3 soft skills expected from a software developer (tech lead opinion)
Communication skills
In almost every industry, good communicators make excellent team members and employees. There are numerous stereotypes about programmers’ introverted nature: developers’ hobbies are related to technology, developers prefer machines to people, developers despise meetings, and they live in their own world… It is sometimes true, but most developers are ordinary people.
In comparison to other jobs, software development is more of an independent job because software engineers frequently work alone for long periods of time. Even extroverts in the field can be poor communicators and team players at times. When such a developer is assigned to a task that involves teamwork, he may grow agitated — struggling to ask for help, being irritated by agreements, refusing to explain his work, and arguing that others’ work is unclear…
To master your communication skills — try to listen first, always make sure the other party understands you, explain your position in simple terms, and send an email with achieved agreements after every meeting you have, just to ensure you’re on the same page with your colleagues, always ask if something is unclear.
Patience
I would say most of the developers junior-middle developers are not very patient due to their limited view, this problem is not that much presented among seniors.
Very often juniors come up with interesting ideas, which, though, can’t be implemented or even discussed at this exact moment. There
The same thing happens when there is a task the developer can’t solve. If he doesn’t have patience — he will either become angry/frustrated or shrink his responsibilities to someone else.
Try to accept the idea that some things — either yours or others’ — take time; you make the greatest decisions when your mind is neutral.
Time management/ability to prioritize
When it comes to software development, time management is a vital soft skill.
Developing necessitates the use of an effective time management system in order to offer high-quality work while meeting deadlines. You’ll even have less work to accomplish because you’ll remove waste and cut down on rework!
Furthermore, remote work introduces new challenges into the mix. You’ll have to learn how to manage your own time better now that you have more autonomy (read: no one physically looking over your shoulder) to provide the anticipated outcomes!
Reports are written by developers for leads, leads for managers, and so forth. Do you follow through on your promises to do a task in a certain amount of time? Are your estimates accurate? Try to be a trustworthy person so that when a task is handed to you, you make sure it is completed on time and directly notify your boss of any problems you encounter along the way, not at the deadline date.
