This is the second post in a multi-part series where I share the highlights of the sections/subsections of the book How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Previous: Don’t condemn, criticize, or complain Fundamental Techniques for Handling People Principle 2:…
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Fundamental Techniques for Handling People – Part 1 of 3
This is the first post in a multi-part series where I share the highlights of the sections/subsections of the book How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Context Although the book was originally published in 1937, in…
Peopleware
I recently finished reading Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd ed.). The book is a collection of essays about people-related issues that apply to software development (aimed more so toward managers). The authors, Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister, are software consultants that…
Kalamazoo X 2015
About the conference/trip This year I was thrilled to finally attend the soft-skills conference, Kalamazoo X. One of the things that drew me to this conference is that it deals with things that transcend any technology and any job at a certain…