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Human Skills 010 - Data Storytelling
Christopher Chin has followed a fascinating if meandering path, starting in music and audio engineering, getting deeply interested in data, moving into…
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Human Skills 009 - Multilayered Communication
This was one of those interviews where I felt like I was pulling out every single clip and highlighting it. I could have picked several different themes…
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Human Skills 008 - Helping New Managers
How does someone decide to go and study how to be a better manager? For Kyle Jaster, COO of Harvie, it happened because he had gotten into management…
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Human Skills 007 - Teambuilding and Management
Being a manager can feel incredibly contrived and awkward, especially when you are managing people who are more experienced or older than you are. But…
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Human Skills 006 - Managing Stress and Anxiety
I suppose it's natural that a conversation about managing stress and anxiety turned to feedback. After all, giving critical feedback can be super…
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Human Skills 005 - Communication and Empathy are Key to Engineering
How often have you had a long conversation about what to build, come away with new-found clarity, gone off and built it, and then come back and…
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Human Skills 004 - How Clarity Helps Negotiation
I wasn't expecting interviewing a data scientist to turn into a master class on negotiation, but that's what happened. Clear, concise, and memorable...
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Human Skills
Human Skills
Every week I share insights from top leaders in the software community, breaking down all of the nontechnical skills that go into success in a technical career.
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