The dev who saved Christmas

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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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The dev who saved Christmas

Off the VPN

31 minutes

10 months ago

The dev who saved Christmas

Is it really the Holiday Season in Tech without some year-end chaos? In this episode of Off the VPN, we get into a caroling mood and talk about the festive quirks of the Tech industry while we Make the Yuletide gay. From hypothetical code freeze nightmares to awkward holiday Zoom parties, it’s all about navigating the end-of-year madness. Put your stockings up above the fireplace, and tune in for some “juicy” holiday cheer (or coal).

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Highlights:

Tech & Festivities: Allison and Jasmine unpack the unique energy of the season in tech—deploy freezes, year-end wrap-ups, and on-call rotation woes.
Cheers or Coal: A holiday-themed “would you rather” game puts the duo to the test with scenarios like Zoom caroling and CEO TikTok dances.
Holiday Hilarity: Feeling micromanaged by endless check-ins? Jasmine and Allison share a story about a team lead who insists on multiple daily meetings and offer strategies to push back on inefficient management.

Jump into the conversation:
(00:00) Kicking off with holiday vibes and tech quirks

(03:12) Snow days, ski masks, and heated blanket dreams

(06:25) The chaos of year-end product deployment

(09:38) Choose your coal: Holiday bugs or January incidents?

(12:51) Zoom caroling vs. company hoodies: The ultimate debate

(15:42) Year-end reviews: Feedback nightmares or holiday cheer?

(18:49) CEO TikTok trends: Cringe-worthy or genius?

(22:15) Surviving holiday mishaps in the tech world

(27:01) Wrapping up with holiday fails and festive laughs