Jul 28, 2017

Jamison and Dave answer these questions:

1. I’m a new team lead with a team member who is very appraisal-driven. How do I deal with them?
2. Have you ever experienced meeting-creep? What do you do about it?

Jamison mentions the 37 signals blog post on the downsides of group chat.

Jul 21, 2017

Jamison and Dave answer these questions:

1. My supervisor is a know-it-all who needs to be the smartest person in the room. How do I deal with it?
2. I want to move to another city and work remotely. How do I convince my boss to let me?

Jul 13, 2017

Jamison and Dave answer these questions:

1. It’s been a year and I still haven’t touched the codebase. What should I do?
2. All my hobbies revolve around computers. How do I develop other interests?

Jamison mentioned Dan Luu’s article on how bad teams are always hiring. Here it is.

Rich Hickey’s Hammock-Driven Development talk was also mentioned.

Jul 7, 2017

Jamison and Dave answer these questions:

1. Should I get a Masters in Computer Science?
2. How do I ask good questions?

Jun 29, 2017

Jamison and Dave talk about these questions:

1. My cousin is a manager at my employer. How do I avoid nepotism?
2. I’d like to become a developer. What are the minimum requirements for a junior developer? When will I be “good enough” to get a job as a junior dev?

Jun 22, 2017

Jamison and Dave talk about these questions:

1. I have a great, comfortable job that doesn’t push me very hard. How do I deal with worrying about being left in the dust?
2. How do I deal with imposter syndrome?

Jun 15, 2017

Jamison and Dave talk about these questions:

1. How direct should I be in a peer review of a coworker who I really dislike?
2. How do I convince developers to go on call?

Jun 8, 2017

Jamison and Dave were out this week, so here is a DEEP CUT from the archives.

This originally aired as episode 41.

1. How do I deal with someone who says their job (management) is so much harder than my job (engineering)?
2. How do I deal with a two-boss situation where I am one of the bosses?

May 31, 2017

Jamison and Dave answer these two questions:

1. I’m in too many meetings. How do I guard my own productivity?
2. How do I make sure I’m not sidelined when my company acquires another company?

May 25, 2017

We answer these two questions:

1. What should developers know about product management?
2. I have TOO MANY notifications interrupting me all the time. What do I do?