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.
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In each episode Adam interviews somebody who works in the web world as a designer, developer, manager, advocate, or founder. These are people who have built something awesome or are experts in something awesome. Together we're all building the web of tomorrow.
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Embracing Race: Conversations with Truth and Intention


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Embracing Race: Conversations with Truth and Intention
Hosts: Shani McIlwain & Jesy Littlejohn
Embracing Race seeks to provide a brave space for truthful storytelling that allows people to think beyond what has been learned and carried and wonder an alternative. This show connects the intersections of life to find ways to dismantle societal constructs that divide us.
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Episode 359: Competition and awkward in person
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Dave and Jamison! What do you do when one of your immediate teammates is constantly competing against you? I really don’t like competition. Ignoring the competitiveness + praising his value did not work. Some examples: Leaving code reviews comments showing off obvious knowledge which does…
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Episode 358: Sticky Note Scandal and startup appeal
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: During our next team meeting I jokingly gave a status report on the state of my desk and referenced the note. I believe this was the first time someone had publicly acknowledged the note writer, and it invoked a very passionate response from my teammates expressing their own annoyances with …
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Episode 357: Waiting to be paid and survivor's guilt
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: A listener Steve asks, How long is too long to wait to be paid? I’ve worked for 4 early stage startups in my career. Two were successful. One failed. My current one is “limping along” but showing signs of taking off. At the startup that failed, we stopped getting paid and some of us stuck ar…
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Episode 356: Ummmmmmmmm and failed spikes
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I recently started listening to your podcast from the very start of the show! One of the largest differences I noticed (aside from the audio quality, lol), is how often you used filler words like “um”. How on earth did you manage to stop using them? In work presentations and demos, I often e…
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Episode 355: Driving kids instead of team and jk i quit
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: My architect is too busy with his kids! His kids have had a lot of school and medical issues over the last few months and he’s ended up flexing a lot to take care of them. This causes meetings to get rescheduled or scheduled far out in the future, which is contributing to timeline delays on …
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Episode 354: Good at circuits, bad at git and ghosts of team members past
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I work at a startup that makes embedded devices and the software that runs on them. Everyone on the tech team does both. We recently hired someone to lead the tech team to give the CTO more time for other duties. My new boss is incredibly experienced with hardware design and embedded systems…
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Episode 353: Easter outage and unethical things
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I work for a startup with a distributed team. Recently one of our clients experienced a production outage. As a small startup, we do not have an on-call rotation, and teams usually resolve issues during business hours. However, during this particular incident, most of my colleagues were on a…
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Episode 352: Exploding manager and I hate computers
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: My manager finally exploded. They screamed and insulted our whole team because one teammate had a 4 day delay on a 2 week task. Our manager Theo (fake name) was recently promoted and now on top of managing our team of 7 engineers, they also manage 2 other managers with 6 engineers each. I ha…
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We close out the season today and we flipped the script! Rev. Tara Spuhler McCabe interviews US! Thanks to all of you for supporting us this season! We will be back with new episodes on September 12th! If you are interested in being on the show or sponsoring us email embracingracepodcast@gmail.comBy Hosts: Shani McIlwain & Jesy Littlejohn
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Episode 351: Senior hoarding and layabout lead dev
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I’m not a software engineer, so you can stop reading here if you like ;-). I listen to this show every week as the soft skills you discuss are just as applicable to my role as an electronics engineer. I have 5 years of experience and in my opinion, the right level of competency to step in to…
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This is a little bit of a different episode. It's a fun combo of just Shani and Jesy AND an interview with Rev. Shenea "Bishop" Leonard. The founder of Abolition House and sought after speaker, Bishop uses their gifts to bring healing to their community--particularly those who are LGBTQIA, BIPOC, or have been harmed by the church. Visit www. abolit…
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Episode 350: Bombing a technical interview and background vetting
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi, have you ever been through a technical interview and bombed a question? I did, and it feels awful, especially when the question was easy but I couldn’t focus due to time pressure and stress. Do you have any tips for dealing with interview anxiety, and get rid of the bitter feeling if the…
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Tension Precedes Transformation: SharRon Jamison
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Chatting with SharRon Jamison this week was a joy and a true blessing. Join in on the conversation as we navigate priviledge, vulnerabilities, grief, and self-care. This is just the tip of the iceberg in this content rich episode! Visit sharronjamison.com for more information about her books, coaching, and modules!…
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Episode 349: Performance review dissonance and being a remote manager
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I am a senior engineer looking to make staff. Every week at my one on one I ask my manager what I can do to improve and always receive the answer “keep doing what you are doing”, but when I receive my performance review, I don’t receive top grade or promotion and there are listed areas of im…
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From the Oscars to recent anti-Trans legislation, we get into it all. Also, you get to hear Shani's parking lot storyBy Hosts: Shani McIlwain & Jesy Littlejohn
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Episode 348: Making too many mistakes and low code career risk
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey Dave and Jamison, long time listener of the show. looking to get your advice on dealing with guilt at work. Lately, I’ve found myself in a lot of situations of having to deal with bugs/incompleteness after pushing out a feature. It’s not my intention to be careless and I do feel like I’m…
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I Believe the Children are the future...And other things Whitney Houston Taught Us
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Join us as we discuss the hot topic of Trans racial adoption with our guests, Chris and Heather Deacon. Be it learning to do hair, keeping their cool when confronted with ignorance (or not keeping their cool), or showing up for their child every single day--Chris and Heather talk about how they came to be parents through adoption. The Rev. Dr. Chri…
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Episode 347: New untrusting manager and crappy project management
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Our small team where I work as a senior software engineer has a new engineering manager. They don’t trust me at all and verify simple technical things like how git rebase works, in the middle of meeting calls. I feel micro managed. Calling me on slack (slack huddle) without prior notice brea…
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Don't Just Ask Me to the Party, Ask Me To Dance.
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Join us as we chat with Pavita Singh, Executive Director of Girls Health Ed and author of To All of the Magic in Me: A Collection of Love Letters to All of Life's Emotions Visit https://www.pavitasingh.com/ or girlshealthed.org to learn more about what you hear in today's episode! Content Warning In this episode we discuss topics related to violenc…
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Episode 346: Changing jobs with no raise and wrangling a cowboy coder
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I recently applied for a job for a great company. The interview went well until we talked compensation. I said I expected to get a pay raise for changing jobs, but it seems that they can only offer me as much as I already have. I have never negotiated salary before. With my current job (whic…
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I Love You Means I Don't Have to Explain That I Am Getting My Hair Done
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Join us as we close out Black History Month with our usual fun conversation and banter!By Hosts: Shani McIlwain & Jesy Littlejohn
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Episode 345: Head of Engineering vs writing code and Voluntary Severance
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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I have around 14 years of experience and was recently promoted to a Head of Engineering role. I am now leading an engineering department of around 75 people. I’ve become increasingly ‘hands off’ with coding, and it’s been at least 2-3 years since I wrote code regularly. My role is completely…
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