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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.
The Fantasy Football podcast you need; sprinkled with the perfect amount of randomness. There's no time for the same regurgitated bs, it's time to actually dominate your league. The duo of Justin D'Ancona and Rob Basile drop compelling stats and unorthodox strategies to help deliver you a title. Strictly in-your-face opinions here, no hedging. RSM was born from the Delaware Valley's premier fantasy league—so we stay true to our roots and discuss them in, too. (SPOILER: we just roast our leag ...
Tom Sanford, just a film lover who talks with his film-lover friends about films. He's no expert, just a big fan! Him and his pals are gonna talk about movies anyway, so figured, why not record it...with their permission, of course. They talk Favorite movies, Top (enter #) Lists, interviews and some Movie Reviews. Enjoy the dumb fun!
Robert Brzezinski recaps and shares commentary of the GOOD news from around the world.
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Episode 244: Quitting telephone and recommendontion
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions My coworker Alice reached out to me in confidence to say that another coworker, Blake, is leaving in about a month. Blake told Alice in confidence that they intend to put in their two-weeks notice next week. Making things better, Blake is our entire ops team (<3 bus factor of 1) an…
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...And Now the GOOD NEWS! || Episode 72 || Top Good News Stories of 2020, More Big Tippers as 2020 Ends, New Animals Discovered in 2020, 93 Year Old Raises $16k for Local Foodbank, Woman Gifts $30k in ...
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions Quite often my manager writes me in the morning: hey, can you help the team with this thing? And sometimes it happens so that I know no more than “the team” about the thing, and actually there’s no way in the world I can help them, but everyone assumes that I am some kind of expert…
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Episode 242 (Episode 131 re-run): Stinky feet and high salary expectation
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It’s one more re-run before we are back with new stuff! Enjoy this episode from November 2018, back when Tiger King didn’t yet exist. In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions I sit in a desk with 3 other people. One of those people does a great job of personal hygiene…the other two not so much. I have dropped a couple of …
2020 recap. Hell yeah. Rock and roll. See you in 2021 where it will be very the same
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Episode 241 (Rerun of 184): Indispensable and IT cold war
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions How do you quit when you’re indispensable to the team? I am the lead developer at a startup. I have a small team of 3 developers under me. I am essentially the “person who wrote all the code”. I have an offer from another startup for more money and more percentages of the company a…
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Ep. 10 - Happy Holiday Movie Garbage Day with Chance Fuerstinger and Jen Potcher
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Merry Christmas Everyone!!! Holy Balls, we're on episode 10 of the show so let's kick it off with that inevitable Holiday episode. Today, we have 2 friends of mine, who just happen to be actual best friends and also true film lovers of the good and the really bad, Chance Fuerstinger and Jen Potcher!!! Join us as we sit down and talk about some Favo…
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Ep. 9 - Nerdy Tech, Music, Film, Emo Rangers and The Doctor with Chris Phillips
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This episode was an awesome nerdy dive with my UK Pal Chris Phillips! We get into filmmaking, electronic music, Emo Rangers and talk about his current show "Doctor Who Velocity" on Youtube. Learned quite a bit about inner workings of the business and how much some of those inner workings suck. We also get into some serious topics about culture and …
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Episode 240: Under-leveled in the big leagues and pushing back
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions I became a software engineer 4 years ago after graduating from a bootcamp. I then worked a few software jobs in middle America. About a year and a half ago, I got a job in a well know tech start up and moved to a big city with heavy software/tech presence. Before I moved, I suspect…
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...And Now the GOOD NEWS! || Episode 71 || Paris Accord Goals Within Reach, Island in China Bans ALL Plastics Promotes Biodegradables, Dad Joke Leads to 15k Cookie Donated to Essential Workers, Dog Lost ...
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Episode 239: Hustle and patents and toxicity
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions Really love the podcast. Keep it up!I’m in a senior role at a software company and have been here over 5 years. I have come up with a SaaS product idea after finding a problem in my company’s engineering process and started working on it. It solves a niche problem in general softwa…
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...And Now the GOOD NEWS! || Episode 70 || Canada's Largest Indigenous Solar Farm, Inventor Turns UV light Into Electricity, Flower 'Raises From the Dead' in UK, Utah's Wildlife Bridge Working Better Than ...
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Ep. 8 - Scott Grady, Easton Lay, Puppetry of Dong and a Top 5 Favorite Comedies of All Time!
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We're BACK baby! And on schedule this time! So every time Scott Grady is in town, he's gonna be on the show!! And if we decide to do a TOP FAVORITE lists (which we do), then Easton Lay is joining us as well. This time we tried a TOP 5 FAVORITE, to make the episode not 2 parts, We failed!! Hope you got some time and a pension to laugh, because this …
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Episode 238: Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions A few years ago, my current company did a big no-no which turned into a scandal that made national headlines. When I was considering joining, I said it was important for me to feel ethically aligned with my work, and asked about how things had changed since The Incident. They told …
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...And Now the GOOD NEWS! || Episode 69 || Possible Diabetes Cure, Home Depot Give $1 Billion in Raises to Employees, Could Video Games Be Good for Your Mental Health? Owl Rescued from Rockefeller Center ...
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Episode 237: Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions I am REALLY into music. I mostly get paid to listen to Spotify. With this in mind I decided to apply for a new job at a “globally leading audio technology company”. The job would be paying a lot more. About 30% more minimum based on the advertised salary range. However, I hate the …
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Ep. 7 - Waking Up with a Case of Dylan Wood & Tom STILL Hasn't Seen "Ladybird"
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It's another 90 min of nonsense as Tom sits with his good pal Dylan Wood. We chat comic book movies, acting, dirty words, the love of the art, and how Tom STILL hasn't seen Lady Bird yet! Sorry Greta, I'll get to it! Dylan Wood Instagram - @dylan_wood4 https://www.instagram.com/dylan_wood4/?hl=en Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBaTnKNF0…
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..And Now the GOOD NEWS! || Episode 68 || Vaccine Help, Renewable Energy Expansion in 2020, Virgin Hyperloop Makes Successful Test Run, Tinnitus Treatment with Sound and Electric Stimulation, Goldie Hawn ...
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Episode 236: Making mistakes and Lowball offer
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions Can you talk about making mistakes at work? How do you handle it, how do you frame it when you talk about it, do you try to minimize or be honest about it, how soon is it to pretend nothing went wrong and you’re doing great, etc. Thanks! Hello there, Huge fan of the show here, I of…
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The Electoral College (The queen of football)
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We learn about the electoral college while trying to eat brunch.
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...And Now the GOOD NEWS! || Episode 67 || The Grey Wolf Does It Again, GOOD ELECTION NEWS, Mississippi Flies New State Flag, Pizza at the Polls, Candidates Working Together, Chameleon Not Seen for Over ...
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Episode 235: Bus factors and toxic time bomb
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions I work as an IC in a team which owns 3 very different and large parts of the system. Our team is 4 experienced engineers and 1 intern. Historically each person was assigned to a single part and, as you might expect, we have a bus factor problem. With this layout we’re making as muc…
Halloween/Election episode. also bart bought a sauna.
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...And Now the GOOD NEWS! || Episode 66 || Grey Wolves, Solar Take Over, Ocean Plastics Sunglasses, World's Newly Discovered Coral Reef, Seagrass Explosion, Producing Electricity from Soil, Man Donates ...
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Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions How can I stay at a job for a long period of time? I’m on my second job after graduating and as I’m approaching my first year at this company I’m already thinking of moving somewhere else. A similar thing happened at my previous job where I stayed for around 15 months. I feel that …
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Ep. 6 - Happy HALLOWEEN and "The Turning" Sucked with Lee Vander Boegh & Kristy Lussier
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Happy Halloween, or at least the day before Halloween! I sit down with my great pals and film collaborators Lee Vander Boegh and Kristy Lussier. We start with a couple tasty beverages and our review of the 2011 Troma film, "Father's Day" by the amazing team @ Astron-6, then movie into our discussion of Halloween favorites - This is a super fun, and…
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Ep. 5 - Finally Some Lady Pals with Stephanie Michelle Lokelani Cullen & Katie Preston
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Episode 5 of the podcast, we shake things up a bit and bring on some ladies. This week's friends are Stephanie Michelle Lokelani Cullen & Katie Preston. Two awesome hilarious ladies who love the business, but don't watch many films, huh. Let's see what that's all about!
Bart is free of his quarantine, Brett has been watching the Sopranos, and Blain has been chilling. a listener suggested Pokenut november so we talk about that.
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Episode 233: Manual unit testing and WFH demotivation
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions My (very large) company has an alternative definition of “unit testing”. Unit testing at this company refers to when a developer manually tests their code in whatever interface the code is associated with after they write it. An example usage would be a standup status update such a…
Last one recorded over discord. next week we're back in the stchudio. We talk more about bart's experience in the Snake Hotel, and somehow get on the topic of what the best crackers are. EJ's on this one. go check out the Ride Aalong podcast (with two A's) Follow us on media. ***updated so that blain's mic doesn't cut out. If it still sounds that w…
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Episode 232: "Junior" developer and NDA'd
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions First I want to say thank you and I really love the show and all your helpful advice. I think it has made be become a better developer. I am a current junior in high school and the lead developer (intern) of the small non profit with approximately 10 college and graduate interns on…
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...And Now the GOOD NEWS! || Episode 65 || New Reforestation Ideas, Singapore Pledges 1 Million New Trees, Robots Fighting Fires, and Performing Colonoscopies, Creating Glass form Trees, Recycling Solar ...
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That time for fun conversation with another pal. This time with a long time friend, film collaborator, actor, writer, director and big giant nerd. This convo could have easily gone 6 hrs, but we spared you. Please enjoy my chat with Ian Taylor.By Tom Sanford / Ian Taylor
a virtually recorded episode as bart remains quarantined in a hotel for a movie production. We talk about the nature of fear, phobias, and an alternate reality where covid didn't happen.
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Episode 231: Freedom for me not for thee and optimizing for growth
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions Hey Dave & Jamison, I have a problem with a more senior engineer in my project, I cannot really predict or follow his thought process. They introduced best practices about organizing code, Git branching, software versioning, etc. to the project. Which is great, because I like well-…
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Ep. 3 - Easton Lay, Scott Grady: First Bloodlist Part II
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This episode is Part 2 with my friends Easton Lay and Scott Grady. We are STILL going through our Top 10 Favorite Films from 2000-Present - Sorry, it takes a while to discuss stuff you love. So, here is the conclusion of Tom, Scott and Easton and the Part 2 of the list.By Tom Sanford
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Ep. 2 - Easton Lay, Scott Grady and a Top 10 Because Why Not! Part I
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This episode, I get with my pals, Easton Lay and Scott Grady as we decide to do a Top 10 Favorite Films from 2000-Present because why the hell not - Everyone else does one. Although, in retrospect, should have done TOP 5. It ended up being so much fun but a tad long, so we split into 2 episodes. So here is PART 1…
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...And Now the GOOD NEWS! || Episode 63 || California Firefighter Save Mt Lion Cub, Bridge Inspector Saves Stranded Dog, Bee Population Bounces Back, Scientist Develops Super Enzyme to Eat Plastic Bottles ...
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Episode 230: Not seeking promotion and taking code
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions Taylor asks, Is it frowned upon to not want to be promoted and get more responsibility? I want to keep a good work-life balance but feel that saying so will have my manager think less of me. Hi Dave and Jamison, love your show! The time has come to quit my job and I am wondering if…
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All Your Secrets Smell like Big Macs
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trump got covid. that's what we talked about.
Other Possible Name Titles: - Snakes in the Toilet, The Sink is not the House's Mouth, Shoot Fighting, Gun Bed Sleepover, Vietnam was a Scrimmage, Sink Faucet Penis, Stone Cold Stunner Down The Stairs, The Word for Hermaphrodite is Wurlitzer, Sour Cream and Onion Braids, The Ghost of his Balls If You like what you hear, the best way to support the …
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Episode 229: Other people's code and moving into product management
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Questions I have been working at a large tech company for two years now, after I graduated college. My job title is ““Software Engineer””, but I have barely written any code on my job in the past two years. I’m on a product team that doesn’t own any infrastructure, and when the product manag…
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Other Possible Episode Titles: - Dragonball Ginsberg, - Ruth Jada Pinkett, - Roe v. Dwayne Wade, - I'm An Artist Let Me Have A Dildo, - My Favorite Rapper is Enema, - Abortion Tea If you like what you hear, the best way to support the show is with a donation to our Patreon page. A one dollar donation unlocks all our past bonus episodes, plus a new …
1st episode...it's a 1st episode. So a great way to start is by chatting on the phone with my LA pal Scott Grady.By Tom Sanford