In this post we are going to discuss a few points which you must be taken care of, to be a successful software engineer. We all are software engineers, we do creates software, are we the only people who works for it? Absolutely NO. Am I right? There are few pretty good cycle or steps to be followed. Here we are not going to discuss about that. There is a saying, “When you do your duty well, no need to worry about the other things”. So let us see what are all the things we need to keep in mind to make our product/software to be successful, in that way we can also be a successful software engineer. I hope you will like this.
Background
Last week, I attended India’s most awaited conference at Delhi. It is C# Corner annual conference. If you need to know about the conference more, please read it here. This conference will surprise you in all the way possible. I really got surprised when I get a chance to meet and attend sessions of wonderful gurus. Learned a lot. Here I am going to explain the key points which I have noted down from the session “How to be a successful software engineer” of Mr. https://www.facebook.com/glennblock. He really motivated all of the attendees like me. Mr. Glenn Block is a X Microsoft employee who has worked for Microsoft almost 10 years, He has been a part of Azure, WCF, .NET etc. Currently he is working as a Principal Product Manager at Splunk.
I am writing this article with the permission form Mr. Glenn Block, I have asked for the permission after the conference. He was so kind and gave me the permission to do so.
Don’t be afraid to fail
We all are developers/programmers. We do mistakes, all the human do that. It does not matter that you create your software without any fault or fail. If you say so, you may need to make sure that your software is working or not. There is a saying.
DON’T BE AFRAID OF FAILURE- Albert Einstein
Don’t be afraid to fail, your failure is your best teacher you ever have. We can all do mistakes which will make us fail, but most important thing is, learn form your failure/mistakes. If you do that, your next try will be successful.
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If you have never failed, you haven’t tried anything new.
Don’t be afraid to ask for help
We are all working in an environment where we all do mistakes and fail. You should never be afraid of asking help to others. This can reduce your work pressure and guess what? you can deliver your product on time. That’s what your Manager need from you. Sometimes, your junior can also lead you to the right path. So never be afraid to ask for help. Just let your ego flew away.
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Be a continuous learner
We live in a life where something new is arising in each seconds. It is same for our IT industries too. Everyday there is something new to learn. At the end of the day, what you have learn is most important. You should give a try to all the technologies which is being developed related to your designation. At the same time, it is important that you must be a master for few of them.
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You can’t learn it all
When you read the above points, there will be a thought in your mind. I know that. “How can I learn all?”. When I said to be a continuous learner, it is limited. You just need to give a try in the technologies which you think it may help in your programming life. At the same time, as I said in the above point, you must get mastered in few of them too.
Value your code
When I say “Value your code”, it is all related how you do your code exactly. When ever you do any code, just make sure that it does the things it is supposed to be in a clear and easy manner. It was glad hearing from my friend Mr.Dhananjay Kumar saying Mr.Glenn Block writes coding in a way a poet writes a poem. We must follows that. It is much important that your codes should be maintainable, or else the one who maintain your code after few days/months/years will have to struggle a lot.
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Guest UserPosted Apr 17, 2017, 5:58 PM
It's a great article. I wish I could be on that conference.
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It's a nice article Sibeesh
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Nice article Sibeesh Venu and expecting inspiring articles from you
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Super article.. Great work
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Good article Sibeesh
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Thanks for sharing your experiences,gud article and also informative.
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Thank you very Much. Only truth there.
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
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Very nice article... it inspires me a lot, because i'm a beginner,,, thank you very much..
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I miss a mentor...
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Good one..
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Thank you for such an inspiring article
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Good one
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Saillesh Pawar Welcome dude
Gopi ChandPosted Mar 29, 2016, 5:00 AM
Good one Sibeesh...specially for those who didn't attended the conference :)
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Thanks A lot for sharing.
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Prakash Tripathi Thanks, will edit it
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Yashwant VishwakarmaPosted Mar 28, 2016, 1:42 AM
I was not there in conference but I can feel the motivation and magic which are coming out from the word. Thanks for sharing :)
Prakash TripathiPosted Mar 26, 2016, 2:44 PM
Good one. Just one thing that I found links of communities (SO/CP etc.) shared seems broken. You may want to have a look.
Vamsi KrishnaPosted Mar 25, 2016, 4:18 AM
Good job
सौरभ माहेश्वरीPosted Mar 25, 2016, 2:49 AM
Venu sir ...awesome speech by Mr. Glenn Block .....Learn a lot in confrence...
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It was really a good conference. I got a chance to meet those great minds there. You have covered the topic well. Well done !
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nicely described Sibeesh..
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Nice one :)
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Nice.
RakeshPosted Mar 22, 2016, 12:32 PM
Good one Sibeesh Venu.
S.Ravi KumarPosted Mar 22, 2016, 12:23 PM
Hey Sibeesh, need one quick help from you if possible, can you please tell me the procedure by which you share the article from your personal blog to c-sharpcorner. I have a few articles on my own blog which I want to share on c-sharpcorner but don't have any clue how to do that.
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nice Thanq very Much Sibeesh Venu
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Very nice summary, thanks !
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Nice Sibeesh, you summed up well.
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Nice Write-up!
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inspirational....!!!
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Thanks for Sharing! Well explained.
Manish PandeyPosted Mar 22, 2016, 3:24 AM
Good One.. Really inspiring.. As a couldn't attend annual conference, m getting all From this community. Thanks Sibees..
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Nice collection from Annual conference. Thanks for sharing, Sibeesh...
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K P Singh ChundawatPosted Mar 22, 2016, 12:50 AM
good work . Thanks for sharing Sibeesh Venu
Nitesh KejriwalPosted Mar 22, 2016, 12:48 AM
Nice article Sibi...The links are incorrect for all community websites. Please get them edited :)
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Super Sir !!!
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Ankur Mistry Thanks a lot :) Hope we can meet next year then :)
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Jaipal ReddyPosted Mar 22, 2016, 12:04 AM
Nice article sir. .
Muhammad Aqib ShehzadPosted Mar 21, 2016, 11:59 PM
Really Nice Article
Humayun Kabir MamunPosted Mar 21, 2016, 11:55 PM
Nice...
Krishna Rajput SinghPosted Mar 21, 2016, 11:29 PM
awesome article thanks for sharing
Pradeep SahooPosted Mar 21, 2016, 9:48 PM
Great Motivation .Thanks for sharing
Shakti Singh DulawatPosted Mar 21, 2016, 9:21 PM
Good Job
Ajay BhasyPosted Mar 21, 2016, 8:26 PM
Thanks for sharing. After reading this I think I am gonna give a try at contributing to open source projects. Thanks for the inspiration.
Vignesh ManiPosted Mar 21, 2016, 6:43 PM
Good one
Jeetendra GundPosted Mar 21, 2016, 2:44 PM
Good one..
Ankur MistryPosted Mar 21, 2016, 2:18 PM
Thank for sharing i also missed the conference but next year 100%
Afzaal Ahmad ZeeshanPosted Mar 21, 2016, 2:10 PM
My bad that I missed so many things. But, I see that Glen was talking about this article of yours. :-) Good points to remember.
Rajeesh MenothPosted Mar 21, 2016, 1:31 PM
I can't able to attend the conference due to the reason of my project releasing.Thank you for sharing Sibeesh Venu.
Saillesh PawarPosted Mar 21, 2016, 1:26 PM
THanks Sibesh sir for sharing..
Sandeep SharmaPosted Mar 21, 2016, 1:18 PM
I got so much information from this. Thanks for sharing, One point is so common in all engg life i.e. Over commit/deadline and what a nice explanation you give over it.