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Soft Skills: What is special about this book

 
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I have the feeling that soft skills is a social thing and it inherent to different personalities. I'm not as a social guy as I would like to be. It does not mean that I do not have the needed soft skills to survive in my job, but as a developer, I spend a lot of time thinking and abstracting concepts which sort gives me the feeling that I'm not spending enough time socializing with people. How does this book address this? Would reading this book make me an extrovert?
 
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I think this is going to be interesting. This is one area where things are not clearly defined.
These skills will differ from country to country and culture to culture.
I'm curious to know about whether this book will address the "INDIA" working conditions.
In India where service sector is dominating, the soft skills plays a major role than the core skills.
 
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So, here is the thing:

Even thought the book is called Soft Skills, try not to get hung up on the words themselves.
Yes, they can be interpreted in many ways, but take a look at the first chapter of the book, to get a better idea of what it is about:
http://manning.com/sonmez/SoftSkills_CH01.pdf

The Software Developer's Life Manual is of an apt description.

In the book I cover all kinds of topics from:

Managing your career
Writing resumes
Interviews
Building a reputation in the software development industry
Writing books, magazines, blogs, etc
Speaking
Learning quickly
Mentoring and finding a mentor
Productivity hacks
Time management
Fitness, diet and nutrition for programmers
Financial considerations for programmers
Self esteem and mental attitude

Lots of topics.

Was a fun book to write.
 
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