讀書心得 Soft Skills (1-2) Career

本文出自 Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual (2015) John Z. Sonmez

7. 如何做樣子 (Becoming visible):

• Keep a daily log of your activities—Send this log as a weekly report to your manager.
• Offer to give presentations or trainings—Pick a topic that would be useful to your team.
• Speak up—Do this at meetings and any time you get the chance.
• Be seen—Set up regular meetings with your boss. Make sure you are seen often.
• Be a problem solver.
• Educate yourself.

8. 登峰造極 (Being a professional):

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we’re thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.-Steven Pressfield

What professionals do:

• Have principles that they abide by.
• Are focused on getting the job done right.
• Aren’t afraid to admit when they are wrong or don’t know.
• Consistent and stable.
• Takes responsibility.

9. 獲得自由 (Freedom: How to quit your job):

Before you think about quitting your job you need have a solid plan in place. I’d highly recommend starting whatever business you want to create on the side first and only transitioning to doing it fulltime when you’re generating enough income from it to support yourself.

10. 時間控管 (How much do you really work?):

Start tracking your time every day at work. Get an idea of how you're spending your time currently each day. Now, figure out how much of that time is actual pro- ductive time where you're actually doing real hard productive work—you might be surprised by the results.

這邊指的是不包括開會等雜事真正在 coding 的時間，本章也有提到 freelancer 會比 employee 有更多的 coding 時間。