You're a great coder? That alone won't get you far!
Great jobs and salaries require skills beyond code like process know-how, business acumen, the right attitude and, most importantly, communication and soft skills. Boost your career with our compact on-demand video course with just 15 minutes a day.
94% of recruiters believe: employees with stronger soft skills are more likely promoted than employees with more years of experience but weaker soft skills
75% of recruiters have cut an interview short because a candidate didn't demonstrate the soft skills needed for the position they had applied for
Consistently for the past 20 years, 70% of all software projects are considered "unsuccessful" each year, even though technology is constantly improving. The reason: lack of communication & process skills
On average, professionals now spend more than half of their workweek in meetings interacting with people. Even software developers report an average of up to 30%.
In fact technical universities and colleges hardly teach any skills beyond code. Complete your profile with our tech career playbook.
Take a shortcut and learn everything you need beyond code for a higher IT-career in one dedicated and compact course.
Strong skills beyond code are the door opener for promotions and that means better jobs and higher salaries.
Take our lessons wherever and whenever you want. Just 15 minutes a day: easy to integrate into everyday work.
We provide solutions and hacks to improve work life experience and make it more meaningful and enjoyable.
We have made it our mission to reveal the secrets of a successful career in the IT industry. Therefore we conducted hundreds of interviews with experienced software engineers, architects, team leaders and CTOs and asked them what advice they would have given themselves at the start of their career. From this feedback, we developed our compact video course and discovered the 7 rules to success in the tech industry beyond code. It is a collection of the most important wisdom, proven tricks and shortcuts from leading industry experts.
This chapter is about the requirements of the different career paths and an honest review of our industry. We provide tools to help you find your way and define your vision and goals. We discuss how you can keep up with the fast pacing industry and how to be adaptable and open to change.
This chapter is about how you can use your time and focus skillfully and efficiently. This is really about craftsmanship and mastering good processes and tools for your own daily work. You have to be able and show, that you can get your sh*t together and work organized and efficiently like a professional.
This chapter deals with the important IT processes in the business and covers the flanking processes along the entire software development life cycle. A go-to-expert must be able to understand them, explain them clearly and apply them. You will learn how to become such an expert.
This chapter is about the different types of communication at work. We pay particular attention to practical helpers for everyday working life when communicating with the team, but especially when communicating with other departments, different hierarchical levels, customers and non-technicians.
This chapter offers useful information and hacks on dealing with teams and working across team boundaries with other departments, as well as tips and tricks on how you can contribute to more effective and enjoyable teamwork. We put emphasis on how good teamwork can boost your own career.
This chapter illustrates how powerful the right mindset is and how you can influence it easily. We will take a closer look at the topic of &dealing with criticism& and show you how you can make the best of it yourself. Further topics are for example making yourself heard, self-marketing and career best-practice.
This chapter is dedicated to the business side of the IT industry, in particular what IT means in the overall context of a corporate identity: value propositions, business models, journey mappings and pitches. Special attention is also paid to the human side and behaviors of customers and stakeholders
People looking for a shortcut to boost their career. From Junior to Senior and beyond, across all focus areas. Be it technology focus, people focus, process focus or client focus.
Department leads and team leads that want to improve teamwork, communication, and collaboration abilities, leading to more effective and productive development teams.
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No generics. All our lessons, content and examples are completely specialized for the needs of people in an IT career
Material is explained using over 100 special IT personas and advice on how to deal with them in real life is provided
We teach experience instead of mere theory. Our lessons offer solutions to real life job problems based on expert interviews.
It is not about becoming the top expert in every area, the point is not to make stupid and avoidable mistakes
The best way to learn is to have fun. Remember that boring lesson? Neither do we!
Lessons last about 10 minutes each. The content is condensed and to the point. No bullshit, focus is on things with the greatest impact
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Our microlearning courses allow you to learn easier and faster. You can choose your own schedule, which can be easily integrated into your workday.
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