Let’s face it—being a developer isn’t just about writing flawless code. It’s about collaboration. But here’s the harsh truth: most developers suck ...
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This is a really good reminder, I feel like every developer should have this in their onboarding plan. It's important to know how much technical detail to include, depending on the context. When talking with managers and those outside your team, it may be easier to focus less on technicalities and more on requirements. If you're pairing on a feature ticket with another dev, including more detail is usually better. Thanks Mangabo!
Yes, you are right Gabrielle. I think it should be the first thing to communicate to every developer joining a new team.
It makes collaboration easier. Thanks for reading!
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🤣 those are legendary answers, stealing that 🤣🤣
I would say it's all about anticipating what information the other person actually wants and needs; in some sense, it really is just the basics of being considerate in conversation. I often find myself in conversations trying to almost probe how much information the other person wants; some will have a "don't care, just tell me what this means for me" attitude, while others will be much more interested and just curious about stuff to the extent that they can understand the technicalities.
Trying to tell a complete non-programmer about classes and objects kind of sounds like a general problem with communication skills, honestly.
Great article! Now I know how to talk to my friends about my project without them zoning out.
haha, thanks Nate
This is a good article to help us bridge the gap. I really like to help them visualize the technical stuff into something they can relate with, like talking about buildings. Buildings need strong foundations, walls, utilities, amenities, windows. Don't even mention anything technical. If there's a bug causing issues, you can say 'imagine we're building an extension on your house, the foundations need to be solid and the builders just found an unexpected sink hole whilst digging, it's opened up into a mineshaft beneath your house and the entire thing needs to be filled with a specialist material that has to be imported from spain. I'm currently sourcing a supplier, please give me some more time to build your lovely extension'. And theyre like 'oh I totally get it now, what a pain in the ass'. Fully relatable struggle. They'll be on your side. Windows could be application features that haven't got the right glass in, bugs could be drain blockages. I find people really love it when you give them something they can relate with. Then it gives them an opportunity to ask for more details which you can then appropriately drip feed.
Exaxtly
thanks for sharing your experience
Thanks K!
you are welcome Adrian!
I was laughing a bit when reading this, so relatable
glad you liked it :)
man you just saved my whole startup team ,even the explanation is simple ,God bless you brother ,🤣🤣🤞
haha thank you man
God bless you too
Great advice
Thank you Bernardo
Awesome
thank you
How to talk to developers, though? Have you all ever had a coworker like Sheldon that made you feel completely not-nerdy all of a sudden?
Good article must read as this is crucial for all developers especially for integration developers as they need to talk to multiple teams and stakeholders
This is really so clear.