Skills of a Successful Software Engineer

Skills to grow from a solo coder into a productive member of a software development team, with seasoned advice on everything from refactoring to acing an interview.
In Skills of a Successful Software Engineer you will learn:

The skills you need to succeed on a software development team
Best practices for writing maintainable code
Testing and commenting code for others to read and use
Refactoring code you didn't write
What to expect from a technical interview process
How to be a tech leader
Getting around gatekeeping in the tech community

Skills of a Successful Software Engineer is a best practices guide for succeeding on a software development team. The book reveals how to optimize both your code and your career, from achieving a good work-life balance to writing the kind of bug-free code delivered by pros. You'll master essential skills that you might not have learned as a solo coder, including meaningful code…