Accelerate Your Developer Career

Learn how honing skills such as emotional intelligence and cross-functional collaboration can help you increase your value as a software developer.

Introduction

• Leveling up your software development career

1. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Why form cross-functional teams?
• Collaborating with product management
• Collaborating with UI/UX design
• Collaborating with architecture
• Collaborating with QA
• Collaborating with operations
• Challenge: Cross-functional teammates
• Solution: Cross-functional teammates

2. Software Delivery Is a Team Sport

• Psychological safety and risk-taking
• A knowledge-sharing culture
• Building trust
• Giving and receiving feedback
• Challenge: Are you a true team player?
• Solution: Are you a true team player?

3. Develop Emotional Intelligence

• Why EQ is a critical skill?
• Handling conflict effectively
• Coping with stress and burnout
• Demonstrating empathy
• Overcoming self-doubt
• Challenge: Developing your EQ skills

4. Be Heard with Compelling Communication

• Communicate proactively
• Influence through clarity
• Express curiosity
• Choosing your communication method
• Challenge: Effective communication
• Solution: Effective communication

Conclusion

• Next steps