communication skills
I have a confession to make: in a way, I founded Stack Overflow to trick my fellow programmers. Before you trot out the pitchforks and torches, let me explain. Over the last 6 years, I've come to believe deeply in the idea that becoming a great programmer has
communication skills
As software developers, we're great at communicating with computers. But we're typically not so great at communicating with other people. Esther Schindler's recent interview with Steve McConnell [http://blogs.cio.com/towards-sanity-in-software-project-estimation-a-chat-with-steve-mcconnell] illustrates how this aspect of our personality tends to work against us:
communication skills
I hold speakers to relatively high standards. They get paid to present to large groups because they're ostensibly good communicators. And I cannot believe the beginner mistakes some of the speakers are making here at VSLive. Based on my experiences over the last two days, here are a
communication skills
I didn’t realize Dan Appleman was blogging again! In one of his recent posts, he brings up an excellent point related to my recent posts on skill disparities in programming and being good at your job: sometimes, it’s the non-technical things that make you a better programmer than