Personal Brand, Speaking and Side Projects

Being good at the job and being known for it are different problems. These episodes cover speaking at conferences, blogging and open source, whether side projects are worth the evenings, updating LinkedIn without setting off alarms, and getting visible work inside your own company.

21 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 personal brand and speaking

  1. 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
  2. Episode 453: Why did my company build an internal LinkedIn and how do I not get stagnant in my skills?
  3. Episode 365: Rerun of 307, side hustles and telling me when you are stuck
  4. Episode 362: Running the clock down and updating linkedin without freaking people out
  5. Episode 334: Personal brand and awkward silence
  6. Episode 307: Side hustle or new job and tell me when you're stuck
  7. Episode 243: Saying no and conference
  8. Episode 194: Leveling up through speaking and negativity
  9. Episode 193: Playing the field and paying for speaking
  10. Episode 175: Famous devs at conferences and becoming obsolete
  11. Episode 150: How to fight imposter syndrome as a technical lead and Getting in to meetups
  12. Episode 124: Pair Programming Pain and Side Hustle CEO
  13. Episode 119 (rerun of episode 77): My boss wants me to speak at conferences and how to get better than a 2% raise
  14. (Rerun) Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech
  15. Episode 106: Working From Home Without Rotting and Meetup Etiquette
  16. Episode 52: Slowness Guilt and I Have No Side Projects
  17. Episode 40: Office Visibility and New Tech
  18. Episode 22: Health insurance and contributing to open source projects
  19. Episode 17: Side project ideas and getting fired
  20. Episode 6: Speaking at Conferences
  21. Episode 4: Should I build my personal brand?

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