Adaptability and Flexibility
Adaptability and Flexibility
A practical guide on building adaptability skills for software engineers, covering strategies to become more flexible in changing work environments and projects.
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Effective Communication
Communication Training for Senior Developers: Stop Talking Like a Robot
Learn effective communication strategies for senior developers to improve leadership, connect with stakeholders, and stop using jargon that alienates your team.
Team Collaboration
Building Psychological Safety for Better Collaboration: Stop Making Your Team Scared of You
Psychological safety isn’t just a fancy HR term; it’s the difference between a thriving, collaborative team and a group of stressed-out coders who'd rather debug assembly code in silence than speak up in a meeting.
Team Collaboration
Peer Programming: The Art of Not Losing Your Mind While Sharing a Keyboard
Peer programming. Depending on how you’re feeling today, maybe it's more like "one person types while the other tries not to scream." Whether you love it or dread it, there’s no denying peer programming can be a powerful tool for creating great software—provided you do it right
Problem-Solving Skills
How to Balance Speed vs Accuracy in Problem-Solving
Understanding the tradeoffs between speed and accuracy, and strategies for pulling off the balancing act.
Problem-Solving Skills
Trial and Error Methodology in Software Development: Because Perfection is Overrated
Resorting to trial and error can be good for you and the software you write. Learn the value of this real world engineering practice.
Problem-Solving Skills
How to Balance Short-Term Fixes vs Long-Term Solutions
Balance short-term fixes and long-term solutions can be tricky, but is key for building software that doesn't buckle under its own weight.
Problem-Solving Skills
How to Reframe Problems to Find Innovative Solutions
How reframing problems for new perspectives and ideas can lead to better solutions
Problem-Solving Skills
The Importance of Root Cause Analysis in Debugging
What is the point of a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and how do they help prevent reoccurring bugs?
Problem-Solving Skills
Solving Performance Issues in Applications: How to Rescue Your Code from the Slow Lane
Diagnose performance issues to make your applications perform like a Formula One race car.
Problem-Solving Skills
Case Study: Real-World Problem-Solving in Software Development
A real world example of large scale software engineering problem solving. How Google developed and launched a global platform amidst challenges of scaling, language translation, and performance.
Problem-Solving Skills
Problem-Solving Under Pressure: Meeting Deadlines
The impact of pressure and deadlines in software engineering, and techniques to solve problems in spite of those challenges.