Soft Skills for Developers - Storytelling in Software Engineering Teams

In today's video we'll be discussing the importance of soft skills for developers, and how learning about storytelling and common story shapes can help us better understand software engineering teams.

TIME STAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:19 Soft Skills in the Workplace
03:15 The Circle of Control, Influence, and Concern
05:13 Soft Skills for Senior and Principal Engineers
06:14 How to Use Storytelling to Grow Your Influence
07:57 'Person in Hole' Story Arc
12:04 Compression in the Workplace
13:07 Start Thinking Like a Storyteller
14:10 'Cockroach' Story Arc
15:40 Westrum Culture Index and DORA Research
16:39 A Warning About Analyzing Story Shapes
17:03 'Hamlet' Story Arc
19:36 Final Thoughts and Advice
21:14 Outro

LINKS FOR RESOURCES MENTIONED
🎥 Kurt Vonnegut's Lecture -    • Kurt Vonnegut Lecture  
🌐 Dropbox Engineering Career Framework - dropbox.github.io/dbx-career-framework/
🌐 Westrum Culture Index - cloud.google.com/architecture/devops/devops-cultur…
🌐 DORA's research program - www.devops-research.com/research.html
📚 Stephen Covey's book 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' - www.amazon.ca/Habits-Highly-Effective-People/dp/14…
📚 Roger Fisher and William Ury's book 'Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In' - www.amazon.ca/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-Wi…
📚 Robert McKee's book 'Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting' - www.amazon.ca/Story-Structure-Substance-Principles…

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