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I'm a software engineer - what next?

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"I'm a Software Engineer, What Next?" is a podcast for software engineers at a career crossroads. Hosted by tech recruiter James Wilson and veteran engineer Matt Sinclair, it offers insights into navigating career transitions, from individual contributor roles to management and beyond. Featuring discussions on personal growth and leadership this podcast is a guide for engineers seeking direction and growth in their careers. Join us to explore the paths and possibilities that lie ahead in the tech industry.

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Episode #2
The AI-pilled engineer: most in demand, most exhausted
Oct 1, 202639 minS2
Are AI-pilled engineers the most in-demand people in tech, and also the most exhausted? James and Matt dig into agentic coding, running multiple AI agents, burnout, and what AI-native hiring and interviews now look like for software engineers. Part one of two. Hosts Matt: https://matthewsinclair.com Matt: linkedin.com/in/matthewsinclair/ James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-wilson-92170656/ More from us: https://whatnext.dev/ https://quantumfaxmachine.com/
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Episode #1
Is software engineering management a one-way door?
Aug 17, 202627 minS2
Welcome back to I'm a Software Engineer, What Next? The podcast for devs figuring out their next move. Hosted by James Wilson and Matt Sinclair, we talk honestly about what it takes to build a meaningful career in tech. Season one is done. Season two kicks off a little differently: shorter, looser episodes with just Matt and James in between the usual guests, each one built around a topic that's on a lot of engineers' minds right now. First up, the line doing the rounds: management is a one-way door. James isn't convinced it's true. Matt turned up with three reasons it was never the door everyone thinks it is. In this episode, we cover: Span of control going from a "big" 7–12 to Facebook's 20, now reportedly aiming at 50, and what that does to the org chart The shift from pyramid to hourglass, and why the middle is getting gutted instead of the bottom ICs out-earning managers (the reported average salary at Anthropic is $750k; UK junior starting salaries near £240k) "The cost of readmission": why agentic coding makes the door back to IC cheaper than it used to be The super IC: Matt doing five-to-six people's worth of work solo since September, and the one scaling question he still can't answer Why the real risk of agentic coding isn't that you can't code, it's that you can't tell what's good The tax bomb nobody's pricing in: gut the highly paid middle and a chunk of government revenue goes with it Why Matt is building micro-businesses for his 20 and 21 year old kids instead of sending them job hunting Show NotesCharity Majors, "Engineering Management: The Pendulum or the Ladder": https://charity.wtf/2019/01/04/engineering-management-the-pendulum-or-the-ladder/ Matt on LLM-powered programming as a mech suit: https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0178-why-llm-powered-programming-is-more-mech-suit-than-artificial-human HostsMatt: https://matthewsinclair.com James: linkedin.com/in/james-wilson-92170656 More from us: https://whatnext.dev/ https://quantumfaxmachine.com/
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Episode #22
From IT support to co-founding BorrowMyDoggy: Les Cochrane on his road to becoming a CTO
May 28, 202659 minS1
Welcome back to I'm a Software Engineer ~ What Next? The podcast for devs figuring out their next move. Hosted by James Wilson and Matt Sinclair, we talk honestly about what it takes to build a meaningful career in tech.This week we're joined by Les Cochrane, CTO at Practice Toolkit, building software for GPs inside the NHS. Les started in hardware, networks and second-line IT support, switched to interactive media at uni, did UX before anyone called it UX, taught himself the backend on a Rails app he built to replace the FTP site at a marketing agency, and then...
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I'm a software engineer - what next?
From IT support to co-founding BorrowMyDoggy: Les Cochrne on his road to becoming a CTO
May 28, 202659 minS0
Welcome back to I'm a Software Engineer, What Next? The podcast for devs figuring out their next move. Hosted by James Wilson and Matt Sinclair, we talk honestly about what it takes to build a meaningful career in tech.This week we're joined by Les Chochrane, CTO at Practice Toolkit, building software for GPs inside the NHS. Les started in hardware, networks and second-line IT support, switched to interactive media at uni, did UX before anyone called it UX, taught himself the backend on a Rails app he built to replace the FTP site at a marketing agency, and then...
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Episode #21
From KC-10 refuellers to centaur coding with Peter Marreck
May 21, 20261 hourS1
<p>Welcome back to I'm a Software Engineer, What Next? The podcast for devs figuring out their next move. Hosted by James Wilson and Matt Sinclair, we talk honestly about what it takes to build a meaningful career in tech.This week we're joined by Peter Marreck, who's currently consulting on AI for legal workflows. </p><p>Peter's route in was not the standard one. Four years in the US Air Force as an electrical specialist on a KC-10 refueller (actively trying to avoid anything to do with computers, it didn't take), then Cornell, then web software since 2000: FactSet, Deloitte...
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Is software engineering management a one-way door?

Aug 17, 202627 minS2

Welcome back to I'm a Software Engineer, What Next? The podcast for devs figuring out their next move. Hosted by James Wilson and Matt Sinclair, we talk honestly about what it takes to build a meaningful career in tech. Season one is done. Season two kicks off a little differently: shorter, looser episodes with just Matt and James in between the usual guests, each one built around a topic that's on a lot of engineers' minds right now. First up, the line doing the rounds: management is a one-way door. James isn't convinced it's true. Matt turned up with three reasons it was never the door everyone thinks it is. In this episode, we cover: Span of control going from a "big" 7–12 to Facebook's 20, now reportedly aiming at 50, and what that does to the org chart The shift from pyramid to hourglass, and why the middle is getting gutted instead of the bottom ICs out-earning managers (the reported average salary at Anthropic is $750k; UK junior starting salaries near £240k) "The cost of readmission": why agentic coding makes the door back to IC cheaper than it used to be The super IC: Matt doing five-to-six people's worth of work solo since September, and the one scaling question he still can't answer Why the real risk of agentic coding isn't that you can't code, it's that you can't tell what's good The tax bomb nobody's pricing in: gut the highly paid middle and a chunk of government revenue goes with it Why Matt is building micro-businesses for his 20 and 21 year old kids instead of sending them job hunting Show NotesCharity Majors, "Engineering Management: The Pendulum or the Ladder": https://charity.wtf/2019/01/04/engineering-management-the-pendulum-or-the-ladder/ Matt on LLM-powered programming as a mech suit: https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0178-why-llm-powered-programming-is-more-mech-suit-than-artificial-human HostsMatt: https://matthewsinclair.com James: linkedin.com/in/james-wilson-92170656 More from us: https://whatnext.dev/ https://quantumfaxmachine.com/

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The AI-pilled engineer: most in demand, most exhausted

Is software engineering management a one-way door?

From IT support to co-founding BorrowMyDoggy: Les Cochrane on his road to becoming a CTO

From IT support to co-founding BorrowMyDoggy: Les Cochrne on his road to becoming a CTO

From KC-10 refuellers to centaur coding with Peter Marreck

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The AI-pilled engineer: most in demand, most exhausted

Is software engineering management a one-way door?

From IT support to co-founding BorrowMyDoggy: Les Cochrane on his road to becoming a CTO

From IT support to co-founding BorrowMyDoggy: Les Cochrne on his road to becoming a CTO

From KC-10 refuellers to centaur coding with Peter Marreck

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