Name: 7 Habits of Successful Software Engineers
Uploaded: 2020-03-28T16:01:08.000Z
Duration: 9 min 24 s
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In this video, I'm gonna talk about what I think are the habits of a successful software engineer.

So if you're interested, please stay tuned.

First of all, the habits that I'm gonna list here apply to being a successful software engineer, not just a coder software engineer in is way beyond just coded.

But that is a topic for a whole new video.

When I first started working in the field, I had an extreme urge to start coated right when I was given a project of problem in future to implement because I felt that if I'm not coding, I'm just not being productive.

But the reality is that most likely the software you're gonna be built in is not gonna be built fully by you from scratch.

You're most likely going to be working on something that needs to fit in into the existence architecture er and what successful software engineers do is that the first fully understand the scope of the problem and on Lee.

Then once you fully understand what exactly you're sold and only then you should start coating.

This brings us to point to successful software engineers are really good at documentation.

Most likely, you're not gonna be the only one working on the project.

There might be other engineers or designers or did a scientist product managers involved.

And you need to make sure that whatever is in your head gets documented and then clearly communicated for others.

A successful software engineer will make sure to documents every stage off his or her thinking off how they will approach the problem.

What the solution of the problem is, what are the potential roadblocks to the solution of the problem?

And they will communicate this to all the stakeholders and parties involved in this project.

They will do that so that everyone is on the same page, and they will also do not to get feedback from everyone.

Most likely, you might have overlooked something and asking for feedback and being receptive to that.

Feedback from everyone else is super important.

The easiest way to get that feedback is to get everyone on the same page documents everything for everyone and that share successful habit number three successful software engineers right readable coat, and they do so because they understand that they will probably not be the only person interacting with whatever they wrote.

So they keep in mind the fact that someone will have to comment on.

Look at this thing that they wrote that they have never seen before and understand it.

Your code must be readable because someone else might come in and want to understand it.

Successful Habit Number four is being good at cross functional work.

As a software engineer, you most likely will work with other functions, like Designer is so product managers or data scientists or people in operations you name it.

A successful software engineer empathizes with the other function that they work with and almost put themselves in that person's shoes so that they can effectively communicate with them.

They can delivered to them the exact information that they need.

So if I'm working with a designer, I will try to explain to the what exactly I'm building from like the design perspective.

If I'm working on a product facing feature, that's what I'm gonna be focusing on in conversations with them versus the actual needed really off technical implementation.

If I'm working with the data scientist, I need to effectively communicate with them about logging or data analysis.

We're just asking them the right question about how we want to analyze the data comin from this new project or feature that was built.

So being good at cross functional work is really important as itself for engineer.

And this brings us to my next point communication.

If you think that as a software engineer you can just sit in a corner, not interact with absolute anyone, you're definitely wrong.

You should be set in your own boundaries and communication style.

But successful software engineers are effective communicators.

Successful software engineers make sure that they communicate clearly and effectively, especially if you work on a project that involves other stakeholders or you work with your teammates, other software engineers.

You need to make sure that you communicate with them and over communication.

A lot of times is much better than no communication, because when you communicate or over communicate, you make sure that everyone is on the same page.

You make sure that everyone is clear on what you're working on and you make sure that no one is wondering all.

I wonder if she completed that thing that I asked her to implements couple of days ago.

So communicated effectively, clearly and potentially over communicated is extremely important.

Also, by communicated with your teammates, you can potentially recognize whether you can help them out or you cannot block them and communicated in general, in your team, indoor work in your company just interacted with people can open up opportunities for you.

You might hear about something that another team was working on that fits in or helps out your products, your team or your projects, and that will open up opportunities and doors for you next up.

Successful software engineers recognized opportunities for improvement and impact.

And what I mean by that is that successful software engineers do not just focus on their projects or feature at hand that they're working on.

Beyond that, they're able to follow what their teammates are working on.

What their works focuses and why that is important is because when you're able to see that big picture as opposed to being very narrow focused on.

You were able to potentially recognize opportunities for impact and improvements.

Question why people are doing things a certain way.

You might learn new things that are relevant to you.

You might also potentially recognize what folds.

They haven't their systems and improve them.

Talking to people asking people what they're working on, thinkin about how their work fits in with what you were doing.

Doing where your team is doing are great examples for recognizing opportunities.

And last but definitely not least is the growth mindsets consistently learning, askin and being open to feedback.

Making sure you learn from your mistakes and reflection are all great examples off growth mindset.

Growth mindset is the difference between thinking that your skill is absolutely sets and is defined by talent versus thinking that you can learn and grow and improve your skills.

And your growth is defiance by the amount of work you put in should be a successful software engineer as well as being successful in any profession.

You're constantly improving, unlearning and you need to absolutely own that and recognize that successful software engineers are constantly learning constantly asking for a few back.

If someone has given you feedback, do not be defensive about it.

That means that they really care for you to prove.

So you should be open to constantly learning and constantly recognizing what you could do Better.

Successful software engineers are open to learn and are constantly open to growing are absolutely okay, recognizing that they might be wrong.

Guys, thank you so much for watching this video.

And I hope you learnt something new about habits of successful software engineers.

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What do you think makes a successful software engineer?

I would be really curious to hear your thoughts.

Obviously, what I mentioned is just a couple of ones in the myriad of things that makes a successful software engineer.