What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you?
Empathy has played a big role in my life recently. Finding help for landscaping is very hard. The majority of people looking for day labor usually have exhausted all other options. Being nonjudemental and giving them a shot regardless of the reasons they are in this spot has made me a better person. Everyone has rough times in their life. Empathy has allowed me to not shun them away or scrutinize decisions they've made that got them there.
How does empathy help you build better software?
Empahty helps build better software by understanding what is important to people. Software is moving towards a more personal space in peoples lives. Everyone has needs and wants. If you can connect with that and use software to address these its a success. In terms of writing software... an empathic develeper will write cleaner code thinking about other developers having to read/maintain that code.
Why is empathy important for working on a team?