Communication: The most IMPORTANT software engineering skill

, you might be making a wrong assumption about software engineering. 🤔

Most coders assume software engineering is only about programming. But it's just as much, if not even more, about effective communication.

Just think about it - you work on a team 🫂. Not only that, but in big companies, you frequently collaborate on projects with multiple teams involved.

The only way to achieve your and your team's goals is to have good communication skills.

Anyway, I've got 2 ✌🏿 things for you here today on this subject.

First, a video on communication as an engineer:

Here's the link to the TikTok video.

And second, the 3 principles of communication as a software engineer:

1. Always give context and background information
2. Follow up on emails and chats to make sure things get done
3. Read between the lines to pick up on any subtle hints 👀

See you next week,

Tobe Osakwe