Essential Soft skills Every Developer Should try to have

In all of my experience as a Software Developer that has worked with teams, having technical Skill is important but Soft Skills are the most important. Soft skills are individual personality traits that determine whether you will work well with your colleagues and be a good fit at a company. These are intangible but extremely important for almost every kind of position. Soft skills include things like good communication, honesty, teamwork, punctuality, integrity, and organization. I'd run through Various soft skills that are essential for developers in this talk

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2. Essential Soft Skills Every Developer Should Try to Have Shedrack Akintayo @coder_blvck
3. About Me. ❑ Frontend Engineer‍ ❑ Community Manager for Facebook Developer’s circle ReactJS Clan. ❑ I make a lot of noise on Twitter
4. Software Development is more than just writing code
5. “ Technical Skills + Soft Skills = A Balanced Software Developer ”
6. What are Soft Skills?
7. Oxford Dictionary Says: Soft skills are Personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people.
8. It’s basically a set of individual personality traits that determine whether you will work well with your colleagues and be a good fit at a company
9. Soft Skills are intangible but extremely important for almost every kind of position.
11. 97% of the time, it’s all about the person behind the code not the code itself. Everybody can write code if they learn, It’s not some sort of super power meant for special people
12. Soft Skills..... ❑ has to do with more of emotions ❑ Cannot be easily learned
13. What About Technical Skills ? @coder_blvck
14. “The Ability to effectively convey ideas is just as important as the ability to write great code” – Tristan Hamish MacKroy
15. Soft skills are the difference between adequate candidates and ideal candidates. In most competitive job markets, recruitment criteria do not stop at technical ability and specialist knowledge
16. What About Technical Skills ? @coder_blvck
17. Technical Skills are: Valuable for Specific Jobs, Technical , Learned through training and also practice.
18. Let’s Deep Dive into these soft skills ‍♀ @coder_blvck
19. Essential Soft Skills • Communication . • Confidence. • Time Management. • Self Management Skills. • Adaptability: Your Willingness to Adjust. • Work Ethic: Your Ability to buckle down. • Teamwork: How well your work with others. • Ability to take criticism/feedback: Your Willingness to grow. • Empathy: How well do you put yourself in others shoes. • Approachability: Your Level of Accessibility. • Perseverance • Problem-Solving • Lifelong Learning • Tone in Code Reviews • Leadership • Critical thinking • Research
20. But I am an Introvert…….. @coder_blvck
21. You can improve your soft skills without necessarily changing who you are by practice and knowing when and where each of the various soft skills is needed.
22. Why Should I work on my soft skills? @coder_blvck
23. It’s makes you different from other employees or candidates. Employers these days are looking for the “difference” in you that isn’t in other candidates or employees not just the Skills and qualifications.
24. •It is important for career advancement. •It goes hand in hand with Technical Skills
25. It is the key to: •Gaining Visibilities •More Opportunities •Building important workplace relationships
26. How can I improve my soft skills? @coder_blvck
27. • Acknowledge that you need to improve. • Set a goal. • Practice having effective conversations with people. • Learn to Speak up more when it is needed. • Read books on soft skills. • Surround yourself with proactive people. • Pay more attention to details • Empathize more with both your colleagues and clients. @coder_blvck
28. References and Resources • Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual by John Sonmez • Working on your soft skills as a software developer by Chiamaka Ikeanyi • 10 Soft Skills every Developer Needs • Top 7 Soft Skills for Developers in 2019 - Simple Programmer @coder_blvck
29. “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”. - Maya Angelou @coder_blvck