Professional Skills for Software Engineers • Charles Humble & Trisha Gee

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant Trisha Gee - Lead Developer Evangelist at Gradle, Java Champion & Co-Author of "Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA" RESOURCES Charles https://bsky.app/profile/charleshumble.bsky.social https://linkedin.com/in/charleshumble https://mastodon.social/@charleshumble https://conissaunce.com Trisha https://bsky.app/profile/trishagee.bsky.social https://twitter.com/trisha_gee https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishagee https://trishagee.com https://github.com/trishagee Links https://www.conissaunce.com/professional-skills-shortcut.html https://www.jeanettewinterson.com DESCRIPTION Trisha Gee interviews Charles Humble on his project "Professional Skills for Software Engineers", a collection of 14 articles organized into four categories: • communication • critical thinking • documentation • networking Charles argues that career success in software engineering oftentimes depends more on non-programming skills than technical ability. Both Charles and Trisha emphasize that these skills are learnable and essential, despite being undervalued in the industry as mere "soft skills". The conversation covers how intentional communication improves product development, the value of networking and public speaking for career advancement, and ways engineers can generate ideas for content creation while taking ownership of their career development. The interview makes a compelling case that developing these professional skills benefits both individual engineers and the industry as a whole. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Charles Humble • Professional Skills for Software Engineers Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know Anne Currie, Sarah Hsu & Sara Bergman • Building Green Software Cal Newport • Deep Work Martin Fowler • UML Distilled Cathy O"Neil • Weapons of Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!