How to improve your communication skills?
As you climb up the career ladder (senior -> staff), this soft skill becomes more and more important. What are some ways I can keep honing it? Are there any professional courses I can consider?
I would learn to be effective and efficient at it, specially in scenarios such as public speaking, team meetings, project status, emails etc.
Also, English is not my first language.
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16 days agoTech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course HeroWe actually have a communication course on Taro! Check it out: [Course] Effective Communication For Engineers
It's on my backlog to completely redo this course, but the core concepts should definitely hold up in the meantime.
Here's another great resource: "How to improve my English communication?"
My main advice with communication, like with anything, is to:
- Have a fearless mentality (don't be afraid of looking dumb)
- Do it a lot
- Invite feedback (this is especially easy with written communication)
If you can truly champion all these ideas, you'll get better at it lightning fast. Tentative language and self-deprecation are particularly effective at greasing the wheels.
- 18 days agoTech Lead/Manager at Meta, Pinterest, Kosei
one way to force yourself to practice in a low-stakes way: do an event on Taro! https://www.jointaro.com/events/create/
it can be about:
- a research paper you want to explain
- a learning from your work
- a business breakdown of how a technology works
ping me and I can help get the word out :)
