Episode 532: My new company is an absolute mess and should I get an English-speaking job as a Japanese engineer?
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Episode 532: My new company is an absolute mess and should I get an English-speaking job as a Japanese engineer?

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Dave and Jamison, I’ve been a Java backend dev for over 10 years. After getting laid off from a job I loved, I spent 3 tough months job hunting. I eventually landed a full-stack role at a non-tech company where I am the entire front-end department. The team is a mess: A CTO who hasn’t coded in years and calls me directly to assign tasks, all labeled “highest priority.” When I asked the CTO and CEO if we had QA, they literally laughed...

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It takes more than leaving your laptop in clamshell mode over the weekend and coming to work on Monday with a $3,000 bill to be a great engineer. This is Soft Skills Engineering Episode 532. I'm your host, Dave Smith. I'm your host, Jameson Dance.

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Soft Skills Engineering is a weekly advice podcast about all the non-technical stuff that goes into finding even more and exciting ways to run up unexpected bills. So you're saying they did not walk in the door with a $3,000 bill in their hand of like, I found this new, this new, uh, didn't you know? Yeah. Yeah. No. And you know what? It's

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got your face on it. That's who they chose for the $3,000 bill. More like a $3,000 invoice. Ah, that's good. Yeah, you thought leaving a server on in AWS was bad. Yeah, no, it's so much easier now.

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