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 494: Am I interviewing all wrong and leaving old team chats
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Dear Damison and Javison, I work at a very small startup (<10 engineers) and am trying to hire 2 engineers. Iām doing the intro/scree...Show More
3) Episode 493: My boss one-ups my negativity and football engineering
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey Guys, long time listener, first time asker! At my BigCorp Co., whenever I talk to my skip level about my concerns, it seems ...Show More
4) Episode 492: Fresh grads and startups or the goog
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Listener AWS multi-region is not real multi-region, ask me how I know asks, Weāve recently acquired some bright-eyed and bushy-t...Show More
5) Episode 491: Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titantic and my boss leaks private info
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I handed in my resignation this past Monday. During the conversation, my manager confided in me that this coming Wednesday, 25% of th...Show More
Episode 491: Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titantic and my boss leaks private info
36:48 | Dec 15th, 2025
6) Episode 489: Ethical dilemma for a gambling app dev and ethical employers
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey Jamison and Dave, love your show! A question for you guys coming all the way from the Netherlands š§ Iāve started as a ...Show More
7) Episode 490: How do I break into software dev from QA automation and underselling
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Dave and Jamison, Iāve been in QA/QA automation for 13 years now with a CS degree, and Iāve been trying to change my role to a sof...Show More
8) Episode 488: How do I survive in a culture of optics and jira slacker
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey Dave and Jamison, Big fan of the show ā listening from Portugal! (Proof that even across the Atlantic, software politics are...Show More
9) Episode 487: My manager ignores me during 1:1's and I am required to work in an empty office
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: āMy manager insists on a weekly 1:1 with me, but he rarely pays attention. Heās often on his laptop, texting, checking email ā basica...Show More
10) Episode 486: No one on my team talks and skip level meetings
In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I work at a big tech company on a remote team of about 10 people, and most of them have been here for 5+ years. Iām in the ānewerā ha...Show More