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For most software developers, coding is the fun part. The hard bits are dealing with clients, peers, and managers, staying productive, achieving financial security, keeping yourself in shape, and finding true love. This book is here to help.
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 book invites you to dip in wherever you like. A Taking Action section at the end of each chapter shows you how to get quick results. Soft Skills will help make you a better programmer, a more valuable employee, and a happier, healthier person.
Inside:
- Boost your career by building a personal brand
- John’s secret ten-step process for learning quickly
- Fitness advice to turn your geekiness to your advantage
- Unique strategies for investment and early retirement
Table of Contents
01 Chapter 1. Why this book is unlike any book you’ve ever read
02 Career – intro video
03 Chapter 2. Getting started with a “BANG!” – Don’t do what everyone else does
04 Chapter 3. Thinking about the future – What are your goals
05 Chapter 4. People skills – You need them more than you think
06 Chapter 5. Hacking the interview
07 Chapter 6. Employment options – Enumerate your choices
08 Chapter 7. What kind of software developer are you
09 Chapter 8. Not all companies are equal
10 Chapter 9. Climbing the corporate ladder
11 Chapter 10. Being a professional
12 Chapter 11. Freedom – How to quit your job
13 Chapter 12. Freelancing – Going out on your own
14 Chapter 13. Creating your first product
15 Chapter 14. Do you want to start a startup
16 Chapter 15. Working remotely survival strategies
17 Chapter 16. Fake it till you make it
18 Chapter 17. Resumes are BORING—Let’s fix that
19 Chapter 18. Don’t get religious about technology
20 Marketing yourself – intro video
21 Chapter 19. Marketing basics for code monkeys
22 Chapter 20. Building a brand that gets you noticed
23 Chapter 21. Creating a wildly successful blog
24 Chapter 22. Your primary goal – Add value to others
25 Chapter 23. #UsingSocialNetworks
26 Chapter 24. Speaking, presenting, and training – Speak geek
27 Chapter 25. Writing books and articles that attract a following
28 Chapter 26. Don’t be afraid to look like an idiot
29 Learning – intro video
30 Chapter 27. Learning how to learn – How to teach yourself
31 Chapter 28. My 10-step process
32 Chapter 29. Steps 1–6 – Do these once
33 Chapter 30. Steps 7–10 – Repeat these
34 Chapter 31. Looking for mentors – Finding your Yoda
35 Chapter 32. Taking on an apprentice – Being Yoda
36 Chapter 33. Teaching – Learn you want Teach you must.
37 Chapter 34. Do you need a degree or can you “wing it”
38 Chapter 35. Finding gaps in your knowledge
39 Productivity – intro video
40 Chapter 36. It all starts with focus
41 Chapter 37. My personal productivity plan
42 Chapter 38. Pomodoro Technique
43 Chapter 39. My quota system – How I get way more done than I should
44 Chapter 40. Holding yourself accountable
45 Chapter 41. Multitasking dos and don’ts
46 Chapter 42. Burnout – I’ve got the cure!
47 Chapter 43. How you’re wasting your time
48 Chapter 44. The importance of having a routine
49 Chapter 45. Developing habits – Brushing your code
50 Chapter 46. Breaking down things – How to eat an elephant
51 Chapter 47. The value of hard work and why you keep avoiding it
52 Chapter 48. Any action is better than no action
53 Financial – intro video
54 Chapter 49. What are you going to do with your paycheck
55 Chapter 50. How to negotiate your salary
56 Chapter 51. Options – Where all the fun is
57 Chapter 52. Bits and bytes of real estate investing
58 Chapter 53. Do you really understand your retirement plan
59 Chapter 54. The danger of debt – SSDs are expensive
60 Chapter 55. Bonus – How I retired at 33
61 Chapter 55 – Turning a corner
62 Fitness – intro video
63 Chapter 56. Why you need to hack your health
64 Chapter 57. Setting your fitness criteria
65 Chapter 58. Thermodynamics, calories, and you
66 Chapter 59. Motivation – Getting your butt out of the chair
67 Chapter 60. How to gain muscle – Nerds can have bulging biceps
68 Chapter 61. How to get hash-table abs
69 Chapter 62. Starting RunningProgram.exe
70 Chapter 63. Standing desks and other hacks
71 Chapter 64. Tech gear for fitness – Geeking out
72 Spirit – intro video
73 Chapter 65. How the mind influences the body
74 Chapter 66. Having the right mental attitude – Rebooting
75 Chapter 67. Building a positive self-image – Programming your brain
76 Chapter 68. Love and relationships – Computers can’t hold your hand
77 Chapter 69. My personal success book list
78 Chapter 70. Facing failure head-on
79 Chapter 71. Parting words
80 Outro video
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