Beyond the Stack Podcast
Michael Payne
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S1E6 Episode 6 - When The Craft Becomes The Cage
Episode SummaryFor decades, software engineers quietly learned to measure their value (both professionally and personally) by how much code they produced. Commits, pull requests, velocity, and…
Episode 5 - Cognitive Debt
Cognitive DebtIn this episode of Beyond the Stack, Michael explores a form of exhaustion that has nothing to do with workload or productivity. It’s the kind that comes from replaying moments that are…
Episode 4 - Awareness is a Professional Skill
In this episode of Beyond the Stack, Michael Payne explores why many professional problems don’t begin as crises — they begin as moments we almost noticed.Drawing from personal experience,…
Episode 3 - The Professional Self We Defend
Most of the hardest moments in our careers don’t come from bad code.They come from protecting a version of ourselves.In this episode of Beyond the Stack, Michael explores how the professional…
Episode 2 — Teams are Living Systems
Episode SummaryIn this episode, Michael explores the idea that teams are living systems, not static structures. Using a simple but revealing example from coaching youth soccer, he unpacks how teams…
Episode 1 - The Human Layer Beneath All Work
Episode 1 — The Human Layer Beneath All WorkIn this opening episode of Beyond the Stack, Michael explores a simple but often overlooked truth in engineering: many technical problems aren’t technical…
S1 Episode 0 — Why This Podcast Exists
Episode 0 — Why This Podcast ExistsIn this introductory episode, Michael shares why Beyond the Stack was created and what you can expect from the show. After 25 years in software, he’s learned that…
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Beyond the Stack Podcast has published 7 episodes since December 2025, covering topics in Society & Culture, Technology.
Beyond the Stack Podcast is currently declining with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 24m.
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