Humans are hard, code is easy
summary
Clear claim: coding skills got you the job; influence gets you the career. Gives concrete tools and failures — Java, Linux, SQL and print-statement debugging, deployment scripts and a Singleton refactor — and concrete outcomes: a 10‑minute upgrade done solo that blocked delegation, a 60‑day PIP that forced behavioral change, knowledge‑transfer sessions that made a hero’s absence survivable, and a team that shifts from transactional fixes to trusted, proactive partners. Practical, example‑rich evidence about what actually worked and what didn’t.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:39Early career frustration
- 3:05Mentors and the bozo bit
- 4:52Need for delegation
- 6:16Relational teamwork
- 7:41Coding vs influence
- 8:26Sales to tech transition
- 11:37Developers' nature
- 12:38Difficult technical peers
- 14:23Coding heroes and knowledge
- 15:47Debugging struggles
- 17:13Code simplicity and reflection
- 18:59Career progression and job loss
- 21:29Problem-solving guidance
- 22:54Soft skills matter
- 23:56Core soft skills
- 26:02Introverts and collaboration
- 27:45Conclusion
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