Soft Skills | Down Home Country Coding With Scott Selikoff and Jeanne Boyarsky https://www.selikoff.net Java/J2EE Software Development and Technology Discussion Blog Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 4595340 why not to say “it’s easy”; 8 interpretations https://www.selikoff.net/2019/02/03/why-not-to-say-its-easy-10-interpretations/ https://www.selikoff.net/2019/02/03/why-not-to-say-its-easy-10-interpretations/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:35:08 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=9524 I recently took the AWS Practitioner test. When speaking to a number of people who took the exam before me, I heard a lot of “it’s easy.” That simple phrase doesn’t convey much information and has the potential to make … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2019/02/03/why-not-to-say-its-easy-10-interpretations/feed/ 1 9524 your calendar belongs to you! https://www.selikoff.net/2018/03/20/your-calendar-belongs-to-you/ https://www.selikoff.net/2018/03/20/your-calendar-belongs-to-you/#respond Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:46:28 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=8784 I was taking a training class this week and was informed that some of the things I do aren’t “common knowledge.” So I’m going to be using the soft skills category in this blog to share some of them. Consider … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2018/03/20/your-calendar-belongs-to-you/feed/ 0 8784 the “empty chair test” https://www.selikoff.net/2017/11/04/the-empty-chair-test/ https://www.selikoff.net/2017/11/04/the-empty-chair-test/#respond Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:22:48 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=8365 I’ve been using the term “empty chair test” for many years. I recently learned that it’s not a commonly used term. In fact, I googled it and this blog post is the only reference I can find. Oh well. I’m … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2017/11/04/the-empty-chair-test/feed/ 0 8365 emotional intelligence after 7 years https://www.selikoff.net/2016/12/17/emotional-intelligence-7-years/ https://www.selikoff.net/2016/12/17/emotional-intelligence-7-years/#respond Sat, 17 Dec 2016 15:47:01 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=6971 Yesterday I had an interesting discussion with a teammate who recently attended a course on Emotional Intelligence. He asked me if I had read about Emotional Intelligence. I said no, but this turned out to not be true. In 2009, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2016/12/17/emotional-intelligence-7-years/feed/ 0 6971 the trust cycle vs the hype cycle https://www.selikoff.net/2011/11/04/the-trust-cycle-vs-the-hype-cycle/ https://www.selikoff.net/2011/11/04/the-trust-cycle-vs-the-hype-cycle/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:06:06 +0000 http://www.selikoff.net/?p=1465 Most of have seen the Gartner hype cycle graph – shown here from wikipedia.  This got me thinking about what would happen if we tried to do the same thing – except with trusting our teammates to see how they … Continue reading →

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