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This is a hypothetical, but how would you suggest engineers that have issues with simplifying problems, managing time or maybe don't realize they're overselling

This is a hypothetical, but how would you suggest engineers that have issues with simplifying problems, managing time or maybe don't realize they're overselling their skills work in a positive direction to correct some of these things? I've noticed many companies will give technical feedback if you don't pass a round, but seems like there has to be some kind of path to help people like this. Always been curious to me that "ideal" practices for managing time, communicating technically / in a business context never seem to really be written down. I learned some of this (albeit badly) at a few internships, but if there'd been some source to read even if it was only the first 25% that would've been immensely helpful out of college.

awb 5y ago
> simplifying problems Practice rewriting personal projects. Once you have a working app, try to make it even simpler, clearer, more efficient, etc. > managing time If you’re on a tight deadline do the easy stuff first and if you’re falling behind get help with the harder parts or ask the team to scale back the scope. But if you bite off more than you can chew you run the risk of having nothing to show for it. If you’re building a proof of concept, then start with the hard parts to show the team that it’s possible and worth additional time to finish it off. > overselling their skills Be honest about your role in a project. Don’t hide the fact that another dev was doing the primary research or making the technical decisions. Just take credit for the things you did from start to finish, without help (because those people that helped might not be there at your next job).