The No-BS Guide to Future-Proof Your Career
summary
Claims that coding alone won’t win careers and that soft skills beat AI get backed with specifics: microlearning and a Power MBA–style format used to build an e‑learning product (others skills), a collected database of senior “three best” hacks, and the coin framework for feedback. Surprising numbers appear — one third of budgets battle technical debt versus 25% on innovation, 70% of IT projects fail, 94% of recruiters prefer stronger soft skills — and the course wins a German innovation award and visibly raises influence and promotion prospects.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Coding skills limits
- 8:33Career crisis and influence
- 10:39Steven’s management mastery
- 15:33Human interaction patterns
- 18:26Soft skills gap in tech
- 20:52Founding Otherskills
- 24:44Soft skills in tech hiring
- 29:15Communication misbeliefs
- 35:14Soft skills for project success
- 39:48Expert status in negotiations
- 44:03Early influence on solutions
- 46:30Future beyond AI hype
- 49:00AI’s soft skills demand
- 51:10Q&A
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