World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024 • Session details

You’re a great coder? That alone won’t get you far: The soft skills secret in IT success

Why do 70% of IT projects fail despite excellent code? Learn to translate technical decisions into business value and bypass the seniority trap to accelerate your engineering career.

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The myth of not being technical enough

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Escaping the smart person trap in technical communication

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