Soft Skills Engineering

Soft Skills Engineering

Jamison Dance and Dave Smith

4 episodes

Episodes

Episode 524: My CTO AI-codes big piles of slop and early mornings, late meetings
Aug 3, 2026 · 32m
Hosts Dave Smith and Jameson Dance discuss a listener’s CTO who dumps AI-generated code on the team, advising the engineering manager to address these negative externalities.
Episode 523: (Rerun of 331) Prickly ticket and title downgrade
Jul 27, 2026 · 33m
Hosts Jameson Dance and Dave Smith address two listener questions in this rerun.
Episode 522: I stayed too long at my first job and should I get a masters degree
Jul 20, 2026 · 28m
Hosts Jameson Dance and Dave Smith advise a listener who feels stuck after four years at their first job, suggesting job crafting and networking to regain career momentum.
Episode 521: negotiating . . . now? and doing good work is not enough for promotion?
Jul 13, 2026 · 31m
Hosts Dave Smith and Jameson Dance discuss whether engineers should negotiate job offers after a year of unemployment, advising cautioning against…
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