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2021-09-27
272
Consistent or shiny ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-09-13
271
Too quiet and quitting too much? ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-09-07
270
(rerun of 227): Junior expectations and manager flakiness ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-08-30
269
A bad product and running the meter down ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-08-23
268
Title inflation and solo remote engineer ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-08-16
267
Cheap promotion raise and live coding blues ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-07-26
266
Switching tech stacks and awkward zoom silence ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-07-19
265
(rerun of 216): One-on-ones and inter-team power struggles ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-07-12
264
Finger pointing and getting recognition ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-07-05
263
Why am I bored and ver-boss-ity ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-06-14
262
I'm too popular and too much turnover ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-06-07
261
Anxious about work and senior imposter ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-05-24
260
Pay cut after hired and new job ramp-up ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-05-10
259
Moving up to meetings and will remote work stay a thing? ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-05-03
258
Addicted to scrolling and underpaid with equity ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-04-19
257
Oops I didn't negotiate and really another raise question ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-04-12
256
No degree ceiling and reverse whippersnappers ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-04-05
255
Only positive feedback and overworked and siloed ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-03-29
254
Code makes my body hurt and level madness ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-03-22
253
Not coding after 2 years and fake data scientists ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-03-15
252
Impossible documentation and unexcited coworkers ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-03-08
251
Working with real live developers and the royal we? ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-03-01
250
The management track and active listening ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-02-22
249
Settling the Wild West and credit for self-study ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-02-15
248
Non-private slack channels and expectations ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-02-08
247
Estimates and hotdesking ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-02-01
246
Humanitarian salary conundrum and family benefits ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-01-25
245
Sweating the small stuff and quit my first job? ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-01-18
244
Quitting telephone and recommendontion ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-01-11
243
Saying no and conference ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2021-01-05
242
(Episode 131 re-run): Stinky feet and high salary expectation ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-12-28
241
(Rerun of 184): Indispensable and IT cold war ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-12-14
240
Under-leveled in the big leagues and pushing back ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-12-07
239
Hustle and patents and toxicity ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-11-30
238
Naughty team and quitting after 2 weeks ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-11-23
237
Salary vs tech stack and how to quit an ad agency ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-11-16
236
Making mistakes and Lowball offer ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-11-09
235
Bus factors and toxic time bomb ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-11-02
234
Job hopping and untenable counter-offers ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-10-26
233
Manual unit testing and WFH demotivation ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-10-19
232
Junior developer and NDA'd ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-10-12
231
Freedom for me not for thee and optimizing for growth ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-10-05
230
Not seeking promotion and taking code ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-09-28
229
Other people's code and moving into product management ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-09-21
228
Unpaid team lead and banking hours ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-09-14
227
Junior expectations and manager flakiness ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )
2020-09-07
226
Declining job offers and being the outside hire ( ) ( Dave Smith, Jamison Dance )