Episode 530: Product engineering and why does my team never challenge my ideas?
Soft Skills Engineering

Episode 530: Product engineering and why does my team never challenge my ideas?

B1IntermediateSeptember 14, 202635 min

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Listener Myamax myamax says, I just listened to episode 527 and could really use some advice on being good at interviews. I was recently laid off with a decent severance package, so I have some breathing space. I’ve had several interviews, and I usually get past the initial screenings, but I don’t shine in technical rounds. I’m a career switcher, and most of my tech career has been in analytics at a big company. I’m good at distilling things, very goo...

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It takes more than accidentally clicking leave meeting instead of unmute to be a great engineer. This is soft skills engineering episode 530. I'm your host Dave Smith.

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I'm your host Jameson Dance. Soft skills engineering is a weekly advice podcast for software engineers who even after all these years still struggles to click the right button in your zoom meeting. It's even better if you click end meeting instead of unmute.

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End meeting for all. Yeah, you boot everybody. Or when you accidentally click remove and report participant. I didn't know that was a button.

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