This week on the podcast, Lillie & I discuss:
- Lillie's list of red flags and disqualifiers for a new job
- How to make a go/no-go decision about your current work
- Why you need to revisit your list of red flags regularly at any job
- Ways that your list of red flags might change over your career

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Welcome back to the Meaning in Code podcast - starting season 2! In this episode:

- Lillie briefs us on her new developer job search
- We discuss rank-order priorities in a team, culture, learning, compensation, and more
- How to check in if your current job is/isn't meeting your needs

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This week on the Meaning in Code podcast, we take a look back on season 1. We performed a classic retrospective to see what we learned, our wins, and where we want to improve. In the retro, we discussed:
- What surprised us about producing 12 episodes of the podcast
- Our biggest successes from launching something new
- The challenges we faced & where we want to improve
- Feedback you can give us to decide whether we release a season 2

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This week on the podcast, we talk about a friend who has reached the level of Senior Software Engineer & now feels like they're coasting, not learning too much or feeling challenged.

Covered in this episode:
- Is coasting bad for your career trajectory as a programmer?
- Will not pushing myself in my current job make the next job harder to get?
- Good questions to ask yourself to figure out what to do next
- How to deal with pressure or judgment from other people for working less

Notes:
- Incredibox: https://www.incredibox.com/demo/

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In this week's episode, we discuss team culture around work expectations, feeling like you need to work late, and what you can do about it.

Talking points:
- The difference between flexible work schedules and the expectation to be flexible
- How to set your boundaries & maintain them with your team
- The ways Lillie & Bennett have influenced team culture around working late
- What are your options if working nights & weekends is the norm at your company?

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This week on the Meaning in Code podcast, we go deep! Is any of this worth talking about? Or, are is it foolish to look for purpose at work? Talking points:
- Lillie's coworkers challenged the premise of a meaningful career. Isn't work what you do for money?
- Why it's helpful to think of problems at the macro & micro scales while trying not to mix the two
- The Venn diagram model of work & meaning/purpose
- Why it's often harder to break bad habits than to make new ones

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How do software engineering careers compare to those in other fields? Is your engineering career really likely to end more quickly than your peers? And for goodness sake, how can you squeeze making a full meal into the middle of your day?

Discussed in this episode:

- Why the relatively smaller number of engineers in their 50s and beyond may tell us more about engineering’s history than its future

- Gatekeeping in the engineering industry as compared to other fields

- The (negative) power of being undervalued at work

- Burnout is not a personal failing! And will probably come back again

- 20 year plans may not pan out, but having some sort of exit plan might serve you

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In this week's episode of the *Meaning in Code* podcast, we're talking about how to advance in your career. What habits, routines, and mindsets take you from newbie coder to value-creating engineer?

Discussed in this episode:
- Why your job is less about coding the more you grow in seniority
- Overwhelm is normal! How do you decide what's most important?
- The path from learning to autonomy to guiding others
- How the later steps on your career path rely on coping with ambiguity & relinquishing control

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