Going beyond technical skills: Good soft skills are always valuable. A developer with average coding skills but great communication, time management, and relat

Going beyond technical skills: Good soft skills are always valuable. A developer with average coding skills but great communication, time management, and relationship-building skills is more valuable to a company than someone with great technical skills who requires constant manager attention to get anything done. Basic design skills and awareness are helpful. This doesn’t mean you need to be able to design the final app, but you should be able to create visually pleasing prototypes before the designers are done with the designs.