Soft Skills

The software developer's life manual



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Price$12.00 - $27.39
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AuthorJohn Z. Sonmez
PublisherManning
Published2014
Pages504
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaper book / ebook (PDF)
ISBN-101617292397
ISBN-139781617292392
EBook Hardcover Paperback

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-to-read 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.




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