It takes more than great code
to be a great engineer.

Soft Skills Engineering is a weekly advice podcast for software developers.

The show's hosts are experienced developers who answer your questions about topics like:

  • pay raises
  • hiring and firing developers
  • technical leadership
  • learning new technologies
  • quitting your job
  • getting promoted
  • code review etiquette
  • and much more...

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Episode 91: Job Requirements and Teams of Misfits

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This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:

  1. How often do candidates get hired who don’t match the requirements listed in a job posting? Is it a waste for me to apply to all jobs I come across even though I only have about 1/3 of what they want?
  2. I’ve been moved to a newly formed team. I suspect the team consists of people nobody really wants to work with. What are my options in a situation like this?
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Episode 90: Upper Management Dislikes Me and Undeserved Job Offers

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This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:

  1. Upper management has a negative impression of me because of an early manager. How do I manage and improve my reputation with mid and upper level management, who I interact with very rarely?
  2. I have a job offer I feel unqualified for. Should I decline this offer I honestly don’t deserve, or face a massive amount of impostor syndrome and risk not delivering?
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Episode 89: Departed Engineers and Employment Contracts

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This week Jamison and Dave answer these questions:

  1. How do I deal with co-workers who constantly cite the decisions of engineers who don’t work here anymore?
  2. My employment makes it sound like the company owns my past work and side-projects. Is this true? Is this normal?