In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

How can I get our company to follow the law and stop sending SPAM without being regarded as negative?

We’re sending out emails that don’t comply with CAN-SPAM, and I think we should comply due to the risks, but I don’t want to risk any blowback! People want the emails to look more ‘human’ sent, and...

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Hey there, I started a new job in August at a large European retailer. There were ups & downs, but long story short, my weekly one-on-ones with my manager was either positive or neutral. This was my second job after graduating, so the firm factored in, I’d like to think, when setting expectations this w...

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

Hi Djavison,

I’ve heard y’all say something along the lines of “this is the most exciting time to build software” in a few recent episodes.

I’m glad that has been your experience and seems to be the experience of many others.

But for me as someone 5 years into the career who is, t...

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

I’m a senior software engineer at a remote company (~500–700 people), and over the last year a new HR org replaced our old people team. They’ve spent six months building a new goals/leveling framework. During a public meeting I asked in slack: “We’ve had goals before and then stopped using them. How will th...

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

Hi Jamison and Dave. Eight years into my software engineering career, all of it at Series B and C startups, I’ve been craving two things: a recognizable brand name on my resume and the chance to work on real scale problems. After a long search, I finally got both. The catch? I got them in the wrong order.