Recent Episodes
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Episode 435: How to make my boss actually do something and kindly shooting down
Nov 18, 2024 – 32:40 -
Episode 434: Forgetful boss and nothing to say
Nov 11, 2024 – 33:49 -
Episode 433: My teammate pretends we decided, but we didn't and my team is getting worse and worse
Nov 4, 2024 – 31:29 -
Episode 432: As an LLM, how can I be more emotionally smart and when to use I vs we?
Oct 28, 2024 – 35:23 -
Episode 431: Stinky.js and power hungry friend
Oct 21, 2024 – 34:49 -
Episode 430: Should I quit this job I'm underqualified for and honestly torpedoed my promo chances
Oct 14, 2024 – 30:46 -
Episode 429: Should I quit my job for free hoodies and manager to IC
Oct 7, 2024 – 29:20 -
Episode 428: Interim tech lead and asking for a raise when a peer leaves
Sep 30, 2024 – 27:32 -
Episode 427: Under to over-employed and wibbly wobbly timey wimey
Sep 23, 2024 – 30:16 -
Episode 426: I got too many promotions and I have anxiety about getting fired
Sep 16, 2024 – 32:10 -
Episode 425: Org chart bait and switch and ole' reliable
Sep 9, 2024 – 26:29 -
Episode 424: Bragging without ego and how to predict layoffs
Sep 2, 2024 – 29:32 -
Episode 423: freedom from deadlines and Actual firefighting to software firefighting
Aug 26, 2024 – 41:48 -
Episode 422: Moving in to big tech and building support
Aug 19, 2024 – 32:28 -
Episode 421: Hitting the level cap and getting credit for behind-the-scenes work
Aug 12, 2024 – 31:47 -
Episode 420: New grad getting boring work and busy manager
Aug 5, 2024 – 27:16 -
Episode 419: Yoda or Han Solo and I swear I'm senior
Jul 29, 2024 – 26:52 -
Episode 418: Should I "rest and vest" and how do I avoid 3-hour agile meetings?
Jul 22, 2024 – 29:58 -
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?
Jul 15, 2024 – 30:52 -
Episode 416: My boss wants me to build dark patterns and getting promoted without writing code
Jul 8, 2024 – 24:25 -
Episode 415: I got a low raise and merging teams
Jul 1, 2024 – 29:16 -
Episode 414: Hot-headed PM and leaving without downgrading
Jun 24, 2024 – 31:47 -
Episode 413: Is my interview candidate cheating and my product owner is getting WRECKED by the client
Jun 17, 2024 – 32:00 -
Episode 412: Work-life-team balance and getting code-sniped
Jun 10, 2024 – 33:16 -
Episode 411: We have a secret org chart and I'm a big fish in a little pond
Jun 3, 2024 – 35:28 -
Episode 410: Guaranteed cost-of-living raises and my manager doesn't like me
May 27, 2024 – 34:28 -
Episode 409: Fancy title to IC and CRUD is crud
May 20, 2024 – 28:27 -
Episode 408: Terrible retrospectives and "hard to work with"
May 13, 2024 – 33:38 -
Episode 407: I'm too territorial and should I quiet quit?
May 6, 2024 – 25:53 -
Episode 406: Acquired taste and limited mentorship
Apr 29, 2024 – 27:54 -
Episode 405: Scaled agile pain and top-heavy team
Apr 22, 2024 – 34:24 -
Episode 404: Interview comedy and talking pay while new
Apr 15, 2024 – 28:25 -
Episode 403: Massaging the software and career never-never-land
Apr 8, 2024 – 31:38 -
Episode 402: It's all on fire and title inflation
Apr 1, 2024 – 32:42 -
Episode 401: I AM the superstar and pro-rated raise
Mar 25, 2024 – 30:24 -
Episode 400: Underperforming intern and upskilling
Mar 18, 2024 – 32:03 -
Episode 399: Higher paid than my boss and crossing over to management
Mar 11, 2024 – 30:34 -
Episode 398: Tech lead for contractors and how to detach my ego from my work
Mar 4, 2024 – 28:26 -
Episode 397: Skunkworks and too much work/life balance
Feb 26, 2024 – 25:51 -
Episode 396: Enthusiastic scope creep and human search engine
Feb 19, 2024 – 35:44 -
Episode 395: Super star teammate and Getting better with no financial incentives
Feb 12, 2024 – 31:05 -
Episode 394: Scrum master, weapons master and minimum tenure to not look bad
Feb 5, 2024 – 29:21 -
Episode 393: Soft skills for interns and intern to QA
Jan 29, 2024 – 27:08 -
Episode 392: Old code and choosing my annual reviewers
Jan 22, 2024 – 26:39 -
Episode 391: Post-staff and direct or a jerk
Jan 15, 2024 – 38:48 -
Episode 390: Fixing typos and Cassandra
Jan 8, 2024 – 32:23 -
Episode 389: Sleepy and bureaucracy
Jan 1, 2024 – 42:06 -
Episode 388: Money not compliments and principal engineer coding guidelines
Dec 25, 2023 – 32:58 -
Episode 387: No juniors and manager forced to return to office
Dec 18, 2023 – 32:23 -
Episode 386: Stuck with toil and how to get a dev job as a self-taught career-switcher in 2023
Dec 11, 2023 – 26:48
Recent Reviews
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KkellylynneGood content, atrocious audioI’m a few episodes in and I love the content. I physically cannot listen to these horrible audio levels anymore. It ranges wildly from speaking voices that are barely audible, to laughter or utterance that nearly blows out my speakers. I really hope they get this leveled out in future episodes because I can’t listen to this much more.
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gus ostowGood adviceThey give thoughtful advice that is clearly drawn from years of experience. I just wish they would cut to the chase more quickly because there’s a lot of dead time due to slow moving banter.
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Lauren1850Totally moreishI’ve been blazing through these episodes - one after the next. It’s really unlike any other coding podcast I’ve heard. I appreciate that there is some technical talk, but the focus is really on how to deal with the day to day workload, interactions with coworkers, and how to make the best decisions for your career. This podcast is perfect listening for walking the dogs, doing the dishes, driving, or waiting for your project to spin up. It’s light, but informative. These guys are funny, goofy, and don’t take things too seriously. But I think they balance out those traits by giving thoughtful and fair advice to the listeners.
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DisturbedMimeRelevant and EntertainingAwesome mix of levity and poignant advice for situations we've all experienced, or have yet to experience, in the industry. That used my supply of $3 words, and I'll owe a $1 for the Oxford comma...
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lacontyInsightful with great silly vibeThanks guys, keep it up your unique way!
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rcc777777Good content, a bit too sillyListening to episode 304 as my first episode. Feels like the content is great, but my feedback to the hosts is that you’re being a bit too silly and it’s making it hard to focus on the wisdom.
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Lh15770They are super geeky and super funnyThese guys are super geeky and super funny! Highly recommend as a light technical podcast
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Will nickname not taken angelCar talk for software!These guys are funny and educational! Cartalk for software developers! Really good stuff.
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Travis024Great Advice, Great FunAs a Junior Engineer myself, I find great value in listening to this podcast and taking note of the hosts’ advice. It also helps that it’s just plain a lot of fun to listen to :)
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@k_roll242Yay! Yay!I have a tech podcast and am a software engineer!! Much kudos to y’all. Love the show!!!
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Zack BetzGood stuffAs a software engineer, it's nice to hear your usual struggles discussed (especially things I thought only I struggled with). These guys have fun and slip in good advice.
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JdfdjgkAwesome humansYou can really tell that these guys are great to work with. Great sense of humor, and always make an effort to see the human side, sometimes before the jokes. Haha!
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L3robiI am a big fanYour discussions are always a lot of fun to listen to, and I also get useful advices, one of them the famous one, I was able to apply this year just days before the lock down and I am feeling more free with a better pay bonus! so thank you for your valuable advices, and keep up the good fun :-D Casablanca - Morocco
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cbonacoLess laughing, more talkingLess laughing at each other’s jokes, more talking about engineering
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ZectiviI love the info they put outAs someone trying to build their soft skills, this podcast is amazingly informative while entertaining. The best part is being able to incorporate the things they discuss into my daily work interactions.
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andylin.Awesome!Funny, helpful, and informative!
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TuckerMiller11Absolutely love you guysFavorite podcast. Very funny and very informative. Helping me start out my professional career on the right foot.
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Jyang15Much needed podcast in the software engineering industryI absolutely love this podcast. There is already so much discussion around the technical aspects of software engineering, but discussion around the soft skills is refreshing. Jamison and Dave are hilarious and down to earth. Would definitely recommend this podcast!
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J. BarshopEngaging Hosts & Invaluable Content 🙌Jamison, Dave & their amazing guests provide some extremely compelling & actionable content that’s a goldmine for any engineer looking to level up their skills & mindset. The great advice they provide, combined with the relatable way in which they deliver it had me hooked from the very first listen. Can’t recommend Soft Skills Engineering enough - keep up the great work fellas! 🙏🙌🙏
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mkmurray928🎶 "Quit your job, quit your job, quit your job!" 🎶A really enjoyable listen each week! There is always great advice and experience shared balanced with just the right amount of witty and funny developer humor. We're all just trying to figure out this crazy fast-paced field of software engineering that just continues to explode and innovate faster than any occupational field in history, and listening to Jamison and Dave is an entertaining way to navigate such tricky waters. The questions being asked and the comments by the community on the show's website are awesome. Go subscribe right now!
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macinjosh87A Must Listen for Every DeveloperThis podcast is a great mix of sage advice and fun, nerdy joking around. Hearing perspective from other developers on soft skills and how they use them has been very valuable. Definitely has helped lower blood pressure when dealing with peers at work.
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ChronicleDecay1DopeOne of my favorites. You guys are hilarious
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Bryce12321234Entertaining and helpfulLove the podcast, dudes. I’m a long time listener and recent patreon supporter. I first heard Jamison and Dave on JavaScript Jabber, and followed them here. Lots of good wisdom and always fun to listen to. Keep up the good work!
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HdennenOne of the bestUpdate: this is the only podcast I listen to at normal speed. Facing a 9 hour drive I grabbed a bunch of podcasts to listen to. I don't even know what the other ones are. Seriously this podcast is full of massively helpful and relevant content from two guys who are experienced, funny, and insightful. +9000
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Harman PannuThank you for putting smile on my faceYou guys are so funny and at the same time very helpful. I’m new developer learning web development you answers and tips are really helpful for me to prepare for my first interview.
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Good castSo goodGosh...what to say. Jamison and Dave have a great balance of humor with actual good advice. I like how the show is free-associative. They have made me LOL for real a bunch of times. Love the cooky intros: "It takes more than 'x' to be a great..." Keep going!
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PetahrGood adviceI was kicking around the idea to start a podcast like this. But glad to have found one without doing any work.
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badger_tadgerWombatsI was looking high and low for a podcast with some good marsupial references and now I've found it.
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Luke WestbyI enjoy this podcastI frequently listen to the episodes
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Paulinho RochaSo awesomeDave and Jamison are great hosts and their discussions are very relevant to every developer out there!
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Nikola KantarQuestions Are Read and Hilarity EnsuesI love these guys. They're hilarious pretty much all the time, and occasionally helpful. OK, probably more often than occasionally, to be fair. You should definitely subscribe. True story, yo.
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LdepaduaUseful opinionsUseful opinions
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Bob D. GirlSurprisingly funny and surprisingly solidThis is a sleeper fave of mine - one of those shows where I sometimes go a little ways in between listenings, just because I convince myself it's about work, and then when I finally get around to listening I can't believe I paused. It's genuinely funny and warm, but even more, it's genuinely USEFUL. The advice given is consistent and important and flat-out good, and as a young and semi-oblivious IT-ish person (shh, I'm not actually a dev and it's still great), they've truly helped me be less terrible at work.
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FerrariAriInformative, Entertaining, and InsightfulI love this podcast. Jamison and Dave offer insightful advice on the ever-important "other side" of engineering. The discussions are thought-provoking, honest, and, often-times, humorous. A must for anyone who aims to be a well-rounded developer (which should be every developer).
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Jake1010483919Most enjoyable podcastI rarely write reviews for anything, let alone podcasts, and here I am writing this. Dave and Jamison have a chemistry and humor that makes a difficult topic easy to listen to and easy to understand. I eagerly await every episode, and I highly recommend you try it out.
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popthestackOne of my favorite podcastsThis podcast has experienced a rapid rise in my priority super wonderful top must-hear-every-episode list.
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Richf811408Terrific! My new favorite podcast!Great info from empathetic and experienced developers. Great job!
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talksrealfastDesperately Needed For Our IndustryThis podcast is fantastic. The audio quality is great, the hosts clearly have a good vibe going, and the content they discuss is stuff that _never_ gets talked about (but is critically important to a successful software engineering life). They tend to think about things like any good engineer would: from many different points of view. This is a refreshing change of pace from something like John Sonmez's podcast, which is dripping with egotism. Keep up the good work, gents!
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SpencerAlgerGreat advice, wonderful banterI really enjoy listening the Dave and Jamison talk about their experiences and how they see the world. I don't always agree with them but I almost always benefit from their perspective.
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NiceGuy4263Entertaining & Informative!Great show, keep up the good work!
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BagelBytesWow! Perfect for a newbie developer.This podcast is so fantastic! It's the perfect podcast for me as I graduate college and head out into the field of Software engineering. There were so many topics covered that I learned so much about. This is gonna be a huge help as I continue forward. Thanks guys!
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TharnidRefreshing commentary....I love the topics as I have been through some of them in the past and learning about how to do with situations that might happen in the future
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MattkreaGreat switch upLove this podcast. I'm used to mostly technical podcasts (Software Engineering Daily, Ray Wenderlich, etc) but this one focuses on some very underappreciated but, arguably, more important topics.
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kcairosGreat!Valuable content, tips, and humor
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trevor welchGreat contentThis is a great podcast with great content. I drive a lot for work and this has become my new car companion. These guys give an honest opinion on everything and find a way to make everything interesting and throw in comedy here and there that has actually made me laugh out loud. I definitely recommend this podcast to anybody who is interested in this industry or interested in joining the industry
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iosdevtooWhat I’ve been looking forThis is just what I have been looking for. What people sometime forget about software development is the people side of things. For a successful software project you need both the technical and the people skills (soft skills) in your team. Dave and Jamison are fun to listen to. They just share their sincere experience and practical advice. They don’t claim to know all the right answers (like there is just one right answer to every question), but that’s what I like about it. It’s not like other self help BS that claim they can improve your career by teaching you the soft skills. I sometimes wished I had a mentor during my career development, now that I’ve found this podcast, you guys will be my mentor :)
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Dave J SmithGreat topic and valuable infoI’ll be honest, I'm one of the podcast hosts, so this review is totally biased. Just ignore it.
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