Driving Your Career - Soft Skills to Move You Forward

Sit shotgun with Brian Prince in “Driving Your Career” – a 32-week screencast series that explores the new skills developers need to thrive. Brian will tackle relevant topics including quick learning techniques, how to manage your career, how to build consensus, and the always-tricky task of talking to humans. Brian will share his expertise of being a manager, a consultant, and many other roles over his career, to help you succeed in yours.

• Week 1 - It’s always darkest before the dawn  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 2 - How I learned that humans don’t care about technology  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 3 - Always have a mentor  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 4 - Body language doesn’t use CSS  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 5 - Learn the magic number  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 6 - Job vs. Career  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 7 - How to manage your career  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 8 - Investing in your career  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 9 - Three things great employers look for  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 10 - Managing your resume with yesterday’s weather  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 11 - “Eat like a bird, and poop like an elephant”  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 12 - How to judge a company by its interview  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 13 - Problem solving and creativity are key skills  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 14 - How to communicate with humans  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 15 - Be an active listener   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 16 - Project management is about communication   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 17 - Use metaphors to communicate with humans   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 18 - Always follow through   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 19 - How to say “I don’t know.”  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 20 - Bring solutions to the table   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 21 - Just in time learning with great search skills   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 22 - No agenda, No attenda.   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 23 - If you aren’t early, you're late   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 24 - Perception is reality  |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 25 - Feel. Felt. Found.   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 26 - Don’t be a plumber   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 27 - Change where you work, or change where you work   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 28 - Help the user kick butt   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 29 - Always hold the door   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 30 - Never burn a bridge   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 31 - Learn quickly. Unlearn quicker   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3
• Week 32 - Professional networking. Just do it   |   WMV  MP3 WMV  MP3