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Episode 277: Super long code reviews and replacement laptop

Episode 277: Super long code reviews and replacement laptop

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Episode 275: Take-home tests and doing my own recruiting

Episode 275: Take-home tests and doing my own recruiting

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Episode 276: Startup or big company and negotiating your exit?

Episode 276: Startup or big company and negotiating your exit?

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Episode 274: Announcing resignation too early and why are my ideas rejected?

Episode 274: Announcing resignation too early and why are my ideas rejected?

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Episode 273: Influencing people and getting a raise in a flat org

Episode 273: Influencing people and getting a raise in a flat org

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Episode 272: Consistent or shiny

Episode 272: Consistent or shiny

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Episode 271: Too quiet and quitting too much?

Episode 271: Too quiet and quitting too much?

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Episode 270 (rerun of 227): Junior expectations and manager flakiness

Episode 270 (rerun of 227): Junior expectations and manager flakiness

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Episode 269: A bad product and running the meter down

Episode 269: A bad product and running the meter down

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Episode 268: Title inflation and solo remote engineer

Episode 268: Title inflation and solo remote engineer

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Episode 267: Cheap promotion raise and live coding blues

Episode 267: Cheap promotion raise and live coding blues

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Episode 266: Switching tech stacks and awkward zoom silence

Episode 266: Switching tech stacks and awkward zoom silence

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Episode 265 (rerun of 216): One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles

Episode 265 (rerun of 216): One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles

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Episode 264: Finger pointing and getting recognition

Episode 264: Finger pointing and getting recognition

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Episode 263: Why am I bored and ver-boss-ity

Episode 263: Why am I bored and ver-boss-ity

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Episode 262: I'm too popular and too much turnover

Episode 262: I'm too popular and too much turnover

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Episode 261: Anxious about work and senior imposter

Episode 261: Anxious about work and senior imposter

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Episode 260: Pay cut after hired and new job ramp-up

Episode 260: Pay cut after hired and new job ramp-up

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Episode 259: Moving up to meetings and will remote work stay a thing?

Episode 259: Moving up to meetings and will remote work stay a thing?

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Episode 258: Addicted to scrolling and underpaid with equity

Episode 258: Addicted to scrolling and underpaid with equity

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Episode 257: Oops I didn't negotiate and really another raise question

Episode 257: Oops I didn't negotiate and really another raise question

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Episode 256: No degree ceiling and reverse whippersnappers

Episode 256: No degree ceiling and reverse whippersnappers

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Episode 255: Only positive feedback and overworked and siloed

Episode 255: Only positive feedback and overworked and siloed

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Episode 254: Code makes my body hurt and level madness

Episode 254: Code makes my body hurt and level madness

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Episode 253: Not coding after 2 years and fake data scientists

Episode 253: Not coding after 2 years and fake data scientists

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Episode 252: Impossible documentation and unexcited coworkers

Episode 252: Impossible documentation and unexcited coworkers

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Episode 251: Working with real live developers and the royal we?

Episode 251: Working with real live developers and the royal we?

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Episode 250: The management track and active listening

Episode 250: The management track and active listening

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Episode 249: Settling the Wild West and credit for self-study

Episode 249: Settling the Wild West and credit for self-study

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Episode 248: Non-private slack channels and expectations

Episode 248: Non-private slack channels and expectations

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