39 Stories To Learn About Professional Development

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1. How To Train Your Brain To Be More Optimistic

When faced with adversity, most people feel indecisive, restless, and anxious about the future. It is what happens afterward that makes a difference.

2. 9 Top Career Tips from a Google Director of Engineering Making $1.5 Million

How much do directors make at Google? A director of engineering makes $1.5 million and explains how he did it on Blind.

3. What Exactly is a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)?

Amazon finds what it believes to be the bottom 6% of employees to put on a performance improvement plan. Here’s everything you might want to know about PIPs.

4. Are You Getting The Right Feedback ?

Getting plenty of feedback that isn’t actionable is as bad as getting no feedback.

5. Becoming a Cybersecurity Journalist and Working in the IT Security Industry with Casey Crane

My name is Casey Crane and I’m a cybersecurity journalist and Content Manager at The SSL Store.

6. You Are the Cure to Imposter Syndrome in Data Science

Imposter syndrome is a common experience for data scientists. But there are ways to tackle it and succeed despite it.

7. Life Without Google I/O, F8 and the Other Places Developers Learn

The most predictable thing about most conferences used to be that, in the days leading up to them, you would be flooded with e-mails about your registration, new speaker additions and party invites.

8. How to Manage Your Anger at Work

Handling emotions at work

9. Must-have Soft Skills for a DevOps Engineer

Essential skills for DevOps Engineer to boost your career with no stress

10. FAQs For a Software Engineering Hiring Manager - Part 5 of 5: On Managers, Growth & Progression

With over 10 years of experience as a hiring manager for software engineers, I've compiled a list of the many recurring questions I've received from job seekers

11. Explore Must-Know Technical Concepts For Product Managers: Your Guide to the Mind of a Dev

A relevant list of software-related concepts that every product manager should know to better understand a developer's point of view.

12. Blockchain Needs You: A Guide to Non-Tech Careers in Blockchain

There is no better time to find a non-finance, non-tech career in blockchain.

13. Why I Use YouTube as a LinkedIn Replacement

For those lucky few who have not heard of recruiter spam, it is the torrential flow of DMs called “InMail” that recruiters send to nearly anyone.

14. Good Signs to Look For in a Professional Development Team in 2022

To choose the best development team among the thousands of options on the market, you need to know their distinguishing features.

15. Here's How I Passed The Oracle Certified Professional Examination

In November 2020, I passed the Oracle Certified Professional Java 11 1Z0-819 exam. For me, it was a long journey of 4 months. Sitting with full concentration..

16. 4 Ways to Prioritize Productivity over Keeping Busy

Being caught in the ‘busy trap’ makes it harder to see that productivity is not based on the number of hours you put in; it’s the time spent creating value.

17. On the Importance of Wide Range of Knowledge: Meet Paul Bailey, Systems Architect

Hacker Noon Contributor Paul Bailey, aerospace engineer turned systems architect, shares his thoughts on the importance of writing and wide range of knowledge.

18. Say No to Last Minute Requests: Here's How in 3 Steps

Finally, giving a thoughtful response goes a long way in ensuring your message is received well without coming across as arrogant...

19. The Key to a Good Relationship With Your Manager

What kind of relationship do you have with your manager? Is it a thriving one or are you barely surviving?

20. Focus on the Small Victories, Instead of Those Ambitious Goals

Do you celebrate big victories, audacious goals, and major milestones? You must. We all do. But, what happens after a big goal is met?

21. People With High Levels of Emotional Intelligence Perform Better at Work

Emotional intelligence is critical for leadership success, employee performance, and teamwork. Learn to develop your EI with coaching app LIFE Intelligence.

22. How To Be Responsible For Your Own Growth

We all want to have a good relationship with our managers, work on impactful projects that help us advance our career, want to be highly regarded in our line of work and be trusted and respected by others. But, how often do we take charge of our own growth?

23. Main Qualities Of A Great Lead Developer

Starting in 2009, I've worked as a software engineer, lead developer, engineering manager, vice-president of engineering, and chief product officer. During this journey, I had the opportunity to support talented engineers in different career transitions, from individual contributor to lead developer, from lead developer to engineering manager. I found many shared struggles while mentoring them; that's why I'm writing a series on how to get prepared to move into these positions.

24. How to Not Suck as a New Engineering Manager in 2020

Babe Ruth, one of the greatest baseball players of all time, once said:

25. 4 Things a Dev Should Know Besides Coding

Today’s overwhelming and unlimited access to information, in the broadest sense, courtesy of the Internet, often leaves us unable to isolate the noise. There is a lot of it. Should I learn X, or Y? Or is Z more worth it to spend time on, since insert group of people have been using that?

26. Why Do I Want To Become A Manager

Every person at some point in their career may need to ask themselves “Do I really want to be a manager?” The question may seem straightforward, but the answer is not. It requires digging deeper and finding answers for ourselves without relying on what others believe is the right thing for us to do.

27. Asking for Help the Right Way

When we were small, we asked for help all the time. Dependent on our parents, friends, teachers and siblings to help us navigate the complexities of life, asking for help seemed like the most natural thing to do. As a child, I don’t remember dealing with any painful emotion while asking for help, worrying about what it would do to my self-esteem or the damaging effect on the image I have built for myself. I was happy to learn from everyone around me, knowing I could rely on people to give me useful advice when I needed one. Indeed, the best feeling in the world.

28. Education of a Programmer: Why It Should Not Be Same as Other Professions

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand" ~Confucius.

29. Shine at Work: 8 Tips to Get Noticed

What matters is how you operate, how you interact with others, or how you look beyond the outcomes to generate value.

30. 'You are a Scientist in Your Own Lab': How to Set Your Goals

Everyone likes to achieve success at work, but very few take the time to define what “success” means to them.

31. Working With a Dominant Personality: I Didn’t Quit and You Shouldn’t Too

It was a Friday morning, and I was quite enthusiastic about the opportunity to present my ideas in front of a large group of people.

32. 4 Common Types of Critics, and How To Handle Their "Feedback"

Doling out advice, hurling negative comments, passing mean remarks - we have all done it. Given an opportunity, it’s easy to assume the role of an expert and tell others how wrong they are, why their product isn’t good enough, why their idea will never work, how they should behave, what they should do. Why seek permission when we feel right in our criticism?

33. 7 Ways to Effectively Onboard Yourself in Your New Job

Finally, your onboarding experience won’t be without its challenges. Be kind to yourself when the going gets tough.

34. Self Awareness: The Key to Mental Health and Workplace Success

Self awareness may be the new key to both workplace success and mental health. Here's how self awareness training can improve productivity, empathy, diversity.

35. Are You Contributing to a Toxic Work Environment Without Realizing It?

Some of the most toxic managers I have worked with had no clue they were contributing to a toxic work environment. Otherwise pleasant to talk to, these managers seemed to genuinely care about their people. However, what appeared on the outside was not in tune with what went inside their teams. Their good intentions didn’t always translate into the right action.

36. How To Find Work-Life Balance

Work-life balance is always a struggle at every stage of our life. How to make work-life balance work? By understanding that it isn't a state, but a journey.

37. What Is Fear-Based Leadership

Fear of not being included, fear of not knowing, fear of status, fear of failure, fear of unknowns, fear of criticism, fear of change, fear of being an imposter can cause a leader to act in undesirable ways. Leading from fear can create a toxic culture in which people play safe, avoid mistakes and lay low in effect creating an organisation that does not grow due to mediocre performance and unrealised potential.

38. 4 Skills You Need to Become a Distinguished Developer

Excellence in Software Engineering has never been a stationary destination where one can arrive sooner or later. It has always been a lifelong journey and learning process which demands consistency and commitment in order for someone to progress rapidly and to stay relevant over the next few years because of the ever-changing tech scenario. This element of uncertainty and demand for consistency has intrigued me since forever and hence compelled me to choose this a full-time career and what I’d like to do, at least for the foreseeable near future.

39. What I learned About Cybersecurity after becoming an ISSAP®

Being a great security professional is not just about how excellent your technical skills. It would be best if you were particular about the choices or suggesti

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