Soft Skills

Writing

Articles

• How To Edit Your Own Writing
  • The secret to good writing is good editing.
• Plain Writing
  • Surprisingly good tips from the United States Government.
• Write to a short attention span
  • From the engineer behind Dask and founder of Coiled.

Blogging

• Why it’s great to write blog posts
  • Learning to write isn’t any different from learning any other skill.

Leadership

• The path to technical leadership
  • A true leader can lead without the title or authority.
• Technical Leadership: Getting Started
  • Leadership is about influencing others without relying on authority.
• An Engineering Team where Everyone is a Leader
  • “Let me take the lead in solving this issue.”

Scrum

• Ryan Ripley & Co. — Professional Scrum Training.
  • Interview on SE Radio about his book.

Scaling Teams

• The Team Scaling Fallacy
  • Teams do not scale as fast as people imagine they would.

Inspiration

• Ira Glass on Storytelling — Ira Glass
  • A two-minute video, great advice for anyone doing creative work.
• The War of Art — Stephen Pressfield
  • Great motivation for any creative endeavor. A nice recap of the book.