Quitting Your Job as a Software Engineer

Deciding whether to leave is rarely about the job alone. These episodes cover how to tell a rough patch from a real problem, how to give notice without burning the relationship, what to do with a counteroffer, and how to leave a team you genuinely like.

51 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 quitting your job

  1. Episode 504: Should I quit my AI job before my first day and professional button-clicker
  2. Episode 502: Management keeps leaving and I hate using AI to code
  3. Episode 499: Should I quit my solo dev job with a sports team and senile seniors
  4. Episode 495: What to do when my boss quits and moving to Romania?
  5. Episode 494: Am I interviewing all wrong and leaving old team chats
  6. Episode 483: My team hated me from day one and should I stack PTO before my resignation
  7. Episode 480: Do I just coast until I quit and going back to work after a long time
  8. Episode 442: Improving communication skills and how to break my job hopping habit
  9. Episode 430: Should I quit this job I'm underqualified for and honestly torpedoed my promo chances
  10. Episode 429: Should I quit my job for free hoodies and manager to IC
  11. Episode 414: Hot-headed PM and leaving without downgrading
  12. Episode 407: I'm too territorial and should I quiet quit?
  13. Episode 376: Return to office and quitting tech
  14. Episode 372: Equity and getting interrupted in Zoom meetings
  15. Episode 355: Driving kids instead of team and jk i quit
  16. Episode 316: Skills reboot and quitting the perfect job
  17. Episode 307: Side hustle or new job and tell me when you're stuck
  18. Episode 288: Too excited about learning and furious boss when quitting
  19. Episode 284: Slow mentee ramp-up and quit before new job?
  20. Episode 281: Contractor is sus and too much job hopping?
  21. Episode 280: Async communication and how to quit not nicely
  22. Episode 278: PM to engineer and pressure to stay after quitting
  23. Episode 274: Announcing resignation too early and why are my ideas rejected?
  24. Episode 271: Too quiet and quitting too much?
  25. Episode 260: Pay cut after hired and new job ramp-up
  26. Episode 258: Addicted to scrolling and underpaid with equity
  27. Episode 245: Sweating the small stuff and quit my first job?
  28. Episode 244: Quitting telephone and recommendontion
  29. Episode 238: Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks
  30. Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency
  31. Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers
  32. Episode 217: Quitting words and double COVID internship
  33. Episode 213: Interviewing your future boss and screwed by private equity
  34. Episode 195: Ad-hoc promotion and quitting a huge company with Charity Majors
  35. Episode 162 (rerun of episode 113): Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities
  36. Episode 154: Why am I terrible at picking candidates and how soon can I quit my job?
  37. Episode 140: Should I apologize for my bugs after I quit and should I become a project manager
  38. Episode 132: Should I tell my boss I'm planning to quit and keeping tech talks going
  39. Episode 127: Leaving a Job I Love and My Role Is Being Eroded
  40. Episode 113: Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities
  41. (Rerun) Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly
  42. Episode 92: Career Death by Friction and New Job Woes
  43. Episode 81: Unwilling To Grow and Forced Out During Two Weeks Notice
  44. Episode 50: I Didn't Quit and Manager of Zero People
  45. Episode 48: Quitting a Death March & Am I Underpaid
  46. Episode 47: Speaking Up In A New Job and Personal Issues
  47. Episode 42: Bootcamp Job Hopping and Cultural Reliability
  48. Episode 35: Attracting Talent and Quitting Responsibly
  49. Episode 29: What Should I Do When Starting A New Job?
  50. Episode 28: How Long Should I Stay At My Job and How Do I Help Junior Developers Improve
  51. Episode 7: Finding meaning and quitting your job

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