A Practical Guide To Becoming A Whole Developer

It's not good enough to be a great coder and a total asshole. Here's how engineers can learn to take a softer touch, especially with non-technical employees.

In the technology world developers are prized for their coding talents above all else. Little value has traditionally been given to their so called soft skills: communication, emotional intelligence, and the ability to work effectively with others. But as the pool of talented developers continues to grow, AngelHack CEO Sabeen Ali argues that it is soft skills that will make an individual developer more marketable in the future. She's created a curriculum called "The Whole Developer" which aims to get devs in touch with the softer side of things--making them better coders in the process.

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