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.
530 episodes transcribedIn this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I run a small dev team. One junior developer constantly openly challenges things that do...
We’ve got another re-run this week, as Jamison and Dave both recover from being sick. We’ll be back with a new episode next week. In this episode, Da...
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: What do I do about an insecure teammate whose insecurity causes them to lash out at othe...
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: How can I encourage my team to be more visible in the office? How do I learn new techn...
Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I recently interviewed for a role I was very interested in. I didn’t get the job,and despite several atte...
Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Since working remotely I’ve noticed a trend to do things like not leaving the house, growing my beard out...
Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I’ve been a software engineer for 13 years and would like to apply for a management role. I’ve never mana...
Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I went through the interview process, and as last step I had an interview with the VP of engineering. At...
A listener named Dan talks about ThanksBot, an internal tool at Facebook to support gratitude. Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I became...
Dave and Jamison answer these questions: A teammate is a great developer but English isn’t their first language. Sometimes this results in bad gra...
Dave and Jamison answer these questions: A fellow developer submitted a pull request for me to review. The logic was totally fine, but the spacing...
Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Do you have any recommendations for maintaining physical health in a software developer role? For example...
Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I’ve been pushed in to doing management tasks I really don’t enjoy. What do I do? How do I handle a co-...
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions: We have a great intern, who is smart and has good ideas but is also very quiet. She’s...
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions: I know that teaching others is important when working on a team so that the team can grow and g...
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions: When should asking a developer pal for help go from something that is free because you’re pals...
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions: As a “less than ideal” engineer was leaving our team, he asked if he could use me as a job refe...
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions: My job doesn’t seem to leave room to negotiate salary or raises for our year-end review. Is thi...
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions: A previous job involved a coworker who, over time, became very difficult to get along with...
This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions: How often do candidates get hired who don’t match the requirements listed in a job posting? Is...
