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.
Episodes · 25
Episode 537: Is my ADHD affecting my work and my startup got acquired
Nov 2, 2026 · 34m
Episode 536: Mentoring and how to help my team not lose their soul to AI?
Oct 26, 2026 · 31m
Episode 535: Manager externalities and should I fight stupid processes
Oct 19, 2026 · 34m
Episode 534: I'm so bad at my job and I've inherited a huge slop pile
Oct 12, 2026 · 34m
Episode 533: I'm drowning in AI slop from lazy coworkers
Oct 5, 2026 · 33m
Episode 532: My new company is an absolute mess and should I get an English-speaking job as a Japanese engineer?
Sep 28, 2026 · 31m
Episode 531: Shallow feedback and my coworker is a huge sloperator
Sep 21, 2026 · 33m
Episode 530: Product engineering and why does my team never challenge my ideas?
Sep 14, 2026 · 35m
Episode 529: Zoom calls on my open floor plan and laconic staff engineer
Sep 7, 2026 · 34m
Episode 528: Sleepy family software business and leaving after an acquisition
Aug 31, 2026 · 34m
Episode 527: I lost my job after 10 years and am I too old to switch to a security career?
Aug 24, 2026 · 37m
Episode 526: Why can't I get promoted so quickly after my last promotion and I got hired as a software engineer but ended up doing ops
Aug 17, 2026 · 32m
Episode 525: How do I save my company of 500 people and my new company is insane with AI
Aug 10, 2026 · 28m
Episode 524: My CTO AI-codes big piles of slop and early mornings, late meetings
Aug 3, 2026 · 32m
Episode 523: (Rerun of 331) Prickly ticket and title downgrade
Jul 27, 2026 · 33m
Episode 522: I stayed too long at my first job and should I get a masters degree
Jul 20, 2026 · 28m
Episode 521: negotiating . . . now? and doing good work is not enough for promotion?
Jul 13, 2026 · 31m
Episode 520: I came back to my former team and was shocked by AI and my team does not care at ALL about the code
Jul 6, 2026 · 40m
Episode 519: Why does my team not have a tech lead and rumors!
Jun 29, 2026 · 33m
Episode 518: stuck at startup and is my employer mistreating me because I'm on a visa?
Jun 22, 2026 · 32m
Episode 517: Is it good for my career to work at a SaaS company and why am I being asked to manage two teams?
Jun 15, 2026 · 32m
Episode 516: Not a baby and my product manager doesn't know the product
Jun 8, 2026 · 36m
Episode 515: My junior team member won't listen to me and will I be the dumbest employee at a quantum computer company?
Jun 1, 2026 · 35m
Episode 514: Trust issues and underperformers and my coworker resents me for being faster
May 25, 2026 · 38m
Episode 513: Forgotten employee and what skills actually matter in the AI world
