Soft Skills Engineering

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

Hey Dave and Jamison, First, I love your show and it has now been part of my Monday evening routine for many years to listen to your podcast while cooking dinner.

I recently joined a mid-sized software company (500 people) as a senior data engineer. The salary is a significant bump from my previous...

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

I work for a small software company on a team of about 7 or 8 engineers. I like working here. I like the people, the autonomy, the pay, my boss, and the stack among other things. I try to remind myself of this regularly so I don’t take it for granted. I’ve been here for about 2.5 years and would love to con...

This is a rerun of episode 331.

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

Listener ninjamonkey says,

I am a new grad who is half a year into the role now at a very large company. Recently, a senior engineer on my team asked me to create a ticket for an infra team for a problem with a service. I provided logs and steps to reproduce ...

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

I stayed too long at my first company and now my career is ruined?

Hi both, long time listener. (Since I graduated university 4 years ago actually and felt I could never find a job but listening to you guys made me feel not like such an outcast in our field.)

I graduated in 2022. Didn’t re...

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

Dwill Ainghell asks,

During the golden era of software development, it was commonly stated that you should always negotiate job offers. The argument was that the company has invested significant time and resources into you as a candidate and there is always some wiggle room for negotiations. A popu...