Boost your tech career
Coding is just half the job. This program teaches the other half: skills beyond code for engineers. On-demand microlearning videos - just 15 minutes a day, your tempo. Based on tech experts' best career hacks. Outcomes include:
Faster career growth - breaking the Senior / Staff ceiling
Being taken seriously and influencing decisions
Higher compensation with stronger negotiation leverage
More career security and long-term options
“The skills beyond the code every developer should know.”
Subhashini A., Senior Engineer
“A must-have course with practical skills you can apply right away.”
Martin Hochstraßer, Senior Software Developer
Outcomes include:
Faster career growth - breaking the Senior / Staff ceiling
Being taken seriously and influencing decisions
Higher compensation with stronger negotiation leverage
More career security and long-term options
Soft Skills Training 4 Engineers
If tech is both problem and solution, nothing changes. Utterskills sharpens the part that does: you.
Cheat Code: Human Skills
Research shows that 85% of job success comes from well-developed soft and people skills, while only 15% comes from technical expertise.
Name one reason to keep ignoring this:
Well?
Future-Proof in the Era of AI
The future belongs to those in the middle who bridge human needs with AI-driven tech.
Tech frameworks go out of date fast, but solid soft skills stay with you for life. These are the skills AI can't replace.
From devs for devs
No soft skills course, no chair circles. Just solution-oriented work.
We teach experience, not theory. Lessons are based on real tech situations and the best career hacks from industry experts, shared exclusively with Utterskills.
What Our Clients Say
A well-structured and crisp course that delivers practical insights and skills across all key soft-skill areas - covering the beyond-the-code skills every developer should know.★★★★★
Subhashini A.
Senior Engineer, Jobrad
An overall excellent course - insightful, well structured, and delivered with great humor. It provides new methods and practical skills that are easy to apply directly at work.★★★★★
Martin Hochstraßer
Senior Software Developer, Inxmail
A highly practical course, broken into small, easy-to-digest sections. It builds awareness of soft skills and helps developers communicate more effectively with decision-makers.★★★★★
Tim Bischoff
Software Developer, Seidemann Web
A beautifully crafted and highly practical course that explains even complex topics in a clear and entertaining way. Packed with everyday tips for working in tech, it proved especially helpful during my recent job application process.★★★★★
Vilma L.
Head of Technology, Whatever.Works
A comprehensive course that shows how career growth goes beyond technical skills. It broadens your view of career paths in tech and provides practical guidance on prioritization, leadership, communication, feedback, and collaboration.★★★★★
Kunal Mhatre
Frontend Engineer, Alef Education
In e-commerce and tech, projects rarely fail because of technology - they fail because of people. Utterskills strengthened exactly those soft skills, and the positive impact on our collaboration was immediately noticeable.★★★★★
Oliver Richter
CEO, Seidemann Web GmbH
A hugely valuable course for developers at different stages. It offers a clear and structured way to strengthen communication, collaboration, and business-focused skills - especially for those aiming for leadership or client-facing roles.★★★★★
Dung Nguyen
Head of Engineering, NFQ Asia
The approachable demeanor of the presenter and the provision of material made this course highly engaging. I learned new methods of structuring my approach to labor-intensive tasks and how to approach other persons. The content is presented in a charming and informative way that makes it easy to digest.★★★★★
Florian Nägele
Linux System Administrator, qwertiko GmbH
This course helped me grow far beyond just writing code. The practical techniques for communication, collaboration, and business thinking gave me the confidence to speak up and made me a stronger team member - contributing directly to my promotion.★★★★★
Abhishek Nagekar
Security Engineer, Mozilla
What stood out most was how immediately usable everything was. The team applied the techniques right away, improving how we work together. It's practical, relevant, and clearly built with real developer project life in mind.★★★★★
Sascha Sölter
CEO, Sölter & Partner
A well-structured and crisp course that delivers practical insights and skills across all key soft-skill areas - covering the beyond-the-code skills every developer should know.★★★★★
Subhashini A.
Senior Engineer, Jobrad
An overall excellent course - insightful, well structured, and delivered with great humor. It provides new methods and practical skills that are easy to apply directly at work.★★★★★
Martin Hochstraßer
Senior Software Developer, Inxmail
A highly practical course, broken into small, easy-to-digest sections. It builds awareness of soft skills and helps developers communicate more effectively with decision-makers.★★★★★
Tim Bischoff
Software Developer, Seidemann Web
A beautifully crafted and highly practical course that explains even complex topics in a clear and entertaining way. Packed with everyday tips for working in tech, it proved especially helpful during my recent job application process.★★★★★
Vilma L.
Head of Technology, Whatever.Works
A comprehensive course that shows how career growth goes beyond technical skills. It broadens your view of career paths in tech and provides practical guidance on prioritization, leadership, communication, feedback, and collaboration.★★★★★
Kunal Mhatre
Frontend Engineer, Alef Education
In e-commerce and tech, projects rarely fail because of technology - they fail because of people. Utterskills strengthened exactly those soft skills, and the positive impact on our collaboration was immediately noticeable.★★★★★
Oliver Richter
CEO, Seidemann Web GmbH
A hugely valuable course for developers at different stages. It offers a clear and structured way to strengthen communication, collaboration, and business-focused skills - especially for those aiming for leadership or client-facing roles.★★★★★
Dung Nguyen
Head of Engineering, NFQ Asia
The approachable demeanor of the presenter and the provision of material made this course highly engaging. I learned new methods of structuring my approach to labor-intensive tasks and how to approach other persons. The content is presented in a charming and informative way that makes it easy to digest.★★★★★
Florian Nägele
Linux System Administrator, qwertiko GmbH
This course helped me grow far beyond just writing code. The practical techniques for communication, collaboration, and business thinking gave me the confidence to speak up and made me a stronger team member - contributing directly to my promotion.★★★★★
Abhishek Nagekar
Security Engineer, Mozilla
What stood out most was how immediately usable everything was. The team applied the techniques right away, improving how we work together. It's practical, relevant, and clearly built with real developer project life in mind.★★★★★
Sascha Sölter
CEO, Sölter & Partner
A well-structured and crisp course that delivers practical insights and skills across all key soft-skill areas - covering the beyond-the-code skills every developer should know.★★★★★
Subhashini A.
Senior Engineer, Jobrad
An overall excellent course - insightful, well structured, and delivered with great humor. It provides new methods and practical skills that are easy to apply directly at work.★★★★★
Martin Hochstraßer
Senior Software Developer, Inxmail
A highly practical course, broken into small, easy-to-digest sections. It builds awareness of soft skills and helps developers communicate more effectively with decision-makers.★★★★★
Tim Bischoff
Software Developer, Seidemann Web
A beautifully crafted and highly practical course that explains even complex topics in a clear and entertaining way. Packed with everyday tips for working in tech, it proved especially helpful during my recent job application process.★★★★★
Vilma L.
Head of Technology, Whatever.Works
A comprehensive course that shows how career growth goes beyond technical skills. It broadens your view of career paths in tech and provides practical guidance on prioritization, leadership, communication, feedback, and collaboration.★★★★★
Kunal Mhatre
Frontend Engineer, Alef Education
In e-commerce and tech, projects rarely fail because of technology - they fail because of people. Utterskills strengthened exactly those soft skills, and the positive impact on our collaboration was immediately noticeable.★★★★★
Oliver Richter
CEO, Seidemann Web GmbH
A hugely valuable course for developers at different stages. It offers a clear and structured way to strengthen communication, collaboration, and business-focused skills - especially for those aiming for leadership or client-facing roles.★★★★★
Dung Nguyen
Head of Engineering, NFQ Asia
The approachable demeanor of the presenter and the provision of material made this course highly engaging. I learned new methods of structuring my approach to labor-intensive tasks and how to approach other persons. The content is presented in a charming and informative way that makes it easy to digest.★★★★★
Florian Nägele
Linux System Administrator, qwertiko GmbH
This course helped me grow far beyond just writing code. The practical techniques for communication, collaboration, and business thinking gave me the confidence to speak up and made me a stronger team member - contributing directly to my promotion.★★★★★
Abhishek Nagekar
Security Engineer, Mozilla
What stood out most was how immediately usable everything was. The team applied the techniques right away, improving how we work together. It's practical, relevant, and clearly built with real developer project life in mind.★★★★★
Sascha Sölter
CEO, Sölter & Partner
Recognize These?
Being a software engineer today is way more than "just writing code," and it comes with pain most people never see. If you find yourself nodding at more than one of these, you're definitely not the only one.
Calendar vs. Code
"Meetings all day, webcam on, pretending to care as my brain begs to be anywhere else."
Your calendar turns into an endless wall of meetings. You're expected to be "on" all day, instantly responsive, and socially smooth on camera. By the time they end, you're too mentally drained to tackle real problems, and your real work feels constantly sidelined.
- ⚠️ Constant context switching kills focus
- ⚠️ Meetings without clear decisions
- ⚠️ Long calls leave you mentally exhausted
Nobody listens
"I've said it a million times. No one listened. Now we're in this mess."
When things go wrong, engineering gets blamed; when decisions are made, engineering gets sidelined. You calmly explain risks and consequences, get ignored, and then watch exactly what you predicted happen - again and again.
- ⚠️ You build things you warned against
- ⚠️ Your expertise is heard, not respected
- ⚠️ Frustration turns into quiet resentment
Career stuck
"Without me everything would collapse, but I'm still overlooked for promotion."
Almost no one knows the codebase like you, but when promotions are decided, you're not even in the conversation. You feel critical to the system, yet invisible when it comes to your career.
- ⚠️ Your role grows, your title doesn't
- ⚠️ Critical to the system, stuck in the org chart
- ⚠️ You're the unsung hero, not the leader
Future anxiety
"How long until AI can do what I do?"
Every new AI update makes you wonder which part of your job is next on the chopping block. It feels impossible to keep up, and deep down you realize the job world you know is quietly ending.
- ⚠️ Constant pressure to keep up
- ⚠️ Uncertainty about your future skills
- ⚠️ Fear of becoming obsolete
How To Fix This
None of the problems above can be solved with more tech. The solution is beyond code, at a person-to-person level. All of your genius is useless if you can't make people understand it and trust you.
1. Understand the impact of human skills
Even in tech, it's a people business. Coding is just half the job. Solutions are made by humans, for humans, with humans - tech is just the tool. No soft skills, no impact, no career.
2. Adopt a business brain
Code is a means, not the end. Learn the game you're coding for: customers, benefits, costs, revenue, risk. Tie work to outcomes. With business acumen you prioritize better, argue smarter, and build what matters.
3. Become the go-to Expert
Stop being just the engineer, just the executor. Shift from I implement to I influence outcomes. Respect is earned, not demanded: organize yourself, be active in meetings, speak clearly, take ownership, create value.
Coding is half the job - we teach the other half.
Soft Skills 4 Hard Coders
Carefree all-in-one video course solution
8 weeks, 15 minutes a day
Fits into everyday work and busy schedules
On demand, fully online; no seminars or offsites
Fast results: Learnings can be put directly into practice
Built For Devs. Loved By Devs.
Award-winning teaching method "hooks & hacks"
Learning that feels like binge-watching a Netflix show
Based on tech leaders' most valuable career hacks
What changes 4 You
Money & Career
- Door opener: better jobs, promotions, higher pay
- Competitive edge: most engineers lack this skill set
- Faster progress: real career hacks, skip trial-and-error
- Future proof: as AI eats coding, human skills drive value
Daily Business
- You're heard and understood across departments
- Less rework, fewer blockers, smoother collaboration
- Better relationships with coworkers and stakeholders
- Work feels calmer and more focused; stress drops
Improved Skills
- Clear communication → faster decisions, fewer misunderstandings
- Stakeholder handling → stronger buy-in, less rework
- Self-organization → reliable delivery, visible ownership, trust
- Business acumen → better prioritization, smarter trade-offs, clearer value
The Facts
Time Spent In Meetings
On average, professionals now spend more than half of their workweek in meetings interacting with other people. That's a lot of time and nerves for an introvert or if you lack people skills.
Harder Interviews
75% of recruiters would cut an interview short if a candidate did not demonstrate the skills beyond code needed for the job they applied for.
Talent Not Job-Ready
94% of recruiters believe: employees with stronger soft skills are more likely promoted than employees with more years of experience but weaker soft skills.
The Opportunity
Skill Shift Ahead
According to the World Economic Forum, 44% of core job skills will be disrupted by 2027. Technical skills change fast, but human skills remain the key factor for long-term performance.
Competitive Edge In The Job Market
In tech, over 73% of leaders and HR say candidates lack soft skills like communication, critical thinking, and speaking up. If you show these, you're ahead of three quarters of the job market.
It's About People, Not Code
Research shows that 85% of job success comes from well-developed soft and people skills, while only 15% comes from technical expertise.
Your path to your career upgrade in 3 steps
In just three simple steps, from initial contact to the start of your transformation. We make it as easy as possible for you.
Book a free consultation
See if it fits in 15 minutes, no string attached. Bring your questions, and you'll leave with a clear action plan, with or without us.
Enroll online
Just enroll and check out online. The entire course is on demand, at your own pace, whenever and wherever you want.
Start right away
You can start your first lesson immediately. No bureaucracy. No travel. No waiting. No drama. Let's go!
About Us
Straight out of the Black Forest in Germany, we are Florian and Gigi, the founders behind Utterskills. We met studying computer science and have spent almost 20 years in the tech industry. Florian comes more from the tech side, Gigi more from the business side – so we know both worlds and where they clash.
We learned early: great developers aren't defined by clean code alone. How you communicate, handle chaos and work with people – that's the real leverage. We call it skills beyond code.
Because there were almost no useful courses for this, we decided to build them ourselves. Our logo is a bridge for a reason: Utterskills connects the tech and business worlds where devs actually work.
For our lessons, we asked dozens of experienced experts one question: "What are the top 3 tips you wish you'd had at the start of your career?" The result: practical, no-fluff industry hacks we happily use ourselves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Don't Waste This Chance
This course puts you statistically ahead of 73% of your job-market competition. That's a serious edge. Your boss probably has a training budget - don't let it go to waste. Be smart and use it on something that actually moves your career forward.
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