Posts tagged with soft skills
– www.moisis.dev - submitted by Moisis Hadjiagathangelou
After more than 9 years working with Laravel—leading a dev team and architecting solutions—I still sometimes feel like I’m not doing enough.
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Many of the most effective people I’ve worked with also do the most metacognition, i.e., reflecting on their own (and their team’s) work and thought processes, and figuring out how to improve them.
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I just read this nice blog post that contains a few tips on how to interview a Laravel developer. When hiring someone at Spatie, I usually tend to get a feel if a candidate is passionate about our field of work. I ask questions like: Who are the people you feel you can learn from? What blogs are you…
Communication is an absolutely critical skill for product development. But it's hard and it requires practice and feedback.
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An important post by Nico.
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Spicy headline, but good food for thought!
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– baspa.dev - submitted by Bas van Dinther
Learn about imposter syndrome, its causes and how to combat it in the field of programming.
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Some good advice by Michele Hansen
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A brilliant post by Noah Gibbs with some good insights in what it means to be a developer and the things you should focus on.
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In this excellent, humanly written blog post, Laracasts founder Jeffrey Way offers some good tips for applying at any company.
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In this post Derick Rethans ask maintainers and users to have empathy for each other.
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Here are some strategies Toon Daelman uses in discussions.
Read more [engagor.github.io]
This timeless talk by Matt Stauffer given at Laracon EU 2015 is one of the very best I ever saw.
Don't try to manage your colleagues too much.
Employees want to be managed by people who empower them, not manage every bit of their day. The better you get at hitting the right balance between oversight and autonomy, the more likely you are to win long-term fans who will advocate for you as your career progresses.
Read more [forge.medium.com]
Some words of wisdom by David Hemphill
Don't be upset you didn't finish the big feature early in the week. Be glad you figured out what you need to do to finish it in the next few days.
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A short and sweet article by my colleague Seb.
I was always adding features because I’d expect other people to expect them. It’s a trap! You’re not making people happier by guessing what they might need. You’re not doing anyone a disservice by building things for yourself.
Read more [sebastiandedeyne.com]
In this fantastic talk given at the uncon of Laracon EU 2018, Chris Brown gives many actionable tips for aspiring and experienced speakers.
Justin Jackson wrote a cool post on the benefits of public speaking.
As a geek, there's one skill that's helped me level-up professionally more than anything else: public speaking. Whether it's doing product demos, presenting an idea to my team, or being on a podcast, it's a skill I benefit from every day. But the biggest opportunities have come from giving talks.
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On Basecamp's Signal v. Noise blog Claire Lew warns about the dangers of wanting to be nice all the time.
Now I’m not advocating for us to be mean. Disrespectful or dismissive leaders help no one. Rather, I’m calling for us as leaders to loosen our grip on “being nice.” To stop wanting our team to like us all the time. To let go of the expectation that every single interaction with our team should feel good. ... When we’re preoccupied with seeming popular instead of fair, when we optimize for pleasant conversations instead of honest ones — we hurt our teams.
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Here's a video of an excellent talk by Chris Hartjens he recently gave at NomadPHP. Don't have time to watch and prefer to read a summary? This blogpost by Michael Heap has got you covered: https://michaelheap.com/how-to-ruin-a-career-in-10-easy-minutes/