Soft Skills Engineering

Technology Podcasts

It takes more than great code to be a great engineer. Soft Skills Engineering is a weekly advice podcast for software developers about the non-technical stuff that goes into being a great software developer.

Episodes

Episode 530: Product engineering and why does my team never challenge my ideas?

Episode 529: Zoom calls on my open floor plan and laconic staff engineer

Episode 528: Sleepy family software business and leaving after an acquisition

Episode 527: I lost my job after 10 years and am I too old to switch to a security career?

Episode 526: Why can't I get promoted so quickly after my last promotion and I got hired as a software engineer but ended up doing ops

Episode 525: How do I save my company of 500 people and my new company is insane with AI

Episode 524: My CTO AI-codes big piles of slop and early mornings, late meetings

Episode 523: (Rerun of 331) Prickly ticket and title downgrade

Episode 522: I stayed too long at my first job and should I get a masters degree

Episode 521: negotiating . . . now? and doing good work is not enough for promotion?

Episode 520: I came back to my former team and was shocked by AI and my team does not care at ALL about the code

Episode 519: Why does my team not have a tech lead and rumors!

Episode 518: stuck at startup and is my employer mistreating me because I'm on a visa?

Episode 517: Is it good for my career to work at a SaaS company and why am I being asked to manage two teams?

Episode 516: Not a baby and my product manager doesn't know the product

Episode 515: My junior team member won't listen to me and will I be the dumbest employee at a quantum computer company?

Episode 514: Trust issues and underperformers and my coworker resents me for being faster

Episode 513: Forgotten employee and what skills actually matter in the AI world

Episode 512: Can non-engineers really contribute code with AI and not sharing

Episode 511: Should I take a temporary management position and performance-based bonuses