Soft Skills Engineering

Jamison Dance and Dave Smith

It takes more than great code to be a great engineer. Soft Skills Engineering is a weekly advice podcast for software developers about the non-technical stuff that goes into being a great software developer.

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Soft Skills Engineering

Episodes (515)

May 25th Episode 514: Trust issues and underperformers and my coworker resents me for being faster
May 18th Episode 513: Forgotten employee and what skills actually matter in the AI world
May 11th Episode 512: Can non-engineers really contribute code with AI and not sharing

Soft Skills Engineering

May 25, 2026
38¼ minutes
33 MB

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: My parent organization has trust issues: we registered on a recent survey as one of the lowest across the bigger software org (thousands of employees). There are two groups: functional, trustworthy people who get stuff done, and people who are behind, stuck, or just not working. Those struggling say they need better emotional support, but there is consistent, documented evidence that they cannot keep up. I’m perpetually frustrated that there are only two or three people in an org of 30 who can effectively co...

Soft Skills Engineering

Episode 514: Trust issues and underperformers and my coworker resents me for being faster

Jamison Dance and Dave Smith

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