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Personally, the common uncomfortable experience I encounter is related to unfamiliar domains I have to deal with. As a client-facing software engineer, numerous

Personally, the common uncomfortable experience I encounter is related to unfamiliar domains I have to deal with. As a client-facing software engineer, numerous times I was quite nervous when I have to talk to clients. The fear of not being able to speak clearly, or explain a technical concept well to a stakeholder can seem rather embarrassing. One of the ways to deal with that was to delve in deep into those new domains and train me to be equipped with those communication skills. One such domain for me will be sales. Here's my blog post that I've learnt about sales in my attempt to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. Hope you readers find it useful! (: https://blog.phuaxueyong.com/post/2020-03-24-how-to-improve-as-a-sales-rep https://blog.phuaxueyong.com/post/2020-03-24-how-to-improve-...

coreygarvey 6y ago
This is great, thanks for sharing. Acknowledging that you're uncomfortable in those domains feels like the best first step to me. I struggle with this all the time. I've worked on a number of software projects myself and have fallen into the common trap of avoiding user feedback because it brings up domains and ideas that I'm not very confident in. I need to be more at home being wrong and admitting that what I've built could be better. Sometimes that demands learning an entirely new space or technology, which should be welcomed information but too often is ignored because it's uncomfortable.