Season 1
Episode 3
December 10, 2025

Survival Tactics | Engineers in the Wild

Episode Overview
Between burnout and version bumps, engineering is not for the faint of syntax.
Transcript

How do engineers dodge legacy systems to avoid that one bug nobody wants to fix. This episode uncovers their strategies.

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HOST
Wendy Hurst
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