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Episode 403: Massaging the software and career never-never-land

Episode 403: Massaging the software and career never-never-land

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Episode 402: It's all on fire and title inflation

Episode 402: It's all on fire and title inflation

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Episode 401: I AM the superstar and pro-rated raise

Episode 401: I AM the superstar and pro-rated raise

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Episode 400: Underperforming intern and upskilling

Episode 400: Underperforming intern and upskilling

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Episode 399: Higher paid than my boss and crossing over to management

Episode 399: Higher paid than my boss and crossing over to management

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Episode 398: Tech lead for contractors and how to detach my ego from my work

Episode 398: Tech lead for contractors and how to detach my ego from my work

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Episode 397: Skunkworks and too much work/life balance

Episode 397: Skunkworks and too much work/life balance

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Episode 396: Enthusiastic scope creep and human search engine

Episode 396: Enthusiastic scope creep and human search engine

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Episode 395: Super star teammate and Getting better with no financial incentives

Episode 395: Super star teammate and Getting better with no financial incentives

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Episode 394: Scrum master, weapons master and minimum tenure to not look bad

Episode 394: Scrum master, weapons master and minimum tenure to not look bad

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Episode 393: Soft skills for interns and intern to QA

Episode 393: Soft skills for interns and intern to QA

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Episode 392: Old code and choosing my annual reviewers

Episode 392: Old code and choosing my annual reviewers

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Episode 391: Post-staff and direct or a jerk

Episode 391: Post-staff and direct or a jerk

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Episode 390: Fixing typos and Cassandra

Episode 390: Fixing typos and Cassandra

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Episode 389: Sleepy and bureaucracy

Episode 389: Sleepy and bureaucracy

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Episode 388: Money not compliments and principal engineer coding guidelines

Episode 388: Money not compliments and principal engineer coding guidelines

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Episode 387: No juniors and manager forced to return to office

Episode 387: No juniors and manager forced to return to office

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Episode 386: Stuck with toil and how to get a dev job as a self-taught career-switcher in 2023

Episode 386: Stuck with toil and how to get a dev job as a self-taught career-switcher in 2023

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Episode 385: Attention to detail and sabbatical

Episode 385: Attention to detail and sabbatical

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Episode 384: EM missing code and non-location pay

Episode 384: EM missing code and non-location pay

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Episode 383: In the trenches without writing code and how to close a social skill gap

Episode 383: In the trenches without writing code and how to close a social skill gap

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Episode 382: Mentors for managers and mob programming

Episode 382: Mentors for managers and mob programming

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Episode 381: Doing less and bad reference

Episode 381: Doing less and bad reference

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Episode 380: Overruled by non-technical manager and describing technical stuff to non-technical people

Episode 380: Overruled by non-technical manager and describing technical stuff to non-technical people

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Episode 379: Someone fixed my ticket and is tech debt bad for my career

Episode 379: Someone fixed my ticket and is tech debt bad for my career

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Episode 378: Too much leadership and awkward zoom silence

Episode 378: Too much leadership and awkward zoom silence

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Episode 377: Short Tenure Promotion and too much free time at work

Episode 377: Short Tenure Promotion and too much free time at work

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Episode 376: Return to office and quitting tech

Episode 376: Return to office and quitting tech

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Episode 375: visa woes and Bob does everything wrong

Episode 375: visa woes and Bob does everything wrong

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Episode 374: Secret burnout and no room for failure

Episode 374: Secret burnout and no room for failure

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