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demands exceeds supply. even socially inept lazy aspies with mediocre coding skills, who'd normally be the last that would get hired (like me) have programming
by timwaagh 12y ago
demands exceeds supply. even socially inept lazy aspies with mediocre coding skills, who'd normally be the last that would get hired (like me) have programming careers. any success you may experience is not likely to have anything to do with your soft skills.
- eropple 12y agoI don't agree. In my experience, somebody who can't deal effectively with people will get hired for technical skills and be largely put on the slow track where the benefits of their technical expertise can be reaped while not having to deal with the negatives of their social weaknesses. (I was that guy once. I got better.) One thing I've gotten better at--with a derivative that's much steeper than the rise in my technical skills over time--is a kind of empathy that I can use in a professional context. What I've found that this lets me do (this can also be read "forces me to do") is understand others' needs and actually care about them at a level that makes it important for me to do the right thing. People can tell when you give a shit about them, and they're more likely to entrust you with responsibility even when you may not be, from a technical or historical perspective, the best candidate. Not just because they like you, but because they can have confidence in your desire to do well, with their interests in mind. That matters.