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Soft Skills Engineering

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Episode 187: Interview insanity and making up for lost time

Episode 187: Interview insanity and making up for lost time

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Episode 186: First job negotiation and am I a senior engineer?

Episode 186: First job negotiation and am I a senior engineer?

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Episode 185: Fragile coworkers and soft demotion

Episode 185: Fragile coworkers and soft demotion

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Episode 184: Indispensable and IT cold war

Episode 184: Indispensable and IT cold war

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Episode 183: Terrible boss code and peer-to-peer mentorship

Episode 183: Terrible boss code and peer-to-peer mentorship

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Episode 182: Lunch and switching to product management

Episode 182: Lunch and switching to product management

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Episode 181: Blocked by back-end and tired of coding and Lunch

Episode 181: Blocked by back-end and tired of coding and Lunch

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Episode 180: Inspiring attention to detail and moving

Episode 180: Inspiring attention to detail and moving

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Episode 179: Pushing preemptive promotion and de-motivated by promotion

Episode 179: Pushing preemptive promotion and de-motivated by promotion

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Episode 178: Procrastinating colleague and working remotely for an on-site company

Episode 178: Procrastinating colleague and working remotely for an on-site company

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Episode 177: Work life vertigo and work life interviews

Episode 177: Work life vertigo and work life interviews

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Episode 176: Afraid to disappoint and tech co-founder advice

Episode 176: Afraid to disappoint and tech co-founder advice

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Episode 175: Famous devs at conferences and becoming obsolete

Episode 175: Famous devs at conferences and becoming obsolete

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Episode 174: Bottleneck manager and how to tech lead

Episode 174: Bottleneck manager and how to tech lead

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Episode 173: Newbie burden and getting a 25% raise

Episode 173: Newbie burden and getting a 25% raise

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Episode 172: Contracting and American email etiquette

Episode 172: Contracting and American email etiquette

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Episode 171: Unwilling mentorship and tortoise vs hare DevOps

Episode 171: Unwilling mentorship and tortoise vs hare DevOps

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Episode 170: Code rage and code review etiquette

Episode 170: Code rage and code review etiquette

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Episode 169: Conspiracy theories and flexible schedules

Episode 169: Conspiracy theories and flexible schedules

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Episode 168: Self-snooping and work from home jeopardy

Episode 168: Self-snooping and work from home jeopardy

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Episode 167: Foosball culture and giving feedback to geniuses

Episode 167: Foosball culture and giving feedback to geniuses

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Episode 162 (rerun of episode 113): Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities

Episode 162 (rerun of episode 113): Quitting Your First Job and Too Many Responsibilities

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Episode 166: Not the intern and fighting at work

Episode 166: Not the intern and fighting at work

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Episode 165: I don't play videogames and quarter-career burnout

Episode 165: I don't play videogames and quarter-career burnout

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Episode 164: Fear of firing and disengaged teammates

Episode 164: Fear of firing and disengaged teammates

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Episode 163: Sounding a warning and negative Glassdoor reviews

Episode 163: Sounding a warning and negative Glassdoor reviews

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Episode 161: Trapped as a QA engineer and trapped as a generalist

Episode 161: Trapped as a QA engineer and trapped as a generalist

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Episode 160: Non-manager 1:1s and throwing away dev learning

Episode 160: Non-manager 1:1s and throwing away dev learning

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Episode 159: Rejecting candidates and corporate image obsession

Episode 159: Rejecting candidates and corporate image obsession

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Episode 158: I accepted a counter-offer and stayed and dealing with engineers who exaggerate their contributions

Episode 158: I accepted a counter-offer and stayed and dealing with engineers who exaggerate their contributions

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