personal development

6 Ways to Improve Your Soft Skills

This entry was posted in personal development professional development and tagged improvement personal development professional development soft skills on 06/29/2017 by Steven To

Soft skills are necessary and essential for your career. You cannot rely on only hard (technical) skills alone. Soft skills influence how you act and what you do, which is important to human relations.

7 Useful Soft Skills for Software Developers

This entry was posted in personal development professional development and tagged adaptability attitude big picture thinking career communication focus learning listening personal development professional development soft skills on 06/15/2017 by Steven To

Being a successful software developer is not just about technical skills. You also need to have soft skills. It is easy to focus on hard skills (technical skills) and forget about the soft skills. However, soft skills are what affects how others perceive and interact with you.

7 Tips to Dealing with Impostor Syndrome

This entry was posted in personal development professional development and tagged fake impostor syndrome personal development phony professional development on 06/01/2017 by Steven To

Impostor syndrome is when you see yourself as inadequate or as a failure despite information indicating that you are adequate or successful. Many individuals go through a phase of impostor syndrome throughout their career. This is especially true if the person is making a career shift or is early into […]

Benefits of Down Time 1

This entry was posted in Lifestyle personal development professional development and tagged down time lifestyle personal development productivity professional development relaxation on 05/11/2017 by Steven To

We live in a world where we are always too “busy.” It may seem impossible to add in some down time or break time between your busy days. However, there are different reasons to why you are so busy. It can be because you have way too much to do […]

Improving Yourself as a Software Developer

This entry was posted in personal development professional development software development and tagged architecture code maintainability design development process learning personal development professional development soft skills software development technical debt technical skills on 04/27/2017 by Steven To

How would you keep improving as a software developer? The obvious answer is improving your technical (programming) skills. However, the component that is often overlooked is improving your soft skills. Soft skills are just as important as your technical skills. Your soft skills are what influences your people skills, social […]

The Benefits of Consistency for Your Career as a Software Developer 1

This entry was posted in Lifestyle personal development professional development software development and tagged all-or-nothing mindset authority career consistency credible failure goal message perfection personal development professional development repetition software development success trust on 03/02/2017 by Steven To

Consistency is a necessary component to success. Yet many do not realize how powerful being consistent can be. When the initial steam for a new project wears off, it is difficult to continue forward. If you discipline yourself to be consistent then it will help you follow through with your […]

The Learning Process of a Software Developer 2

This entry was posted in personal development professional development software development and tagged career advancement development experiment learning process learning styles personal development professional development sleep software software developer on 02/16/2017 by Steven To

Learning and software development goes hand in hand. The world of software is vast and it is impossible to know everything. It is only natural that you will have to do some learning on the job.