Gear Up Pre-work - Turing Culture: Developing Empathetic Programmers
- What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you? - Empathy has played a important role in my life through the teaching and parenting of both my parents. Both my mom and dad have been career medical professionals working with sick children. My mom is an oncology nurse who gives cancer treatment to young children and my dad is a childrens physical theraphist who helps them recover. From a young age, I have been able to empthasize and understand that I was born healthy and lived my life not taking that for granted. By understanding that not all people are lucky to be able to learn or live a normal life in the same way due to complications with their heath I have been able to view life more emphatehically when dealt with troubling situations.
- How does empathy help you build better software? - Developing the skill of empathy and applying it in your job as a software engineer can help y