Tech Career Skills: Effective Technical Communication

Become a better communicator in the tech field. Learn the communication skills you need to ensure successful product delivery, manage a remote team, and excel in your career.

Introduction

• Upgrade your technical communication
• What you should know

1. Establish Standards

• Why standards are needed
• Coding standards: Automation
• Coding standards: Performing reviews
• System processes: Managing projects
• System processes: Testing software
• People processes: Onboarding
• People processes: Mentoring

2. Effective Meetings

• What makes a meeting effective
• Agile team meetings: Iteration planning
• Agile team meetings: Demo day
• Agile team meetings: Retrospectives
• Making one-on-ones work

3. Handle Challenges to Communication

• Communicating across cultures
• Communicating across time zones
• When something goes wrong

Conclusion

• Next steps