SpeakingSoftware Podcast

is designed to help software engineers excel in their careers. The show provides valuable insights on advancing professionally, increasing your earning potential, and establishing yourself as an authority in the software engineering field. Whether you're looking to climb the career ladder, boost your income, or become a recognized expert, SpeakingSoftware offers practical advice and expert interviews to guide you on your journey.

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Book Review: Shape Up

The second book for our #speakingsoftwarebookbridge project was Shape Up, by Ryan Singer. It’s a refreshing look at the Software Delivery Process that is sure to inspire, and hopefully accelerate your feature output!

It’s so mind-boggling simple and beautiful that you have to marvel at how it’s not more widely known and adopted…

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S3E6 - Why you're not advancing in your career

There are very real and very fixable reasons why many technology professionals don't see advancement or good/frequent salary bumps.

I've seen many talented developers who have become stuck in their careers. And it sucks! It's not a mystery though folks! In this episode we’ll walk through my top 5 reasons why, and how to get passed them.

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S3E3 - Turning up as yourself

In this episode we talk about Integration vs Impersonation, and how to not to screw up starting a new job!

Have you ever felt that you had to change to fit in with your new coworkers, or boss? Or ever gotten up a 6am on a weekend to play golf or go hiking in order to impress, or blend in with, your peers? If so, this episode is for you!

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S2E6 - How to handle knowledge gaps on your development team - P3

The epic conclusion is here! This is part 3 of 3 in our mini-series about dealing with Knowledge Gaps on your Development team.

We previously talked about how Knowledge gaps can be the silent killer about your delivery team speed, the quality of their output and of course the trust your clients have in you to deliver promised solutions.

In today’s episode we’ll build upon the last, and talk about continuous actions you can take to mitigate Knowledge Gaps.

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S2E5 - How to handle knowledge gaps on your development team - P2

This is part 2 of a 3-part mini-series on handling knowledge-gaps on your development team.

So last time round we went through the 3 types of knowledge gaps a Development team can face, and how each one can be quite a pain in the butt!

Now that we’ve identified the problem, we can solve it…

In today’s episode we’ll talk about preliminary actions you can take to mitigate Knowledge Gaps

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