Software development is only partially a technical skill. As your career progresses, your people skills become as important. This is true even if you're never put into a leadership role of any kind. In this episode, I cover three tools I've used to help with my people skills game: Non-confrontational language, tactical empathy, and open-ended statements.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Monday, April 9, 2018
Ep 59, How I Moved Past Writing Code Professionally
Last week I talked about how I realized I no longer want to write code professionally. In this week's episode, I go into how I arrived at this point in my career and how tech turnover pushed me into thinking beyond just implementation.
Monday, April 2, 2018
Ep 58, I Don't Want To Write Code Anymore
The other day while sitting at my desk, I had a sudden realization: I don't want to write code professionally anymore. I still enjoy it as an intellectual challenge, but professionally I'm in a different place. In this episode, I dig into the topic and go over some honest truths I've realized recently.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Ep 57, Communication Skills for Developers, Part 2
A few episodes ago, I talked about the importance of communication skills for programmers. In this episode, I wanted to provide a real world follow up to a story I told in that episode in order to demonstrate how sideways things can go when we as software developers don't communicate well.
Monday, March 12, 2018
Ep 56, The Librarification Of Software Development
If you write software in the modern world, chances are that you rely on at least one or two external libraries. Depending on your specific style and type of programmer, you might rely on quite a few. In this episode, I talk about how so much of the industry is shifting to using libraries for things we used to write by hand, and the effects that shift is having.
Monday, March 5, 2018
Ep 55, Would I Do It All Over Again
When I first began my career as a programmer, the world of software development seemed like this endless realm of possibilities. Today, I feel like I'm in some sort of no-mans-land. I don't fit in with the under-30 crowd nor do I want to go into management.
In this context, I've found myself asking, "Knowing what I know now, would I do this all over again?" In this episode, I explore that topic.
Monday, February 26, 2018
Ep 54, Writing Code Vs Playing The Game
Have you ever wondered why it seems certain people in your organization have more success than you do, though you consider your work superior? In this episode, I talk about that very topic and how you can reframe the situation to better understand your organization's choices.
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