What Skills Will Help Me Advance in My Career?

What skills should I improve on in order to advance in my career? What areas will help me advance the most? Are there soft skills that I should work on? These are the questions we will answer in today's episode of Dev Questions.
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[@quazeemadesope]

Thanks so much Tim Corey. You are a great tutor and mentor! I really do ❤ you. Thanks a bunch

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@martindzeble]

Thank you very much Tim, you've put me in the right path

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@abhigupta3193]

thank you so much it will take me the right path in the future

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@pramods6997]

Thank you so much for discussing this topic. I thought only technical skills matter and used to focus only on that for many years.

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@MrRyanlintag]

Thank you very much for this

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@luke2042]

Right on Tim.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Thanks!

[@CyberTurd]

As an IT manager (and still hands-on developer), couldn't agree more - especially comms and big picture.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Thanks for sharing.

[@RiderInHell]

Hey, Tim. I was wondering... what relevance, if any, does BI and DW skills may have in software development? I'm asking because my last 5 years were spend in BI and support. I developed a quite strong ability with SQL, ETL and reporting. I have meetings with clients and take their requirements and translate them into working solutions. I even developped one or two apps in C# and SQL Server and support a few others. Now I have an offer for DW. In the future I would love to follow more of an applicational development path. I love both paths, though. So I was wondering if they are completelly different paths of they might interconnect. So, what I'm trying to say is that for now the development path might not be a very viable option as I have quite a bit of experience on the data path and the screenings that translate to interviews with potential offers are 99% on the data path, so while I build up my dev skills and something to show off I have to work right? hehe So, would accepting a potential DW position have any impact in the future on a dev path? And also, in your opinion, what would you say might have a brighter future right now? Data or dev? Thanks in advance!

[@IAmTimCorey]

Data and dev both have bright futures. Their futures are also intertwined. Data needs dev and dev needs data. Accepting a DW job could be a bit of a hinderance for getting a dev job, but if you put together a good portfolio, it may also be a benefit. So if you are looking for a job now, a DW job is probably the right move because it allows you to improve your dev skills.

[@RiderInHell]

@@IAmTimCoreythanks. I'll take that into advisement!

[@abhishekjadhav9289]

Hi Tim, Thank you for the great advise. Have a question about technical skills. Lately I have come across many .Net roles where many employers are asking for mandatory skills Python, kubernetes, Terraform, Message broker. Is a .Net developer expected to learn all of these for future jobs nowadays ? Your expert opinion on this will be very helpful.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Employers tend to make messy job postings. They pile on all of the technologies they use or are considering using. This means that almost no one fully qualifies for a role. That's why you apply even if you don't meet all of the criteria. But yes, employers do ask their developers to have a broad skillset (but also to have a deep skillset in their primary area, which is more important).

[@abhishekjadhav9289]

@@IAmTimCorey Thank you for the great advise Tim. Really appreciate your gesture of providing guidance so quicky whenever anyone needs it badly. Keep up the great work !!

[@JohnSmith-yr7ih]

Tim, please make a full course of 'aspNet identity' with wasm and new 'Blazor app' template, show the difference, if any. there a many videos of 'identity' but all of them are just overview

[@IAmTimCorey]

Thanks for the suggestion. Please add it to the list on the suggestion site so others can vote on it as well: suggestions.iamtimcorey.com/

[@Dimitris.Christoforidis]

If my boss not know c# code? How is even possible to be the owner of a development company?

[@Astral-Projector2389]

As long as he can run the company smoothly, successfully and everyone is happy. Whats the point? Running a development company is still running A company.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Does the CEO of AT&T know how to activate a SIM card? Probably not. In fact, they probably have someone configure and manage their phone for them. Just because a person is leading a team doesn't mean that they have all of the skills of their subordinates. Leadership is a different set of skills than software development. That's why so many developers struggle to take the next step up into leadership.

[@Astral-Projector2389]

@@IAmTimCorey 🙂👍

[@Dimitris.Christoforidis]

​@@IAmTimCorey So Ceo is dependent with developers. If all developers leave the company one day, the company will close

[@IAmTimCorey]

Not necessarily. If the developer leaves, the CEO could hire a new one. Yes, non-technical people can hire technical people. Also, you could say this about any position. I have an accountant. If they quit on me, I couldn’t do the accounting. I’d have to hire a new one. Same with my lawyer, my executive assistant, my designer, etc.