Soft Skills Engineering
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.
Latest Episode
Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time (25.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switching 18.08.2025
- Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from work 11.08.2025
- Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL 04.08.2025
- Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoom meeting 28.07.2025
- Episode 470: I said something stupid in a meeting and just want to code 21.07.2025
- Episode 469: Passed over for lead role and perhaps I'm the jerk 14.07.2025
- Episode 468: Should I take a mini-retirement and doubling down on anachronisms 07.07.2025
- Episode 467: I can't get promoted if I do my job and should I get a degree to get a job in this economy 30.06.2025
- Episode 466: Bad performance review and moving in to the caves 23.06.2025
- Episode 465: Talking to your report's previous manager and how to replace a 30-year-old ticketing system 16.06.2025
- Episode 464: Rehiring an overpaid boomerang and AI has taken over my teammate's brain 09.06.2025
- Episode 463: CTO w/ weak resume and I tried management and it was TERRIBLE 02.06.2025
- Episode 462: Supporting laid-off employee and how to rebuild culture after layoffs 26.05.2025
- Episode 461: How to do side projects with a family and demanding job and my company promised me a raise, but didn't give it 19.05.2025
- Episode 460: Losing autonomy and I got skipped for a promotion even though I'm awesome 12.05.2025
- Episode 459: Am I cutting edge and how to compliment someone who went from super jerk to super nice 05.05.2025
- Episode 458: Infinite tech debt hack and figuring out what is going on 28.04.2025
- Episode 457: How do I get off the on-call rotation and "big tech" == "big leagues"? 21.04.2025
- Episode 456: Will I look bad on the job market if I'm a crypto developer and struggling to go from management back to dev work 14.04.2025
- Episode 455: UX designer without a mentor and I get bored too easily and stressed too easily 07.04.2025
