Junior to Senior: Career Advice for the Ambitious Programmer

Junior to Senior: Career Advice for the Ambitious Programmer
by: David Glassanos(Author),Wes Cowley(Editor)
Publication Date: 26 Oct. 2023
Language: English
Print Length: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 1952120853
ISBN-13: 9781952120855
Book Description
As a programmer, you’ve spent plenty of time learning technical and programming skills. Junior engineers—and even some who have been in it a long time—must constantly focus on improving their “hard” technical skills.But writing code is only part of our job as software developers. It’s equally essential for developers to cultivate the soft skills critical for adding value for their team, their company, their customers, and their career—and it’s often neglected.Junior to Senior is one of only a few books that gives practical advice on the soft skills needed to thrive as an engineer:Dealing with lack of confidenceLearning from others and by reading unfamiliar codeManaging your timeWorking effectively with your managerCommunicating clearly with business stakeholders and writing clear documentationUnderstanding different ways to add value for a company and its customersManaging risks and recovering from mistakesDealing with conflictBalancing the demands of work and personal life… and much more.Improvements in these areas are important milestones on the journey from junior to senior software developer. Junior to Senior is filled with insights, from one engineer to another, to guide you along that path.Whether you studied Computer Science, graduated from a coding bootcamp, or are a self-taught programmer, this book will help you manage yourself, build value, and earn the confidence of your team to take on roles with greater responsibility and impact.This print edition also includes a special upgrade offer for full digital access on Holloway.com, with lifetime access to free updates, extra online resources, and multiple DRM-free digital download formats.