Soft Skills Engineering

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