Soft Skills Engineering

438 Episodes

1. Episode 437: My company canceled all one-on-ones and moving to a single backlog

   Published: 12/2/2024
2. Episode 436: Paralyzed by checkboxes and I'm on a "must keep happy" list

   Published: 11/25/2024
3. Episode 435: How to make my boss actually do something and kindly shooting down

   Published: 11/18/2024
4. Episode 434: Forgetful boss and nothing to say

   Published: 11/11/2024
5. Episode 433: My teammate pretends we decided, but we didn't and my team is getting worse and worse

   Published: 11/4/2024
6. Episode 432: As an LLM, how can I be more emotionally smart and when to use I vs we?

   Published: 10/28/2024
7. Episode 431: Stinky.js and power hungry friend

   Published: 10/21/2024
8. Episode 430: Should I quit this job I'm underqualified for and honestly torpedoed my promo chances

   Published: 10/14/2024
9. Episode 429: Should I quit my job for free hoodies and manager to IC

   Published: 10/7/2024
10. Episode 428: Interim tech lead and asking for a raise when a peer leaves

    Published: 9/30/2024
11. Episode 427: Under to over-employed and wibbly wobbly timey wimey

    Published: 9/23/2024
12. Episode 426: I got too many promotions and I have anxiety about getting fired

    Published: 9/16/2024
13. Episode 425: Org chart bait and switch and ole' reliable

    Published: 9/9/2024
14. Episode 424: Bragging without ego and how to predict layoffs

    Published: 9/2/2024
15. Episode 423: freedom from deadlines and Actual firefighting to software firefighting

    Published: 8/26/2024
16. Episode 422: Moving in to big tech and building support

    Published: 8/19/2024
17. Episode 421: Hitting the level cap and getting credit for behind-the-scenes work

    Published: 8/12/2024
18. Episode 420: New grad getting boring work and busy manager

    Published: 8/5/2024
19. Episode 419: Yoda or Han Solo and I swear I'm senior

    Published: 7/29/2024
20. Episode 418: Should I "rest and vest" and how do I avoid 3-hour agile meetings?

    Published: 7/22/2024