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Architecture, security and coding Why do soft-skills training
matter| Why do soft-skills training matter |
| Written by Division by Zero |
| Monday, 14 March 2011 09:47 |
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Sometimes I have discussions with developers or other IT people
on why I think that soft-skills are important to people in this
field. Whats more, I really think that soft-skills are more
important than hard-skills. One guy actually said to me: 'Why would
I work on my soft skills? I never have problems communicating to
other people!' Though this might be true (in this particular case it is), training your soft-skills doesn't have to be problem driven. Think of it this way: If you are a carpenter, your tool (at least one of them) is your hammer. If you master your tools, you'll be a good carpenter. If you are a developer, your tool is the computer (or, more specifically, you IDE and other tools). If you master your tools, you'll be a good developer. According to some of my colleagues the only tool a IT architect, like me, needs is PowerPoint (Hey, if it works in PowerPoint, it will work in the real world!). And how do you master your tools? Well... by using them, of course! Learning, trying, practice and hard work (it feels a little like I should add 'grashopper' in here somewhere). In communication between people the only tool you have is you. You are the tool you use to communicate. How do you master this tool? Right, by learning, trying, practice and hard work. Get to know you. Learn about yourself and others. Learn how you react to other people. Learn how you can change use your body when communicating. Practice. Work. In my opinion hard-skills will only let you be a good developer (or carpenter or actually any job). Being able to communicate with others, for example your customer, will make you a great developer. Not super-fancy technical stuff will help your user, but something you user can understand and use will. So... learn to use your tools and master them (, young grasshopper). Tags:
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