Part III. YOUR DAILY TOOLKIT
The list of essential daily skills you need as a software developer that high school and college did not prepare you for is impressive.
Itâs great that you can explain Big O notation, but what class taught you about presenting to the CEO? Iâm happy youâre an Emacs zealot, but do you know who in your 2 p.m. meeting is out to professionally screw you?
The stereotype regarding engineers is we want to codeâwe want to hide in our caves, far from people, and code. And we do. Coding is awesome, but thatâs not all you want to do. Youâre halfway through Being Geek, and that means you now understand there is a larger set of skills necessary to being a successful developer.
Manage your timeâitâs an invaluable commodityâobsess about the tools you use, and take the time to understand the people around you. Figure how to speak their language so you can learn how to convey your bright ideas to anyone.
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