https://chrzaszcz.dev/tags/soft-skills/ Recent content in soft-skills on Łukasz Chrząszcz Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chrzaszcz.dev/2024/07/rejected-senior-hired-junior/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chrzaszcz.dev/2024/07/rejected-senior-hired-junior/ It was one of my first interviews as a Team Leader, so I remember it quite vividly. Having finished reading candidate’s CV and preparing questions, I rushed into a conference room to meet with my future employee! I was a bit overwhelmed, as the guy had more 10 years of experience in multiple companies… A few years more than I had, so I felt kinda intimidated. Especially since he already passed a tech part of the interview. https://chrzaszcz.dev/2024/02/performance-review/ Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chrzaszcz.dev/2024/02/performance-review/ Apple stops all marketing for their iPhone… … quietly waiting for consumers to stumble upon and appreciate its cutting-edge technology and design on their own. Can you imagine that? 🤔 New iPhone without advertising its ground-breaking camera features, synchronization mechanisms and computing speed. It’s an unthinkable scenario, highlighting the absurdity of expecting even the most revolutionary products to be recognized and appreciated without any effort. Probably you’ll agree with me that it does sound insane, right? https://chrzaszcz.dev/2024/01/how-to-read-books/ Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://chrzaszcz.dev/2024/01/how-to-read-books/ My wife was utterly stunned and speechless when she found me at 3 AM, engaged in an activity she least expected. There I was, supposed to be sound asleep since I had an early start for work the next day, but instead, I was up to something quite the opposite. Little did I know that the simple sound of a camera shutter would give me away so easily! It was this very sound that roused my wife from her sleep. https://chrzaszcz.dev/2023/09/cultural-differences/ Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://chrzaszcz.dev/2023/09/cultural-differences/ Did you know that … 🤔 Riding a bike to work as a manager gives you the best score from the team in Denmark? Riding a bike to work as a manager gives you the worst score from the team in China? Depending on your culture you probably thought that one of the above situations is obvious and the other one sounds ridiculous. I thought that riding a bike to work and behaving just like any other team member was a way to go for every manager. https://chrzaszcz.dev/2023/03/atomic-habits/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://chrzaszcz.dev/2023/03/atomic-habits/ Hi! Hello! Welcome to my first post on soft skills! If this is not the first time you’re on my blog, you know that as a software engineer, I’ve been mainly writing about technical topics, but I strongly believe that soft skills are just as important for success in any field as technical ones. In this post, I’ll share my thoughts on a book I recently read - Atomic Habits written by James Clear - and discuss how I’ve applied some of its ideas in my daily work, encouraging you to read and use such books as well!