To be successful in software development field communication, dedication of working along with different work environments, gaining trust from team members and clients is important.

Imagine you are new in a fully developed team. All team members know each other well enough to be comfortable discussing the software that they will be working on. And there you are, unaware of the work environment, software and team members. It is because you are new and also because they are unaware of you as well. Now, if you don’t start communicating with your team because of lack of experience or knowledge on a software, programming or any specific task in hand then you will prevent the team’s growth and their trust in you. 

In order to prevent any miscommunication, try to ask questions, add up your opinions, learn from them, shadow how they are doing and ask to volunteer. Taking small steps in account will never lose their trust in you. They will acknowledge that you are willing to help even with little knowledge. Such as, maintaining, reviewing code, “bug fixing, eliminating technical debt, setting up the project wiki, updating documentation, acting as a sounding board for other people’s ideas, and so on.” Try to focus on less edgy work, where there are less risks rather than “rather than the core where there are usually many dependencies and lots of complexity.”

Acknowledging simply takes you from doing nothing to doing something  meaningful for yourself and for the team. It will be hard beauce you are putting time and effort into something that isn’t big enough for you to enhance your programming skills. But if you take in this action and do more research and discuss with your group you will soon be able to help in complex areas on a project. 

It is something that everyone complains about when they are in this situation. It is like being an intern again. It is a slow process towards your growth in the field but the only way to get out of it is to be patient and try to give your efforts to contribute to the project.

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I like how in this book the author talks about patterns, its problems and then solutions.

When you are hired by a company, part of a job is to be aware of what you are doing. Are you doing according to the instructions or you are scheming and completing the task by avoiding some minor details. Companies who hire you depend on you. They depend on your intelligence.

Sometimes no one is aware or actually knows how to complete the task. It is very common for entry level software engineers to not know much about how companies want them to do it. Even people who have 10 years of experience, lack some skills when they are given a task.

This creates a problem. A problem where you find yourself frustrated. You would feel unaccomplished and start to question if you are even capable of doing the job.

I have been there and yes it is frustrating. Knowing that you are able to do the task but in some areas you are uncertain. It’s easy to get yourself in a loop of finding the right thing to do. The right thing to do is actually working on a skill where you are having trouble with.

You have to show the people,who are dependent on your work, that the learning is a  part of “delivering software”. You have to be honest with your colleagues and mentor. Let them know that you are unaware of a certain thing. Don’t hesitate to ask for help. The first step to achieve something is to be confident. It sets your mind and lets you focus on the task. It prevents you from wasting time. If the person sees your confidence they would trust your progress and would know that you are capable of doing it. Building trust with your college and clients build strong relationship. This is what you need to have a successful career, especially in the programming field.

You should not ignore what you do not know. You have to learn and go through it because even the smallest thing can make a big impact. This matter is any field. Being in a team, where everyone’s task is to learn, grow and give. If one of the team members fails to do any of the 3 tasks, the whole team fails.

One of the most important traits that a craftsman can possess is the ability to learn, identify an area of ignorance and work to reduce it.

By exposing and then confronting your ignorance you get a much better grasp of the task. You will be able to complete the work with understanding.

I have failed a couple times by ignoring the skills that I don’t know.

In the beginning you don’t feel the urge to actually learn about it but in the long run you would not be satisfied with your work. You would consistently look back and wish you’ve learned that before.

Whenever I get stuck on something I try to do more research on it, read about it, ask someone who has knowledge on it. It is a lot of work but in the long run it is helpful because these small strategies make a big difference.

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“I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I’m working with.”

William Kempe

I agree strongly with the author.

Yes, being a software developer is about collaboration. This is how ideas and creation comes in. Even if you know everything about on how to implement the data or any complex function you still need to collaborate with other developers. Who knows that they know an easier way to code the program. Collaboration is a huge part.

It is a learning strategies. The word the author gave is “Pair programing”. It is complex because you are compare and working on same thing but each with different or similar strategy. It will bring motivation and curiosity in learning new techniques.

Basically, It is a way to expose yourself to work along with skilled people and observe how gradually skills are grown for both developers. If you find someone who is as eager as you are in working on the project than make sure to have a good understanding an have talked though about the projects.

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Reading consistently give you ability to happen our mind.

And when reading connately about good programming, it will build you knowledge and would open more understanding of programming.

“If you read even one good programming book every two months, roughly 35 pages a week, you’ll soon have a firm grasp on the industry and distinguish yourself from nearly everyone around you.”

Books are the key component for growing. Not even book, just the articles or some options on a certain programing tasks you are doing. 

I like how this section cover the need of reading the words. looking at the word and understanding it. We as a software developer should not only be doing readings on the language tat we are familiar with but also on other languages that is some how connected it the pervious one.

The similarity will connect the broad perfection of a different but yet similar languor. For example,  HTML and CSS are quite similar, java and javascript function and calls are similar but are implemented differently. 

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Failure is an acceptance of what you are capably of. Not in a means of saying that you can not but in terms of stating that being aware of what you are missing. This prevents the boundaries that you are creating, such as giving up for being stuck at only one thing that you already know.

Failures are a big part in order to be successful. I have experienced it many time when learning my first programming language. I even decided to change my major to Business. 

At first it seemed really interesting and i was curious to learn more about how functions, objects and data works n java. I practiced and started ding the same problems again and agin until i had an idea of what the code was doing. But when I had a similar problem but it it was conned in different way I was lost. I ended up belly passing.

I then met one of my class mates, she was a minor and had better experienced then me in programming. She was really good at explaining. She taught me an easy was to adopt new skills. She told me which text editor to use, how to consume your time,being tim efficient, and which programming language is easier to understand.

“Ingenuity is often misunderstood. It is not a matter of superior intelligence but of character. It demands more than anything a willingness to recognize failure, to not paper over the cracks, and to change. It arises from deliberate, even obsessive, reflection on failure and a constant searching for new solutions.”

Atul Gawande, Better.

I applied those skill. I was still failing but was making progress, i was understanding what Mistakes I was doing. I was only missing out minor mistakes or I was sometimes rushing. But pointing out my mistakes I was ale to prevent myself to stop giving up on programming, 

Now as a senior I am not afraid to take th risk. I take failed as a new learning experience wirer I am able to apply my understanding in much more effiecnt way.

That is what the author is trying to tell. Many people see fair as a negative condition. However, It is a part of being successful. 

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“Be the lions tail rather than the foxs head!”

I enjoyed doing the reading. It is protrayed well enough to understand the basic concept of how ones should emerge in the field of computer science.

Three things that I caught attention towards were: learning new skills, taking risks and surronding yourself with people who knows more then you.

There is a say that, hustle like a broke and live like a master.
What I have reviewed is that thinking that you are the weakest member of the team will make you eager to learn and work hard. In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to take risks.
There is no easy way. That is where your patience is tested.
If you fail, you learn, if you didn’t you are always one step closer.

Looking at the Software development companies. They took risks, worked hard and learned from others. That is how they are able to stand out in the Tech world.
To be a good developer you have to collaborate with great developers. It is not their time need it’s the skills that you need to learn. Surrounding yourself and being among them will give you motivation and positive energy to grow into the Software Development field.

This strategy can be applied in any field. maintain and give you the motivation to grow and not give up.

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