Soft Skills Engineering Podcast
1) Episode 114: Story Point Commitments and Measuring Productivity (Episode 79 Rerun)
In this re-run of episode 79, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: It seems like my teams always miss their story point commitments. Is this normal? How do you change it? How do you actu...Show More
2) Episode 479: Contractors to the rescue and dinged for delay
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey skillet nation, long time skilletee first time skilleter here. I started at a scale up about 6 months ago and recently, I was ask...Show More
3) Episode 478: Can you coach self-awareness and my boss is an llm
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Can you coach self-awareness? I manage someone who seems to believe their skill set is on par with their teammates, regardless of the...Show More
4) Episode 477: Four months and I already hate my job and grumpy and fuzzy
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey guys, I have been working for four months at my job and I already donāt like it. This is my first job out of college an...Show More
5) Episode 476: How much help is too much help and guarding against slop
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Two junior engineers recently joined my team, and Iāve been tasked with onboarding them. This is the first time Iāve been responsible...Show More
6) Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi! Iām currently working for a big tech company and Iāve just accepted an internal transfer to another team. At the same time, ...Show More
7) Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switching
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Dave & Jamison, Long time listener, first time google-form filler outer! I work in a hybrid role as a lead developer and...Show More
8) Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from work
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Jamison and Dave! I am not a developer, but my question is hopefully transferable. I sit in between lawyers and developers. I...Show More
9) Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Iām the CTO of a small startup. Weāre 3 devs including me and one of them is a junior developer. My current policy is to discourage t...Show More
10) Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoom meeting
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Iām a senior developer on a small team, and Iām feeling frustrated with a junior developer I work with. Theyāre smart and perfectly c...Show More