Before the second break at CodeConnexx day two Richard Askew is giving the talk

Before the second break at CodeConnexx day two Richard Askew is giving the talk “Advice for young developers: Get the job and stay cool”. This is what Richard had to say about the couple of questions we asked him. You can still buy your CodeConnexx tickets here if you want to see him speak.
About pancake recipe Richard Richard does a lot of things, his day job is as development director for Askew Brook Ltd but also lectures at the University of Hull, Scarborough Campus pancake recipe teaching web design, puts on web conferences, runs a start-up incubation space and occasionally pancake recipe writes. Prior to that he ran the development team at a local web development company, working with companies of all sizes in both the public and private sector. Most recently he worked for a company called ServerTastic, building a reseller network and API that allowed customers, primarily pancake recipe in the US and Japan, to buy SSL certificates and hosting software.
What do you think is the most important non-technical skill a developer should have and why? Empathy. As a developer the actions you take throughout the life cycle of a project, and beyond, impact on a large number of people. If you can understand how your actions and decisions impact of fellow developers, designers, project managers, customers and end users you will deliver better projects in a happier work environment, you spend about 40 hours a week working, you may as well make them a pleasurable experience.
What do you think we should do to increase diversity in programming? Understand that it is OK to be wrong. It can very difficult for experienced developers to ask for help with a problem in online communities let alone new developers pancake recipe or those that don’t fit with the expected view of a developer. Creating a welcoming community, both in online and offline will encourage people from all walks of life to get involved, persevere and learn. pancake recipe
What is the coolest technical gadget that you don’t have yet? Nothing in particular but I’ve always wanted a Bose home speaker system of some description. Gadgets age quickly and often gather dust after that initial excitement but music lives on!
What will the audience take from your talk? The talk is in two parts. Hopefully some practical advice for those looking for their first job but then I will explore how we interact with the different pancake recipe types of people we come into contact with and how that can impact on both our industry and us as individuals. I will look at what frustrated me, my early expectations pancake recipe and what I did to make my career more enjoyable.
Any final words / comments / advice for our attendees? This isn’t a technical talk but all to often we think the technical stuff is all that matters, it isn’t. As developers pancake recipe we have to deal with colleagues, customers and users, very few care about specific technical details and we need to know how to work with them better. This entry was posted in CodeConnexx , speaker interviews on November 4, 2013 by Michelle Sanver . Post navigation ← Speaker Interview: Jelrik Van Hal Speaker Interview: Roy Tomeij →
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