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Episode 247: Estimates and hotdesking

Episode 247: Estimates and hotdesking

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Episode 246: Humanitarian salary conundrum and family benefits

Episode 246: Humanitarian salary conundrum and family benefits

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Episode 245: Sweating the small stuff and quit my first job?

Episode 245: Sweating the small stuff and quit my first job?

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Episode 244: Quitting telephone and recommendontion

Episode 244: Quitting telephone and recommendontion

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Episode 243: Saying no and conference

Episode 243: Saying no and conference

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Episode 242 (Episode 131 re-run): Stinky feet and high salary expectation

Episode 242 (Episode 131 re-run): Stinky feet and high salary expectation

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Episode 241 (Rerun of 184): Indispensable and IT cold war

Episode 241 (Rerun of 184): Indispensable and IT cold war

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Episode 240: Under-leveled in the big leagues and pushing back

Episode 240: Under-leveled in the big leagues and pushing back

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Episode 239: Hustle and patents and toxicity

Episode 239: Hustle and patents and toxicity

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Episode 238: Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks

Episode 238: Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks

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Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency

Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency

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Episode 236: Making mistakes and Lowball offer

Episode 236: Making mistakes and Lowball offer

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Episode 235: Bus factors and toxic time bomb

Episode 235: Bus factors and toxic time bomb

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Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers

Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers

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Episode 233: Manual unit testing and WFH demotivation

Episode 233: Manual unit testing and WFH demotivation

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Episode 232: "Junior" developer and NDA'd

Episode 232: "Junior" developer and NDA'd

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Episode 231: Freedom for me not for thee and optimizing for growth

Episode 231: Freedom for me not for thee and optimizing for growth

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Episode 230: Not seeking promotion and taking code

Episode 230: Not seeking promotion and taking code

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Episode 229: Other people's code and moving into product management

Episode 229: Other people's code and moving into product management

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Episode 228: Unpaid team lead and banking hours

Episode 228: Unpaid team lead and banking hours

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Episode 227: Junior expectations and manager flakiness

Episode 227: Junior expectations and manager flakiness

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Episode 226: Declining job offers and being the outside hire

Episode 226: Declining job offers and being the outside hire

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Episode 225: Stuck on the ladder and can't say no

Episode 225: Stuck on the ladder and can't say no

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Episode 224: Bad review from conflicted boss and questioning my career choices

Episode 224: Bad review from conflicted boss and questioning my career choices

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Episode 223: Feedback rage and making up for lost time

Episode 223: Feedback rage and making up for lost time

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Episode 222: Cowboy CTO and underpaid after promotion

Episode 222: Cowboy CTO and underpaid after promotion

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Episode 221: Current boss reference and getting paid to do nothing

Episode 221: Current boss reference and getting paid to do nothing

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Episode 220: Premature leadership push and credit and status

Episode 220: Premature leadership push and credit and status

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Episode 219: Remote crickets and Manager Careering

Episode 219: Remote crickets and Manager Careering

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Episode 218: Referral underperforming and take a tech lead role

Episode 218: Referral underperforming and take a tech lead role

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