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Episode 477: Four months and I already hate my job and grumpy and fuzzy
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Hey guys,</p> <p>I have been working for four months at my job and I already don’t like it.</p> <p>This is my first job out of college and I work as a C# backend
Episode 476: How much help is too much help and guarding against slop
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Two junior engineers recently joined my team, and I’ve been tasked with onboarding them. This is the first time I’ve been responsible for junior devs, and I’m str
Episode 475: Am I too loyal to my big tech job and politely preserving time
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Hi!</p> <p>I’m currently working for a big tech company and I’ve just accepted an internal transfer to another team. At the same time, an external company reached
Episode 474: I hate the idea of firing a low performer and cheaper context switching
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Hi Dave & Jamison,</p> <p>Long time listener, first time google-form filler outer!</p> <p>I work in a hybrid role as a lead developer and manager of a small team
Episode 473: Mental health support and overcoming FOMO of taking a break from work
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Hi Jamison and Dave!</p> <p>I am not a developer, but my question is hopefully transferable. I sit in between lawyers and developers. I advise on technology that
Episode 472: Should my junior dev use AI and thrown in to ETL
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I’m the CTO of a small startup. We’re 3 devs including me and one of them is a junior developer. My current policy is to discourage the use of AI tools for the ju
Episode 471: Why does my junior engineer do so little and I fell asleep in a Zoom meeting
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I’m a senior developer on a small team, and I’m feeling frustrated with a junior developer I work with. They’re smart and perfectly capable, but they stick very s
Episode 470: I said something stupid in a meeting and just want to code
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I was on a meeting with a team generally regarded to be pretty annoying to deal with and not particularly useful. The meeting was pretty annoying and not particul
Episode 469: Passed over for lead role and perhaps I'm the jerk
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I’m a long time listener to the podcast. Thanks for reading and answering my question!</p> <p>I have over 20+ yrs experience as a manual QA and 6+ yrs experience
Episode 468: Should I take a mini-retirement and doubling down on anachronisms
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Hi Dave and Jamison,</p> <p>Long-time listener, first-time question asker. Thank you both for the wisdom, perspective, and jokes you bring to the podcast.</p> <p>
Episode 467: I can't get promoted if I do my job and should I get a degree to get a job in this economy
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I am a data scientist and was recently passed over for promotion to senior because my projects weren’t “senior level” enough, and I do too many ad hoc requests th
Episode 466: Bad performance review and moving in to the caves
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I had my performance review two months ago where I scored a “Does not meet expectations”, which I definitely understand, and my manager told me that some of my co
Episode 465: Talking to your report's previous manager and how to replace a 30-year-old ticketing system
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>A listener named Mike says,</p> <p>To what degree do you think it’s appropriate to talk with your peer managers about people that have moved from their team to yo
Episode 464: Rehiring an overpaid boomerang and AI has taken over my teammate's brain
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Mr A. N. Onymous says,</p> <p>Hi Dave and Jamison,</p> <p>Long time listened, second time caller! I wrote a little while back with a common new-manager question a
Episode 463: CTO w/ weak resume and I tried management and it was TERRIBLE
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Albert Nonymous asks,</p> <p>I am the CTO at a small (5 engineers) tech start-up with non-technical founders. I was their first full-time employee and as such hav
Episode 462: Supporting laid-off employee and how to rebuild culture after layoffs
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>One of my employees is probably getting laid off, what do I do!?!</p> <p>I’m a tech lead / manager for a consultancy and a contract reduction means that one of th
Episode 461: How to do side projects with a family and demanding job and my company promised me a raise, but didn't give it
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Hey, long-time listener, listened to almost all episodes now and have been loving it since day 1!!</p> <p>I am a senior engineer at FAANG and work 45-50 hours a w
Episode 460: Losing autonomy and I got skipped for a promotion even though I'm awesome
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I have managed a product for some months now. My previous manager split their team in to mini-teams of 2-3 people. They gave me a small team and plenty of autonom
Episode 459: Am I cutting edge and how to compliment someone who went from super jerk to super nice
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I work for a B2C fintech startup as a senior engineer. Our onboarding funnel has a lot of moving parts due to regulatory compliance and a litany of requirements f
Episode 458: Infinite tech debt hack and figuring out what is going on
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Nearly every time certain developers on the team want to address technical debt, they end up just adding more technical debt. Of course, after one round of addres
Episode 457: How do I get off the on-call rotation and "big tech" == "big leagues"?
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I am a senior software engineer in a big tech/faang company and this week is my first ever on call rotation. My team is doing a lot of CI work, monitoring pipelin
Episode 456: Will I look bad on the job market if I'm a crypto developer and struggling to go from management back to dev work
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Hey, I am a web developer getting bored of the regular development work. I am interested in finance and the monetary system and due to the overlap of finance and
Episode 455: UX designer without a mentor and I get bored too easily and stressed too easily
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>A listener named Dakota asks,</p> <p>I’m a UX designer, and I’m constantly looking for growth opportunities. I’m having trouble finding mentors to help challenge
Episode 454: Tracking productivity? and my CTO is ChatGPT
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I’m a manager on a Product team. I’ve been asked by upper management to measure “story points completed per developer per sprint” and display the results publicly
Episode 453: Why did my company build an internal LinkedIn and how do I not get stagnant in my skills?
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Greetings! I work at a research company with ~500 engineers and scientists. My company started promoting this new portal they setup that is like a private linkedi
Episode 452: Consulting refactor and extra work, extra scrutiny
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I’ve been a developer for about 1.5 years. I work for a large consultancy. we provide services to big clients. I’m working on a front-end codebase that has been t
Episode 451: Un-collaborative architect and who is my boss?
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>A listener named Scot asks,</p> <p>A new architect was hired at my company 6 months ago. I’m an engineer one rung lower on the hierarchy and have been here for 3.
Episode 450: I'm terrible at behavioral interviews and time zonessssssss
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I struggle with behavioral interviews. I’ve gotten a little bit better as I’ve done more interviews, but it’s still a major pain point for me.</p> <p>I have some
Episode 449: My tech lead ignored my warnings and I don't know what my leadership style is
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Hello, long time listener first time question asker. I work for a medium sized tech company and I recently moved teams. Right now my old team is attempting to ref
Episode 448: Title over salary and from figure skater to software developer
<p>In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:</p> <ol> <li> <p>A listener named Steven says,</p> <p>Long-time listener of the podcast here—it always brings me so much joy!</p> <p>Should I prioritize title over salary?</p> <p>
