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Oct. 3, 2022

Ep. 4: Software engineers hate meetings for a reason

In this episode, Asim Razzaq highlights the difference between a maker’s schedule and the manager’s schedule. In a company, it is important to consider the type of work your colleagues do, and Asim aims to shed some light on ...

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Oct. 1, 2022

Ep. 3: Why software estimation sucks

For today’s episode, Asim Razzaq takes on the topic of software estimation and how engineers can improve the quality of estimates through calibration and confidence intervals. Most engineers in companies are overestimating, a...

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Sept. 30, 2022

Ep. 2: Winning the hearts and minds of engineers

In this episode, Asim Razzaq tackles the motivational aspect of software engineering. A lot of companies miss the mark when it comes to motivating engineers, and Asim will elaborate why they leave and how they can be motivate...

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Sept. 29, 2022

Ep. 1: How heroes kill culture

In this episode, Asim Razzaq defines what is toxic heroism in the field of software engineering. Many engineers do not see this trait, and for Asim, it is important that he shows how this trait manifests and how it could …

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Sept. 28, 2022

Welcome to Always an Engineer: Podcast Trailer

If you could go back in time and give your less experienced self some advice, what would it be? Today, Asim Razzaq is a founder and CEO, but he started out as a software engineer. The career path he chose …

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