7 essential softskill survival secrets for developers by Nick Vanderhoven and Jeroen Horemans

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU1P31muBNs

Why software project really fail? 76% due to non-technical issues, 64% charts are totally made up

• Ask why, why, Why

Be consistent

• Say NO
• No unit-tests is not an options
• If you want to keep your deadline, what can we kick out?

Be altruistic

• Don't write shitty code
• Fix code smells and hacks
• People search exuses for themselves, tend to blame others
• You don't take into account the information that you can't see. Maybe there is a good reason.

Be self-learning

• Not just technical skills
• Most of us are try to be agile
• Resources
  • social
    • Twitter
  • conferences
    • Meetups
    • VJUG
    • Book the conference room and watch the video there
    • Read one chapter of a book and discuss it with collegues
  • podcasts
    • maybe once a week
  • at work
    • understand the basic concepts of communication
      • different channels
      • find right language (see DDD) and presentation style (audio or charts)
      • managers will understand things like ROI
      • a lot of messages threw body language
  • art of asking, see "Ben Franklin effect"
    • Ask for a small favor
    • Ask for a big favor

Be lazy

• Are you solving the right problem?
• Are you doing the right design?

Be flexible

• Be a team-player
• Adapt to changes
  • Methodologies
  • be proactive