am I the only one not getting raises and firing my whole team
Episode 499: Should I quit my solo dev job with a sports team and senile seniors
Episode 498: Testing in big corporations and how to get my first management job
Episode 497: Patronizing perf reviews and can't get anything done as a tech lead
Episode 496: Passing non-technical interviews and my internship with only other interns
Episode 495: What to do when my boss quits and moving to Romania?
Episode 494: Am I interviewing all wrong and leaving old team chats
Episode 493: My boss one-ups my negativity and football engineering
Episode 492: Fresh grads and startups or the goog
Episode 491: Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titantic and my boss leaks private info
Episode 490: How do I break into software dev from QA automation and underselling
Episode 489: Ethical dilemma for a gambling app dev and ethical employers
Episode 488: How do I survive in a culture of optics and jira slacker
Episode 487: My manager ignores me during 1:1's and I am required to work in an empty office
Episode 486: No one on my team talks and skip level meetings
Episode 485: I'm terrible at hiring decisions and my coworker spams us with AI-generated memes
Episode 484: How to get a raise after slacking off for YEARS and my PM won't stop DM'ing me
Episode 483: My team hated me from day one and should I stack PTO before my resignation
Episode 482: I got a promotion, but a tiny raise and an imposter interviewed for my team
Episode 481: I'm bored and will I ever find out why I was fired?
Episode 480: Do I just coast until I quit and going back to work after a long time
Episode 479: Contractors to the rescue and dinged for delay
Episode 478: Can you coach self-awareness and my boss is an llm
Episode 477: Four months and I already hate my job and grumpy and fuzzy
Episode 476: How much help is too much help and guarding against slop
Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time
Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switching
Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from work
Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL
Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoom meeting
Episode 470: I said something stupid in a meeting and just want to code
Episode 469: Passed over for lead role and perhaps I'm the jerk
Episode 468: Should I take a mini-retirement and doubling down on anachronisms
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
Episode 466: Bad performance review and moving in to the caves
Episode 465: Talking to your report's previous manager and how to replace a 30-year-old ticketing system
Episode 464: Rehiring an overpaid boomerang and AI has taken over my teammate's brain
Episode 463: CTO w/ weak resume and I tried management and it was TERRIBLE
Episode 462: Supporting laid-off employee and how to rebuild culture after layoffs
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
Episode 460: Losing autonomy and I got skipped for a promotion even though I'm awesome
Episode 459: Am I cutting edge and how to compliment someone who went from super jerk to super nice
Episode 458: Infinite tech debt hack and figuring out what is going on
Episode 457: How do I get off the on-call rotation and "big tech" == "big leagues"?
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
Episode 455: UX designer without a mentor and I get bored too easily and stressed too easily
Episode 454: Tracking productivity? and my CTO is ChatGPT
Episode 453: Why did my company build an internal LinkedIn and how do I not get stagnant in my skills?
Episode 452: Consulting refactor and extra work, extra scrutiny
Episode 451: Un-collaborative architect and who is my boss?
Episode 450: I'm terrible at behavioral interviews and time zonessssssss
Episode 449: My tech lead ignored my warnings and I don't know what my leadership style is
Episode 448: Title over salary and from figure skater to software developer
Episode 447: Overleveled at FAANG and accidental draft feedback
Episode 446: Wading through AI slop and they don't get git
Episode 445: Staying at my first job and my coworker is insulting other departments
Episode 444: Surrounded by apathetic coworkers and put it on my resume?
Episode 443: Does my PM hate me? and My coworker has anxiety when I help
Episode 442: Improving communication skills and how to break my job hopping habit
Episode 441: Will working in healthcare hurt my reputation and precious wisdom
Episode 440: How do I help my boss not burn out and should I tell people I'm older than I am?
Episode 439: Harried VP of Eng and first startup job
Episode 438: Software job after prison and working 60 hours per week at age 20 and feeling unfulfilled
Episode 437: My company canceled all one-on-ones and moving to a single backlog
Episode 436: Paralyzed by checkboxes and I'm on a "must keep happy" list
Episode 435: How to make my boss actually do something and kindly shooting down
Episode 434: Forgetful boss and nothing to say
Episode 433: My teammate pretends we decided, but we didn't and my team is getting worse and worse
Episode 432: As an LLM, how can I be more emotionally smart and when to use I vs we?
Episode 431: Stinky.js and power hungry friend
Episode 430: Should I quit this job I'm underqualified for and honestly torpedoed my promo chances
Episode 429: Should I quit my job for free hoodies and manager to IC
Episode 428: Interim tech lead and asking for a raise when a peer leaves
Episode 427: Under to over-employed and wibbly wobbly timey wimey
Episode 426: I got too many promotions and I have anxiety about getting fired
Episode 425: Org chart bait and switch and ole' reliable
Episode 424: Bragging without ego and how to predict layoffs
Episode 423: freedom from deadlines and Actual firefighting to software firefighting
Episode 422: Moving in to big tech and building support
Episode 421: Hitting the level cap and getting credit for behind-the-scenes work
Episode 420: New grad getting boring work and busy manager
Episode 419: Yoda or Han Solo and I swear I'm senior
Episode 418: Should I "rest and vest" and how do I avoid 3-hour agile meetings?
Episode 417: Should I tell my boss I'm checked out and how do I deal with a PM who has no idea what he's doing?
Episode 416: My boss wants me to build dark patterns and getting promoted without writing code
Episode 415: I got a low raise and merging teams
Episode 414: Hot-headed PM and leaving without downgrading
Episode 413: Is my interview candidate cheating and my product owner is getting WRECKED by the client
Episode 412: Work-life-team balance and getting code-sniped
Episode 411: We have a secret org chart and I'm a big fish in a little pond
Episode 410: Guaranteed cost-of-living raises and my manager doesn't like me
Episode 409: Fancy title to IC and CRUD is crud
Episode 408: Terrible retrospectives and "hard to work with"
Episode 407: I'm too territorial and should I quiet quit?
Episode 406: Acquired taste and limited mentorship
Episode 405: Scaled agile pain and top-heavy team
Episode 404: Interview comedy and talking pay while new
Episode 403: Massaging the software and career never-never-land
Episode 402: It's all on fire and title inflation
Episode 401: I AM the superstar and pro-rated raise
Episode 400: Underperforming intern and upskilling
Episode 399: Higher paid than my boss and crossing over to management
Episode 398: Tech lead for contractors and how to detach my ego from my work
Episode 397: Skunkworks and too much work/life balance
Episode 396: Enthusiastic scope creep and human search engine
Episode 395: Super star teammate and Getting better with no financial incentives
Episode 394: Scrum master, weapons master and minimum tenure to not look bad
Episode 393: Soft skills for interns and intern to QA
Episode 392: Old code and choosing my annual reviewers
Episode 391: Post-staff and direct or a jerk
Episode 390: Fixing typos and Cassandra
Episode 389: Sleepy and bureaucracy
Episode 388: Money not compliments and principal engineer coding guidelines
Episode 387: No juniors and manager forced to return to office
Episode 386: Stuck with toil and how to get a dev job as a self-taught career-switcher in 2023
Episode 385: Attention to detail and sabbatical
Episode 384: EM missing code and non-location pay
Episode 383: In the trenches without writing code and how to close a social skill gap
Episode 382: Mentors for managers and mob programming
Episode 381: Doing less and bad reference
Episode 380: Overruled by non-technical manager and describing technical stuff to non-technical people
Episode 379: Someone fixed my ticket and is tech debt bad for my career
Episode 378: Too much leadership and awkward zoom silence
Episode 377: Short Tenure Promotion and too much free time at work
Episode 376: Return to office and quitting tech
Episode 375: visa woes and Bob does everything wrong
Episode 374: Secret burnout and no room for failure
Episode 373: I have no vision and not-so-positive environment
Episode 372: Equity and getting interrupted in Zoom meetings
Episode 371: After Mary Poppins and credit denied
Episode 370: Fake imposter syndrome and opposite ends
Episode 369: Staying at a sinking ship and behavioral interview questions
Episode 368: Manager in crisis and cutting costs
Episode 367: Hybrid denier and recovering from crying
Episode 366: No FE work and my co-worker is a parrot
Episode 365: Rerun of 307, side hustles and telling me when you are stuck
Episode 364: EMs doing technical tasks and too soft?
Episode 363: Future impact of tech stacks and async communication
Episode 362: Running the clock down and updating linkedin without freaking people out
Episode 361: Get git and non-tech ramping up
Episode 360: Mixing up names and improving without feedback
Episode 359: Competition and awkward in person
Episode 358: Sticky Note Scandal and startup appeal
Episode 357: Waiting to be paid and survivor's guilt
Episode 356: Ummmmmmmmm and failed spikes
Episode 355: Driving kids instead of team and jk i quit
Episode 354: Good at circuits, bad at git and ghosts of team members past
Episode 353: Easter outage and unethical things
Episode 352: Exploding manager and I hate computers
Episode 351: Senior hoarding and layabout lead dev
Episode 350: Bombing a technical interview and background vetting
Episode 349: Performance review dissonance and being a remote manager
Episode 348: Making too many mistakes and low code career risk
Episode 347: New untrusting manager and crappy project management
Episode 346: Changing jobs with no raise and wrangling a cowboy coder
Episode 345: Head of Engineering vs writing code and Voluntary Severance
Episode 344: Showing impact without hiring and over over over engineering
Episode 343: Tech lead/manager and discouraging seniors
Episode 342: Losing my job to AI and bad review season
Episode 341: Offer rescinded and layoff stuff
Episode 340: Productivity lulls and code review showdown
Episode 339: Coworker double-dipping and building toxic community
Episode 338: I am the golden handcuffs and Staying in management
Episode 337: Helping the principal and Manager conflict
Episode 336: Roadmap roadkill and returning to office
Episode 335: Senior questions and overly optimistic
Episode 334: Personal brand and awkward silence
Episode 333: Unsure about management and I shall decline the offer
Episode 332: Layoff + baby survival and 18-year-old CS graduate
Episode 331: Prickly ticket and title downgrade
Episode 330: Mixed signals and not ready for senior
Episode 329: Falling behind and can't get a management job
Episode 328: Fear of sudden firing and reducing the lottery factor
Episode 327: Remote with onsite team and undercover refactor
Episode 326: Good perks, bad code and paper shredder suggestion box
Episode 325: Surprise PIP and salary leak
Episode 324: Understanding accents and mega soft skills
Episode 323: Shopping offers and returning equipment
Episode 322: Cover blown and no one cares
Episode 321: Politely, no and participation at scale
Episode 320: Hot and less hot and no privileges
Episode 319: Steve's babysitter and these uncertain times
Episode 318: Staff and part time dev
Episode 317: Process renegades and hiding my disgrunteledness
Episode 316: Skills reboot and quitting the perfect job
Episode 315: Poor feedback recipient and rubber duck
Episode 314: "That guy" and how to skip level
Episode 313: Parents are fighting and hat-removal
Episode 312: Nit-picking and Promo raises
Episode 311: (rerun of 207) Unclear career goals and garbage code
Episode 310: Flip flop and architecture astronaut
Episode 309: Missing boss support and new manager, who dis
Episode 308: FAANG to startup and Google interview prep
Episode 307: Side hustle or new job and tell me when you're stuck
Episode 306: Sabbaticals and betray my team
Episode 305: About that raise and *you're* not fired
Episode 304: My subordinate is smarter than me and confused in meetings
Episode 303: Should I stop coding and off to the field
Episode 302: Bad boss movies and well-written emails
Episode 301: I forced the framework and product stealing credit
Episode 300: Manager move and cultural or personal
Episode 299: Neophyte estimates and forced framework
Episode 298: Thanks, and goodbye and fessing up
Episode 297: Flat decisions and pointy-haired boss
Episode 296: Low performer and frantic manager
Episode 295: Underleveled at FAANG and lazy tech lead
Episode 294: Unqualified internal applicant and speculative specs
Episode 293: Moving TOO fast and following my manager
Episode 292: Haunted by former co-worker and awkward manager endorsement
Episode 291: Hyper-productive team lead and hyper-unproductive senior engineer
Episode 290: Past offers and from QA to PM
Episode 289: Sharing wisdom nicely and too many raises?
Episode 288: Too excited about learning and furious boss when quitting
Episode 287: Informal favoritism and post-hoc finger pointing
Episode 286: I don't care about borkchain and morning procrastination?
Episode 285: Staying technical as a manager and skill over seniority
Episode 284: Slow mentee ramp-up and quit before new job?
Episode 283: Jealousy and burnout
Episode 282: Setting boundaries late and junior joy
Episode 281: Contractor is sus and too much job hopping?
Episode 280: Async communication and how to quit not nicely
Episode 279: (Rerun of 220) Premature leadership push and credit and status
Episode 278: PM to engineer and pressure to stay after quitting
Episode 277: Super long code reviews and replacement laptop
Episode 276: Startup or big company and negotiating your exit?
Episode 275: Take-home tests and doing my own recruiting
Episode 274: Announcing resignation too early and why are my ideas rejected?
Episode 273: Influencing people and getting a raise in a flat org
Episode 272: Consistent or shiny
Episode 271: Too quiet and quitting too much?
Episode 270 (rerun of 227): Junior expectations and manager flakiness
Episode 269: A bad product and running the meter down
Episode 268: Title inflation and solo remote engineer
Episode 267: Cheap promotion raise and live coding blues
Episode 266: Switching tech stacks and awkward zoom silence
Episode 265 (rerun of 216): One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles
Episode 264: Finger pointing and getting recognition
Episode 263: Why am I bored and ver-boss-ity
Episode 262: I'm too popular and too much turnover
Episode 261: Anxious about work and senior imposter
Episode 260: Pay cut after hired and new job ramp-up
Episode 259: Moving up to meetings and will remote work stay a thing?
Episode 258: Addicted to scrolling and underpaid with equity
Episode 257: Oops I didn't negotiate and really another raise question
Episode 256: No degree ceiling and reverse whippersnappers
Episode 255: Only positive feedback and overworked and siloed
Episode 254: Code makes my body hurt and level madness
Episode 253: Not coding after 2 years and fake data scientists
Episode 252: Impossible documentation and unexcited coworkers
Episode 251: Working with real live developers and the royal we?
Episode 250: The management track and active listening
Episode 249: Settling the Wild West and credit for self-study
Episode 248: Non-private slack channels and expectations
Episode 247: Estimates and hotdesking
Episode 246: Humanitarian salary conundrum and family benefits
Episode 245: Sweating the small stuff and quit my first job?
Episode 244: Quitting telephone and recommendontion
Episode 243: Saying no and conference
Episode 242 (Episode 131 re-run): Stinky feet and high salary expectation
Episode 241 (Rerun of 184): Indispensable and IT cold war
Episode 240: Under-leveled in the big leagues and pushing back
Episode 239: Hustle and patents and toxicity
Episode 238: Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks
Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency
Episode 236: Making mistakes and Lowball offer
Episode 235: Bus factors and toxic time bomb
Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers
Episode 233: Manual unit testing and WFH demotivation
Episode 232: "Junior" developer and NDA'd
Episode 231: Freedom for me not for thee and optimizing for growth
Episode 230: Not seeking promotion and taking code
Episode 229: Other people's code and moving into product management
Episode 228: Unpaid team lead and banking hours
Episode 227: Junior expectations and manager flakiness
Episode 226: Declining job offers and being the outside hire
Episode 225: Stuck on the ladder and can't say no
Episode 224: Bad review from conflicted boss and questioning my career choices
Episode 223: Feedback rage and making up for lost time
Episode 222: Cowboy CTO and underpaid after promotion
Episode 221: Current boss reference and getting paid to do nothing
Episode 220: Premature leadership push and credit and status
Episode 219: Remote crickets and Manager Careering
Episode 218: Referral underperforming and take a tech lead role
Episode 217: Quitting words and double COVID internship
Episode 216: One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles
Episode 215: Many jobs in one and junior git stickler
Episode 214: Jumping ship and saying "I can't"
Episode 213: Interviewing your future boss and screwed by private equity
Episode 212: Turnover and self-inflicted complexity
Episode 211: Biorhythm and coworker roommate
Episode 210: Study time and caring less
Episode 209: Glue and Covid ghost job
Episode 208: Toe-stepper-on-er and high leverage work
Episode 207: Unclear career goals and garbage code
Episode 206: Micromanaging WFH and vaguely tech lead
Episode 205: Old code outage and questions leaking
Episode 204: Remote work and ghosting your employer
Episode 203: Downturns and conflict
Episode 202: Can't stand up and new team, new me
Episode 201: Too soon for a raise and management, masters, maybe?
Episode 200: Crazy work work stories
Episode 199: Offshore team influence and time zone fun
Episode 198: Stinky manager and VP overhaul
Episode 197: Rambling co-worker and awkward resume leak
Episode 196: "Offshore resources" and ageist layoffs
Episode 195: Ad-hoc promotion and quitting a huge company with Charity Majors
Episode 194: Leveling up through speaking and negativity
Episode 193: Playing the field and paying for speaking
Episode 192: Giving feedback and messaging a team change
Episode 191: Overshadowed and demos and credit
Episode 190: Disorganized startup and leveling up the team
Episode 189: Building relationships and handling negative feedback with speical guest Jeff Leiken
Episode 188: Drama overload and agile ouroboroses
Episode 187: Interview insanity and making up for lost time
Episode 186: First job negotiation and am I a senior engineer?
Episode 185: Fragile coworkers and soft demotion
Episode 184: Indispensable and IT cold war
Episode 183: Terrible boss code and peer-to-peer mentorship
Episode 182: Lunch and switching to product management
Episode 181: Blocked by back-end and tired of coding
Episode 180: Inspiring attention to detail and moving
Episode 179: Pushing preemptive promotion and de-motivated by promotion
Episode 178: Procrastinating colleague and working remotely for an on-site company
Episode 177: Work life vertigo and work life interviews
Episode 176: Afraid to disappoint and tech co-founder advice
Episode 175: Famous devs at conferences and becoming obsolete
Episode 174: Bottleneck manager and how to tech lead
Episode 173: Newbie burden and getting a 25% raise
Episode 172: Contracting and American email etiquette
Episode 171: Unwilling mentorship and tortoise vs hare DevOps
Episode 170: Code rage and code review etiquette
Episode 169: Conspiracy theories and flexible schedules
Episode 168: Self-snooping and work from home jeopardy
Episode 167: Foosball culture and giving feedback to geniuses
Episode 166: Not the intern and fighting at work
Episode 165: I don't play videogames and quarter-career burnout
Episode 164: Fear of firing and disengaged teammates
Episode 163: Sounding a warning and negative Glassdoor reviews
Episode 162 (rerun of episode 113): Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities
Episode 161: Trapped as a QA engineer and trapped as a generalist
Episode 160: Non-manager 1:1s and throwing away dev learning
Episode 159: Rejecting candidates and corporate image obsession
Episode 158: I accepted a counter-offer and stayed and dealing with engineers who exaggerate their contributions
Episode 157: How to deal with a consistent low performer and my architect wants me to switch from Ruby to Java
Episode 156: How to move from web development into other software engineering roles and dealing with slow code review processes
Episode 155: What do you think about employee monitoring software and how do I get un-demotivated after losing interest in software dev?
Episode 154: Why am I terrible at picking candidates and how soon can I quit my job?
Episode 153: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout (rerun of episode 71)
Episode 152: How to pair program as an introvert and being mistreated as a contractor?
Episode 151: Where are all the old developers and Do I not ask enough questions?
Episode 150: How to fight imposter syndrome as a technical lead and Getting in to meetups
Episode 149: How to get my engineering career back on track and how to thrive in a heavy process environment
Episode 148: In the orbit of a Rock Star Programmer and Should I share my salary with my coworkers?
Episode 147: How to grow in a flat organization and how to get references when job hunting in stealth mode?
Episode 146: What to do with sick co-workers who come into the office and dealing with weird performance review feedback
Episode 145: What to do with a bad manager who is loved by upper management and should I include detecting major security vulnerabilities on my resume?
Episode 144: Job hunting while employed and how to start my first technical lead role
Episode 143: Dealing with meeting interrupters and setting work limits
Episode 142: Can I get hired above my level even though I look inexperienced on paper and should I be brutally honest in peer performance reviews
Episode 141: A Rampant Rewriter and Dealing with an Overexplainer (rerun of episode 73)
Episode 140: Should I apologize for my bugs after I quit and should I become a project manager
Episode 139: How to deal with badmouthing and how to survive in a loud open office
Episode 138: Should I ask for a raise before my annual review and how to keep up with young, single, overtime-working co-workers
Episode 137: How to get answers to technical questions and Should managers also be technical
Episode 136: My family thinks I'm over paid and Is a 10% raise good
Episode 135: Publicly Correcting Speakers and Forced Into a Dev Role as a Product Manager
Episode 134: Boredom vs Money and Agile vs Long-Term Schedules
Episode 133: Herding Linter Cats and Surviving Until Severance Time
Episode 132: Should I tell my boss I'm planning to quit and keeping tech talks going
Episode 131: Coworkers with stinky feet and Was my salary expectation too high
Episode 130 (rerun of episode 87): Stand up and fight! and Metrics
Episode 129: Office romance and What to say during one-on-ones
Episode 128: Finish The Degree In Poverty? and Hiring Insecurity
Episode 127: Leaving a Job I Love and My Role Is Being Eroded
Episode 126: I'm underpaid and Game Industry Bonuses
Episode 125: Brainstorming sessions and Slack Ettiquette
Episode 124: Pair Programming Pain and Side Hustle CEO
Episode 123: Salary Promise Fail and Slacker Coworkers
Episode 122: Too Much Process and Negotiating Salaries with Multiple Companies
Episode 121: Working Remotely Without Hating It and Managing Rotating Engineers
Episode 120: Layoff Decisions and Overworking Peers
Episode 119 (rerun of episode 77): My boss wants me to speak at conferences and how to get better than a 2% raise
Episode 118: Asking For Help and Speaking Up
Episode 117: Defense Industry Stigma and Responding to Negative Feedback
Episode 116: Weekend Warrioring and Reaching the End of the Career Ladder
Episode 115: Sharing Your Salary When You Leave and Hiring Decisions Overruled
Episode 114: Story Point Commitments and Measuring Productivity (Episode 79 Rerun)
Episode 113: Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities
Episode 112: Disinterested Interviewing and Layoff Fallout
Episode 111: Dogma Rehab and Getting a Co-worker Fired
Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting
Episode 109: Critical Junior Dev and Introducing New Tools
(Rerun) Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly
Episode 108: An Insecure Teammate and Disclosing Past Ratings
(Rerun) Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech
Episode 107: Silence After Interviews and Newsletter Politics
Episode 106: Working From Home Without Rotting and Meetup Etiquette
Episode 105: Interviewing for Management and Annoying Noises
Episode 104: Interviews With VPs and Hiring a Tester
Episode 103: Team Dynamics and Bad Code
Episode 102: Correcting English and Tyranny of the Urgent
Episode 101: Style In Code Reviews and How To Thank My Manager
Episode 99: Developer Health and Whiteboard Interviews
Episode 98 (Rerun of Episode 57): Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers
Episode 97: A Quiet Intern and Hearts and Guts
Episode 96: Teaching Burden and Unknown Unknowns
Episode 95: Paying For Help and Scared of Recruiters
Episode 94: Dodging Recommendations and Full Sleeve Tattoos
Episode 93: Negotiating Annual Raises and Part-Time Work
Episode 92: Career Death by Friction and New Job Woes
Episode 91: Job Requirements and Teams of Misfits
Episode 90: Upper Management Dislikes Me and Undeserved Job Offers
Episode 89: Departed Engineers and Employment Contracts
Episode 88: How To Dress For Interviews and Learning To Interview
Episode 87: Pushover Coworkers and Productivity Metrics
Episode 86: Sharing Salaries and Offensive Words
Episode 85: Annoying Know-it-alls and Company Headshots
Episode 84: Shy Developers and Outsourced Architecture
Episode 83: Gaps In The Resume and Moving To Business
Episode 82: Blow Ups and Job Security
Episode 81: Unwilling To Grow and Forced Out During Two Weeks Notice
Episode 80: New Team Leads and Constant Follow Up
Episode 79: Story Point Misses and Measuring Productivity
Episode 78: Endless Rewrites and Fake Deadlines
Episode 77: Boss Wants Me To Speak and The 2% Raise
Episode 76: Writing Goals and Firing Jokes
Episode 75: Self-Promotion For Wallflowers and Moving in a Year
Episode 74: Switching Languages Without A Pay Cut and A Missed Negotiation
Episode 73: A Rampant Rewriter and Overexplainers
Episode 72: The Micromanaging CEO and The Only Developer
Episode 71: Informal Leadership and Dealing With Burnout
Episode 70: Appraisal-Driven Development and Meeting Creep
Episode 69: A Know-It-All Lead and Selling Your Boss on Remote Work
Episode 68: Paying Your Dues and Non-technical Hobbies
Episode 67: Graduate School and Asking Good Questions
Episode 66: Nepotism and Minimum Junior Requirements
Episode 65: Left In The Dust and Imposter Syndrome
Episode 64: Negative Peer Reviews and On Call
Episode 63: (Rerun) Management Snobs and Two Bosses
Episode 62: Many Meetings and Surviving an Acquisition
Episode 61: Product Managers and Notifications
Episode 60: Office Arrangements and Disarming A Code Owner
Episode 59: Buying Training and Unrelated Experience
Episode 58: Dropping Out and Interview Prep (Rerun)
Episode 57: Disliking Management and Difficult Co-workers
Episode 56: Keeping Meetings On Track and Designer-centric Culture
Episode 55: Ng-Conf Live Episode
Episode 54: Sneaky Contractors and Job Titles
Episode 53: Bait and Switch and Informing Your Manager
Episode 52: Slowness Guilt and I Have No Side Projects
Episode 51: Junior Scrum Master In Trouble And Jamison Has No Degree
Episode 50: I Didn't Quit and Manager of Zero People
Episode 49: Candidate Plagiarism and a Tightwad Employer
Episode 48: Quitting a Death March & Am I Underpaid
Episode 47: Speaking Up In A New Job and Personal Issues
Episode 46: My New Crappy Job and Youth vs the Status Quo
Episode 45: RAPID FIRE and Micromanagers
Episode 44: Discussing Firing and Writing Job Postings
Episode 43: Internship Costs and CS Interview Questions
Episode 42: Bootcamp Job Hopping and Cultural Reliability
Episode 41: Management Snobs and Two Bosses
Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech
Episode 39: Brilliant Jerks and One on Ones
Episode 38: Going Over Heads and Firing Just After Hiring
Episode 37: VC Funding and Internal Presentations
Episode 36: Unlimited Vacation and Enforcing Best Practices
Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly
Episode 34: Do Certifications Help and How Can I Avoid Avoidance?
Episode 33: Damaging Your Credibility and Meeting Potential Employers In School
Episode 32: Why Would You Do Contracting?
Episode 31: Going In To Management and Knowing If A Job Is Worth Applying To
Episode 30: Reaching Consensus and Code Editing Etiquette
Episode 29: What Should I Do When Starting A New Job?
Episode 28: How Long Should I Stay At My Job and How Do I Help Junior Developers Improve
Episode 27: Writing Great Resumes and Pushing Back on Non-Engineering Tasks
Episode 26: Communicate Your Efforts and I Told You So
Episode 25: Understanding the Business and Managing Without Being a Developer
Episode 24: Should I be a generalist or specialist developer?
Episode 23: Joining a startup as a CTO and asking for a raise
Episode 22: Health insurance and contributing to open source projects
Episode 21: Giving work to interns and dealing with "dead weight" developers
Episode 20: Stories from people who got fired and doing effective code reviews
Episode 19: Firing someone for a coding mistake and getting demoted
Episode 18: Dropping out of college and preparing for interviews
Episode 17: Side project ideas and getting fired
Episode 16: Dealing with recruiters and learning new things without frustration
Episode 15: Working with non-technical people and keeping up with the latest technology (with Brad Green)
Episode 14: Web developer prejudice and legacy code
Episode 13: Dealing with a 'yes' boss and the difference between contract and permanent positions
Episode 12: Making friends at work and how to be good at being managed
Episode 11: Negotiating offers and dealing with an oblivious boss
Episode 10: Mentors and Stock Options
Episode 9: Deadlines and Titles
Episode 8: Work life balance and on-boarding new engineers
Episode 7: Finding meaning and quitting your job
Episode 6: Speaking at Conferences
Episode 5: Developer Compensation
Episode 4: Should I build my personal brand?
Episode 3: What to look for in a dev team
Episode 2: Influencing your team and dealing with anger
Episode 1: Startup Opportunities and Switching Jobs