© Zsolt Nagy  2019
Z. NagySoft Skills to Advance Your Developer Careerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5092-1_1

1. The Importance of Soft Skills

The Developer’s Edge
Zsolt Nagy1 
(1)
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
 

You arrive in front of your office, smiling, thinking about the adventures that are just ahead of you. You are in charge of a sensitive project that will impact the lives of millions of people. Your managers back all your decisions up, and your team consists of amazing talent.

You are happy to start your work today, as you can grow so quickly in an environment like this, and you start thinking about the speed at which you develop your product. There is no one single obstacle in your way that’s down to bad management, lack of communication, or the ...

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