Code Commute Podcast
Every episode, as audio — available on Spotify.
I answer viewer-submitted questions about software engineering, career growth, AI tools, and engineering leadership — recorded during the daily commute. Same episodes as the YouTube vlog, just in audio-only format when you'd rather listen than watch.
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346 episodes- How Is AI Changing Software Engineering Interviews?
- Struggling With Constant Priority Change as a Software Engineer
- Dealing With Too Much WIP on Software Development Projects
- How do I Talk to my Manager About Switching Teams as a Software Engineer?
- The CRUSHING Weight of Always Having to do More as a Developer
- AI Slop In Code Reviews... What Do We Do Now?
- Skill Issue? Build Guardrails for Your AI Agents Writing Code
- Is It Normal To Have Anxiety For Software Engineering Interviews?
- Most of My Job as a Developer is... Maintaining Existing Code?!
- Should I Stick With My Current Tech Stack or Jump On The Trend?
- Should Developers Share What They're Learning on Social Media?
- Mandatory Time Tracking For Developers?! NO THANKS!
- Struggling With New Direct Reports? Watch This!
- Engineer to Manager: Big Career Move!
- The Secret To Long Term Career Success They Don't Want You Know About!
- Am I Going Behind My Manager's Back?
- I'm A Staff Engineer and I'm OVERWHELMED
- Onboarding SUCKS as a New Developer
- I don't have time to skill up and work on projects as a developer
- I'm only a software tester and I HATE myself now
- Me vs The Other New Guy - Unspoken Developer Competition
- Does Software Documentation SUCK or... Is It Just Me?
- College Software Developer - Internship, Apply to Jobs, or Freelance?
- Naturally Curious or Check The Boxes: What's Better for Developers?
- Better Software Engineering From Forming Your Own Opinions
- Just Laid Off: What Steps Should Developers Take To Get Back Into It?
- What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Senior Developer
- Is Working From Home REALLY Better Than The Office?
- Don't Burn Yourself Out - Your Developer Journey Will Take Time
- Is It Worth Doing Extra Work To Get Promoted As A Software Developer?
- LeetCode Sucks - Don't Let Your Critical Thinking Suck Too
- New Manager Woes... How To Deal With The Friend-of-the-Execs
- Being An Engineering Manager In A Startup SUCKS!
- Junior Developers Are Asking TOO Many Questions!
- As A Developer, Should I Be Working On Multiple Projects At Work?
- Oh No... I Became A Cynical Developer!
- How To Deal With A Terrible Tech Lead?
- From Startups to Big Tech: What To Look Out For?
- Are Junior Developers REALLY The Problem Here?
- How To Deal With Underperforming Software Engineering Colleague
- HELP! These Junior Devs SUCK At Designing Software!
- Developer Only Adds OTHER Teams To Reviews
- Sacrificing Too Much For Promotion as a Software Engineer
- Do These Engineers Pass The Vibe Check?
- These Developers GATEKEEP Code Reviews!
- Should I Attend Conferences as an Aspiring Developer?
- These Junior Developers SUCK! They Just Don't Understand My Code!
- I'm Speaking at Commit Your Code Conference in Dallas!
- How To Get Motivated As A Developer To Improve Your Team
- The Best Software Engineering Interviews I've Ever Had
- What Are The Most Helpful Things You Do For Your Engineering Team?
- Measuring Software Development Quality When QA Rejects Work Regularly
- How Do You Measure Soft Skills in Software Engineering Teams?
- Engineering Reorgs Are CRUSHING My Chances Of Promotion!
- How To Manage Stress When Leading a Software Development Project
- Do You Have A HIGH Tolerance For Bugs In Your Software?
- I Broke Production. Here's What I Learned...
- Here's Why I Fearlessly Ask Stupid Questions As An Engineering Manager
- The Secret To Better Feedback At Work!
- Dependency Injection, Semantic Kernel, and Upcoming Coding Projects
- How Do I Deal With Junior Developers Who Just Won't Listen?
- AI Sloppification, The End Of Software Engineering, or... Both?
- How Can I Be More Productive Outside Of Work?
- Can You Get Hired As A Developer Without Knowing Anyone?
- Hands-On Leadership vs Empowering Software Engineers
- Coding With Claude and AI Tools: What REALLY Gets Me Frustrated
- What Is The Best Way To Get Up To Speed On A New Project As A Senior Developer?
- If we only code 20% of the time, how do we get better?
- WHO CARES About All These Numbers On Resumes?! (Hint: YOU Should)
- Dealing With BRAIN FOG As A Software Developer
- Should You Build Side Projects To Have Complex Things For Your Resume?
- Can You Really Go Back to Coding After Being a Manager?
- It Turns Out Code Is NOT The Bottleneck For Software Development?!
- Developer Side Projects: How Does AI Fit Into The Mix?
- The AI Doom Fatigue Cycle
- I Fear For My Job Because I Can Never Meet Sprint Commitments
- My Engineering Role Feels Like Game of Thrones!
- Pair programming is preventing me from being the developer I want to be
- What Happens When EVERY Task is a Top Priority as a Software Engineer
- How Do I Find Mentors As A Junior Software Engineer?
- If I Started Software Engineering Again What Would I Change?
- I'm Fed Up - How Do I Ask My Manager About A Team Change?
- Claude Code, Claude Flow, and Agent Swarms!
- We Need To Talk About The Tech Layoffs
- How do I hire a product manager as a software engineer?
- How do I become a better software developer OUTSIDE of work?
- How to Mentor Mid-Level Engineers: They Don't Even Need My Help!
- Take The Money, Wait For The Promo, Or... Ask For MORE?
- Why Junior Developers Don't Ask Questions (and what you can do about it)
- Why You’re Not Progressing As A Senior Engineer!
- Is Your Job Making You Lazy?
- 5 Critical Areas of Software Engineering THREATENED by AI
- What to Focus on FIRST in Your New Developer Role
- What Back-End Skills Do You REALLY Need for Your First Job?
- Here are ways AI is actually HELPING me in software development
- After 20+ Years of Programming, I Value These Things Differently
- What's Expected of a Senior Engineer New to the Team?
- Can I Escape The Burnout? What's On The Horizon...
- My Hard Work Is GONE! My Manager Got ALL Of The Credit!
- We NEED An Architect! Execs Just DON'T Get It!
- Measuring Developer Performance as a New Software Engineering Manager
- How To Get Started As A Software Engineering Manager
- Google Boss Said WHAT About AI and Software Engineering?!
- How To Survive A Stressful Job Without Losing It
- From Finance To Software Engineer - What's The Best Path?
- Is Commuting Time REALLY A Factor For Software Engineers?
- Are Developers ONLY In It For The CA$H?
- Can a 10x Developer DESTROY Your Entire Team's Motivation?
- THESE Are The Agents I've Been Waiting For: GitHub Copilot Pro+
- Is Engineering Management DYSFUNCTIONAL In My Organization?
- Can Frontend Devs REALLY Work Remote in Different Countries?
- Are Junior Developers in BIG TROUBLE Without Basic Coding Knowledge?
- Are All Software Engineering Teams THIS Dysfunctional?!
- GitHub Copilot Agent Mode Will Do My Pull Requests?!
- Engineering Leadership: Reducing Chaos For Development Teams
- CAN'T LAND A JOB! What Should This New Developer Grad Do?
- Should Developers ACTUALLY Pull Code For Pull Requests?
- Here's What Pull Requests Are REALLY Solving For Developers...
- Not The PIP! Are Developers Toast if on Performance Improvement Plans?
- VACATION TIME! Code Commute Goes To Arizona!
- Performance Reviews are EXHAUSTING for Developers!
- Should You Consider Unpaid Internships as a Developer?
- How To Stay Fit as a Sedentary Software Engineer
- It Goes BOTH Ways - Building Trust With Software Engineers
- Leading With Why Over How as a Software Engineer
- Strategies For Getting Unblocked as a Software Engineer
- Impact from Helping Others - How and Why for Software Engineers
- What REALLY Went Wrong with My Vibe Coding Live Stream
- Vibe Coding Live Stream! (Spoiler Alert...)
- These AI Agents Ain't It. Our Developer Jobs Are Safe (for now)!
- REALLY? These AI Agents Are Replacing Software Engineers?
- One Simple Trick Let Copilot Solve My Impossible Bug!
- Are You Being SET UP by Your Engineering Manager?
- My Advice For Early In Career Software Engineers
- This Tech Interview Setup Really P*SSES Me Off!
- New Devs MUST Know These TOP Skills to Succeed!
- Pair Up Or Go Solo? Effective Learning Tips For Software Engineers
- Do Layoff-Resistant Jobs Exist For Software Engineers?
- Why Managers Are GATEKEEPING Software Engineers From Management Roles
- Return to Office?! Is Microsoft Mandating RTO For Employees?!
- PIPs and STACK RANKING?! What Is Microsoft Doing?!
- What's WRONG With This Software Engineer's MOTIVATION?
- Dealing with WRONG Feedback as a Software Engineer
- Does Your GPA Really Matter for Software Engineers?
- One on Ones: What The H*LL Should I Talk About With My Manager?!
- No Support System, No Promotion: A Candid Reflection
- ACTUALLY Useful Beginner Projects: QA to Software Developer
- My Career is OVER? How To Switch Roles For Programming Languages
- Build, Buy, or Open Source?! The Software Engineering Challenge [360 Video]
- STRESSED as a New Engineering Manager - But There's a Catch!
- VIBE CODING - What The H*LL Are We Doing Here?
- Falling Behind In My Career - Work Life Balance For Software Engineers
- WASTED My Family's Money - FAILED as a Software Engineering Student
- Unlikely Career Switch into Software Engineering
- I'M DOOMED - Becoming a Software Engineer Late in Life
- Absolutely NO TATTOOS For Software Engineers!
- BURN OUT as an Engineering Manager: What's Still Energizing Me
- It's IMPOSSIBLE To Collaborate With Devs Across Time Zones!
- My Engineering Manager DEMANDS An ETA On Research Tasks?!
- Did I Pick The Wrong Career As A Software Engineer?! [360 Video]
- Mentoring The Uninterested Software Engineer: Should We Care?
- RED FLAG? Should Software Engineers Ask For Promotions?
- I'm A Career Switcher: Am I Starting As A Junior Developer?
- BIG MISTAKE? - AI Tools For Software Engineers
- The Hardest Career Lesson You May Ever Learn
- The Limit Does Not Exist! - Developer Productivity At Startups
- I'm an IMPOSTER?! Using ChatGPT as a Software Developer
- Early In Career Software Engineers: Live Panel Recap
- NO STRUCTURE At Startups For Software Developers?!
- My Manager REFUSES To Give Me Feedback As A Software Engineer!
- Leadership Focus: Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead Roles
- NO MENTORSHIP For Developers At Startups?! [360 Video]
- Will They FIRE Me?! Keep Reworking My Software Deliverables [360 Video]
- Career BEYOND Senior Software Engineering Manager?! [360 Video]
- What Does A Career In Software Development ACTUALLY Look Like?
- How To Mentor Software Engineers As A Senior or Tech Lead
- Hackathons Are An ANTI-PATTERN?! Developers Are Raging!
- Tech Debt In Software Engineering Is Like... Toyota?!
- It's OVER For Me?! Senior Software Engineer Is Coding Less And Less
- STRUGGLING To Explain Value Of Software Engineering Project [360 Video]
- TOXIC Environment! What Should This Senior Software Engineer Do?
- The WRONG Move? Quiet Quitting Software Developer [360 Video]
- COMPLETELY Overwhelmed: Toxic Culture And Physical Burnout Symptoms
- What AI Topics Should Senior Developers Focus On?
- Getting WRECKED When Working In Other Team's Code
- What's The SECRET To Bypassing Years Of Experience For Developers?
- Management FORCING Me To Use AI - Which AI Tools For Developers?
- TOTALLY COOKED?! No Progression As An Outstaffing Developer
- It's A TRAP: 10 Years Of Experience vs 10 Years Of The SAME Experience
- Engineering Managers That Don't SUCK - What Traits Do YOU Look For?
- Tips For Navigating On Call Rotations As A Software Engineer
- Manager Keeps IGNORING Us! Developers Are UNSUPPORTED!
- Software Engineering Is TOXIC: What's With Years Of Experience?!
- Programmer Sayings: Keep The End In Mind, Go Line By Line
- My Manager Has NO IDEA About My Impact As A Developer [360 Video]
- Why Does NOBODY Care About My Standup Updates As A Developer?
- Is AI ACTUALLY Increasing Your Productivity At Work? [360 Video]
- Tracking Promotion Progress as a Software Engineer [360 Video]
- Untapped Advantage: How To Network as a Software Developer
- Toxic Software Dev Culture And Ramping Up The Job Search
- Break Into Big Tech - Is The Grass ACTUALLY Greener?
- FIRST TIME Leading Software Engineering Projects
- Just LUCK?! How Did I Get This Far In My Software Developer Interview?
- 10 Tips From ChatGPT On Landing A Software Development Role
- Final Developer Interview Rounds: Assessing Team Fit
- Advice For Junior Devs Who Aren't Quitting Because AI
- Estimating Projects In Software Engineering
- Dealing With Burnout In Software Development
- How Do You Do The Job Of A Senior Software Engineer?
- AI Is Making Developers Illiterate
- Is Coding At Work The Same As Coding At College Or University?
- Software Architects: Should They Be The Ones Prototyping?
- LeetCode Troubles And Working On Soft Skills As A Developer
- HELP! How Should Developer Interns Leverage Their Mentors?
- How To Manage Developers - Transitioning From Engineer To Manager
- Demonstrating Ownership: Mid-Level To Senior Software Engineer
- At A Crossroad: Software Development Or Other IT Role Instead?
- Waste Of Time For Developers?! Is College Or University Worth It?
- DREAM JOB As A Software Engineer But... I'm Stagnating!
- How To Demonstrate OWNERSHIP As A Software Engineer
- Thief Of Joy: Comparing Yourself With Other Software Engineers
- TOP STRUGGLES Of Junior Developers And Interns
- The FASTEST Way From Junior To Senior Developer (doesn't exist)
- Zuckerberg On Rogan - Software Engineers OBSOLETE Or Augmented?
- AI Advancements: Machine Learning Is DONE FOR! (or is it?)
- How To Escape TUTORIAL HELL As A Software Developer
- Zuckerberg's AI Developer Fear Factory: Following Up On Comments
- Tech Stacks, Fundamentals, And LeetCode: What I Look For When Hiring Developers
- Am I Ready To Apply For Software Developer Jobs?
- Zuckerberg Said NO MORE Software Engineers! PANIC TIME!
- Most People Don't Need Managers
- Software Engineering Interviews: HOW And WHAT To Focus On
- Software Engineers On Behavioral Interviews: Individuals Not Teams
- WHO WINS: Java vs JavaScript vs C# vs...
- NO PROMOTION! Getting Visibility As A Software Engineer
- PITFALLS To Avoid: Senior Developer To Engineering Manager
- What Keeps YOU Motivated As A Developer To Get Better?
- Not A Good Coder But I Want To Make Lots Of Money
- How To Conduct A REVERSE Software Engineering Interview
- Becoming An Irreplaceable Software Engineer
- Are Promotions BETTER Or WORSE Than The Tech Job Market?
- NON-STOP Randomization As A Software Engineer!
- I Don't Want To Chase Promotions As A Software Engineer
- They Aren't Promoting Me - Should I Stay Here As A Developer?
- Am I Just Coasting As A Software Engineer?
- Increase Your LUCK Surface Area: Learn-in-Public And Networking
- Struggling To Meet Senior Engineer Expectations (Or Is It Just Ramp Up?)
- Why Are Software Engineers Online SO ARROGANT?!
- What Projects For My Developer Job Application?
- DOUBLE The Pay? But Is This Engineering Role Risky?
- Why I Can't Remember ANYTHING From Meetings As A Developer?
- STOP MICROMANAGING ME! - Navigating Relentless Status Updates
- The Bane Of Every Developer's Existence... MEETINGS!
- Who Needs Developer Interns Anyway?! (YOU Might...)
- No Copilot?! Bro, DO YOU EVEN Software Engineer?!
- Do We REALLY Need QA Teams Or Can Developers Just Do It?
- Communication Is FAILING Your Development Team
- Users DO NOT CARE About Clean Code! (But Maybe You Should)
- HELP! My Technical Writing SUCKS As A Software Developer
- This Software Engineer SUCKS With Customers (Or Do They?)
- WRONG Software Engineers Are Throwing Me Under The Bus!
- Switching To The DARK SIDE - Becoming An Engineering Manager
- Shut Up And TAKE THE MONEY!! (How To Balance Software Engineering)
- I'm AFRAID To Ask My Developer Boss Questions...
- WHAT TO FOCUS ON?! Starting On A New Dev Team In Big Tech
- RISKING IT ALL By Switching From Engineering To Product?
- How To MAXIMIZE College As A Software Engineer
- Dealing With Imposter Syndrome As A Younger Tech Lead
- Landing Big Tech Roles Without Distributed Systems Experience
- SEND HELP! My Previous Dev Team Won't Leave Me Alone!!
- Remote Developers Are All SLACKING!! (Or... Are They?)
- The RIGHT And The WRONG Way To Help Junior Software Engineers
- Why Are Software Engineering Roles SO COMPETITIVE?!
- I'm A Software Engineer But I Need Help With Soft Skills
- We're AGILE Developers! (And What That ACTUALLY Means)
- YOU'RE FIRED! - Balancing Coaching And Managing Out Developers
- BURN OUT: Why Are Software Engineers ALWAYS Suffering From It?
- AI Is Coming For Your Software Engineering Job (Or Is It?)
- I'm DROWNING In Legacy Code! AND There's No Documentation!
- Risk It All Or Go The Safe Route? Are Startups Good For Junior Devs?
- Developers Becoming Influencers And Scammy Course Sellers
- The FASTEST Way To Become A Manager As A Developer
- THEY'RE TOO SLOW! - How Long Should It Take Junior Devs?
- Help! I'm A Junior Dev... How Can I Transition To FAANG?
- A Shortcut To A Software Engineering Role?!
- I Keep Getting Rejected! How Do I Get Web Developer Experience?!
- What Projects You Should Build As A Junior Developer
- A Typical Day For An Engineering Manager (Told From Traffic)
- How Engineering Managers Navigate Team Burnout
- I'm ONLY A Junior Developer - How Can I Work On Leadership?!
- A Day In The Life Of A Software Engineer - Startup vs Big Tech
- Software Engineering Is Doom and Gloom - So Watch This!
- Exploring Free Tier SaaS Features In BrandGhost
- My ULTRA Exciting Life Outside Of Software Engineering
- YIKES! - Managing a Mis-Leveled Software Engineer (Part 2)
- Who The HELL Needs Documentation?! (*YOU* might...)
- What's the BEST Way to Advance Software Engineering as a College Student?
- Migrating My WordPress Blog Over To BLAZOR!
- Working with DIFFICULT Software Engineers - What To Do?!
- Debating On Social Media VS Engineering Conflict Resolution
- Which Are You: Developer VS Engineer VS PROFESSIONAL Engineer
- IT BACKFIRED! Saving Dates And Times As UTC Wrecked Me
- HELP! Software Engineers Stagnating In Their Career Progress
- Answering Your Questions: Technical AND People Centric Roles in Tech
- SH*T HIT THE FAN! - How Azure Almost Ended My Hawaiian Vacation
- How My Trip To Hawaii Helped With Idempotent Consumers!
- SQL Woes And Why Software Estimates Are (Almost) Always Wrong
- Understanding User Feedback Without Blindly Following User Solutions
- Do Software Engineers REALLY Need So Much Self-Help?
- What's the REAL Cost of Blame Culture in Software Engineering
- AMG GT vs Turbo Widebody Audi TT RS: Which One Reigns Supreme?
- Hiring Software Engineers And Why I DON'T Set You Up To Fail
- How And Why To Test Software (And All The Reasons That We Didn't)
- I've Been Assigned A BIG Project And I'm SCARED
- Corporate Hot Potato Is Destroying Your Organization
- How To Transform User Issues Into A Positive Experience
- DTO? You're Probably Not Taking Enough Time Off.
- I Survived CrossFit, But Can I Survive This Zapier Dumpster Fire?
- Burnout, Imposter Syndrome, and Soft Skills For Developers
- STOP The Gatekeeping and Become a Developer in 2024
- Our SaaS Feature Development Strategy Revealed: Staggering
- Why We Need to NAIL Onboarding For Our SaaS
- I'M BALD! Here's What Internet Trolls Taught Me About B2B Sales
- @BrandGhostAI's Hidden Advantage to Faster Releases
- STOP Ignoring Early SaaS User Feedback - But Don't Follow Blindly!
- Breaking The Rules - SaaS User Acquisition & Focused Personas
- Plugins Help Me CRUSH The Rule Of 3 - Here's How!
- Do Things That Don't Scale - A BrandGhost Story
- How NOT To Network, Get Referrals, And Have Your Resume Reviewed
- Finished Hell Week - Back To The GRIND! (And CrossFit Killed Me)
- Meeting Up With Jade Wilson And BrandGhost Coding Updates
- Eating Our Own Dog Food With BrandGhost
- How I Approach One on Ones as a Software Engineering Manager
- Caffeine And Narcolepsy - My Journey As A Software Engineer
- Thoughts On BrandGhost Migration To Blob Storage
- Chinese Food, Cookies, And Cross Functional Team Challenges
- This Is What PEAK Productivity Looks Like! (Well, Not Really)
- This Took THREE Takes! But At Least I Got Gas...
- Office Visitors And I'm Low On Gas
- Surprise! Engineering Managers Don't Get Trained.
- Engineering Surveys And Audi TT RS Reveal!
- Podcast Power Failure And Actors As Software Engineers
- I Suck At CrossFit And What That Taught Me About B2B Sales
- Balancing Time As A Software Engineer And Navigating Hustle Culture
- Making Tech Interviews Less Awful
- Return To Office - Pros and Cons of Remote vs Office Work