Contracting, Consulting and Freelance Engineering

Contract work runs on different rules. These episodes cover choosing between contract and full-time, clients who will not decide, getting paid on time, what happens when a contractor is treated as second-class, and leading a team that is half employees and half agency.

12 episodes of Soft Skills Engineering, the weekly advice podcast where Dave Smith and Jamison Dance answer software engineers' questions. Every episode is free, and each page below has the listener's question in full.

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Every episode about contracting and consulting

  1. Episode 479: Contractors to the rescue and dinged for delay
  2. Episode 452: Consulting refactor and extra work, extra scrutiny
  3. Episode 427: Under to over-employed and wibbly wobbly timey wimey
  4. Episode 398: Tech lead for contractors and how to detach my ego from my work
  5. Episode 281: Contractor is sus and too much job hopping?
  6. Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency
  7. Episode 172: Contracting and American email etiquette
  8. Episode 152: How to pair program as an introvert and being mistreated as a contractor?
  9. Episode 89: Departed Engineers and Employment Contracts
  10. Episode 54: Sneaky Contractors and Job Titles
  11. Episode 32: Why Would You Do Contracting?
  12. Episode 13: Dealing with a 'yes' boss and the difference between contract and permanent positions

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