The Key to Becoming the Developer’s Developer💪

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The developer’s developer is a software engineer with whom other team developers want to work.

“I don’t want to say this is about ‘liking’ a software engineer as frankly, I don’t like anyone.

This is about respect. When a developer’s developer speaks other software engineers listen.”

If you want to become a developer’s developer you should take on board this key piece of advice.

Converse

“I’m not even joking. Some of the best software engineers have failed to communicate their best work and failed to get the recognition that they deserve.

If you want to be a developer who works with the support of their peers, you should talk to them. Work, to bring out the best in your colleagues. Work, to be the best you can be.

If you want a joke the best software developers should be trainers (Converse). Did that one work?”

While You’re At It, Play Nice

“Although I’ve been specifically recognized as ‘easy to work with’ in performance reviews other people regard me as a jerk.

I feel that the former judgment is better for all parties in software development.

Yet being ‘The Jerk’ does seem to work in some limited cases you should be easy to work with.

Play nice and nice things will happen to you.”

Conclusion

If you want to be a good developer communicate. If not how are you getting the requirements to convert to that rather great software application you want to succeed?

“To do your job right, you’re going to need to talk about it. At least you are going to need to work together.

I know software engineers want to ignore the noise and just code, but you’ve got to get up from the ramen bowl at some point.

Actually, I’m eating ramen now alone. So that isn’t true.”