Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual
ISBN: 9789351197645
504 pages
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Description
Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual is a guide to a well-rounded, satisfying life as a technology professional. In it, developer and life coach John Sonmez offers advice to developers on important "soft" subjects like career and productivity, personal finance and investing and even fitness and relationships. Arranged as a collection of 71 short chapters, this fun-to-read book invites you to dip in wherever you like.
Section 1 Career
2 Getting started with a "BANG!": Don't do what everyone else does
3 Thinking about the future: What are your goals?
4 People skills: You need them more than you think
5 Hacking the interview
6 Employment options: Enumerate your choices
7 What kind of software developer are you?
8 Not all companies are equal
9 Climbing the corporate ladder
10 Being a professional
11 Freedom: How to quit your job
12 Freelancing: Going out on your own
13 Creating your first product
14 Do you want to start a startup?
15 Working remotely survival strategies
16 Fake it till you make it
17 Resumes are BORING-Let's fix that
18 Don't get religious about technology
Section 2 Marketing yourself
19 Marketing basics for code monkeys
20 Building a brand that gets you noticed
21 Creating a wildly successful blog
22 Your primary goal: Add value to others
23 #UsingSocialNetworks
24 Speaking, presenting, and training: Speak geek
25 Writing books and articles that attract a following
26 Don't be afraid to look like an idiot
Section 3 Learning 157
27 Learning how to learn: How to teach yourself
28 My 10-step process
29 Steps 1-6: Do these once
30 Steps 7-10: Repeat these
31 Looking for mentors: Finding your Yoda
32 Taking on an apprentice: Being Yoda
33 Teaching: Learn you want? Teach you must.
34 Do you need a degree or can you "wing it?"
35 Finding gaps in your knowledge
Section 4 Productivity
36 It all starts with focus
37 My personal productivity plan
38 Pomodoro Technique
39 My quota system: How I get way more done than I should
40 Holding yourself accountable
41 Multitasking dos and don'ts
42 Burnout: I've got the cure!
43 How you're wasting your time
44 The importance of having a routine
45 Developing habits: Brushing your code
46 Breaking down things: How to eat an elephant
47 The value of hard work and why you keep avoiding it
48 Any action is better than no action
Section 5 Financial
49 What are you going to do with your paycheck?
50 How to negotiate your salary
51 Options: Where all the fun is
52 Bits and bytes of real estate investing
53 Do you really understand your retirement plan?
54 The danger of debt: SSDs are expensive
55 Bonus: How I retired at 33
Section 6 Fitness
56 Why you need to hack your health
57 Setting your fitness criteria
58 Thermodynamics, calories, and you
59 Motivation: Getting your butt out of the chair
60 How to gain muscle: Nerds can have bulging biceps
61 How to get hash-table abs
62 Starting RunningProgram.exe
63 Standing desks and other hacks
64 Tech gear for fitness: Geeking out
Section 7 Spirit
65 How the mind influences the body
66 Having the right mental attitude: Rebooting
67 Building a positive self-image: Programming your brain 408
68 Love and relationships: Computers can't hold your hand
69 My personal success book list
70 Facing failure head-on
71 Parting words