Great at code, dating not so much

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Jellyfish

27 episodes

2 months ago

Is bringing up your software engineering salary a dating red flag? How do you strike a balance between career ambition and incendiary burnout? Is it ever okay to hold your code hostage in escrow? Navigating a career in tech raises a lot of tricky questions that aren’t exactly appropriate for the daily stand-up. So let’s take this off the VPN. In this new podcast from Jellyfish, work besties Jasmine and Allison scour the internet to find the real questions engineers and developers are whispering over drinks and posting about anonymously. Together, they’ll tackle the most troubling of inquiries with authenticity, humor, and absolutely no holding back.

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Great at code, dating not so much

Off the VPN

21 minutes

3 months ago

Great at code, dating not so much

A date so bad, it felt like a work meeting? Yeah, that happened.

Meet Rochelle, who thought she was going on a quirky first date with a software engineer - until an 8-minute voice memo, an unhinged rant about remote work, and a very questionable boss threat turned everything upside down.

If you’ve ever tried to date in tech and found yourself knee-deep in awkward convos and glaring red flags, you'll totally get this one.

Got a tech tale of your own or some workplace drama? Hit us up at jellyfish.co/offthevpn. And don’t worry - we’ll keep it Off the VPN.

Highlights:

Tech-Savvy Dating: When your date asks you to give a presentation on your first date
Remote Work Woes: How far is too far when it comes to job complaints?
Red Flag Radar: Recognizing the signs...before they send you an 8-minute voice memo.

Jump into the conversation:
(00:00) Intro

(02:03) Quirky date idea that’s almost too much

(04:08) Complaining about remote work on a first date

(07:20) The eight-minute voice memo and hidden recording

(10:02) When venting about work goes too far

(14:15) How the tech bubble affects dating expectations

(16:27) Rochelle’s final move

(21:31) Final reflections about this tech love story