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[b]Here are some important tips on how to become a successful software engineer.


These are the most crucial skills among all listed here and strong technical skills are like strong foundation. Solving Data Structure, Algorithms problem on leetcode is 1 skill, but when you work on a production application/microservice there are lot of things that you need to think of while writing code. These include writing code, unit tests, integration test, production deployment, using appropriate Design Patterns, getting your code reviewed, reviewing your peer’s code, creating high & low level design and etc. Some books that helped me in developing my technical skills are Data Structures & Algorithms, Cracking the coding interview, Design Patterns & Clean Code.

Stakeholder Management

When you work in a team you have to deal with people from different roles and perspective. When you are interacting with a product manager you have to think from customer’s perspective and what will be better experience for customer and how you can provide that with your technical skills. When you are interacting with…continue reading