Fatal Exception: Hard Lessons in Soft Skills for Software Developers

Do you find yourself your planning sessions get stuck in unending philosophical discussions? Everybody wants to do things the "right way" but they all disagree on what is right. At some point you have to bring the discussion to a close and start producing value. In this episode we talk about basing your decisions off of principles rather than philosophy.

Interviewing is a hugely important skill but since we do it so infrequently we are terrible at it. Here are a few tips on how to interview for software development roles.

Getting fired feels like the end of the world. It breaks fear and uncertainty, It makes you doubt your ability. Fortunately, it is not as bad as it feels. Phillip and Bill share their own experiences of being fired, how they dealt with it and strategies for dealing with your own situation.

I had a friend once tell me "You can be right but if you are wrong in how you are right you are still wrong." There are lots of ways of saying no. Most developers get this wrong. Pushback is an important soft-skill all developers should learn.

In this episode we discuss common things software developers do to sabotage their careers. Many developers are exceptionally talented but slow their career growth because of unintentional but counterproductive patterns of behavior.
We are Bill Edmondson and Phillip Turpin. We have each experienced some success in the field but only because of all our failures along the way. In this podcast we share with you the things we have learned through these, often, very hard lessons.
This is your journey. We are here to help.