156 JSJ Soft Skills and Marketing Yourself as a Software Developer with John Sonmez
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I've Had Lots of Managers Who Had No Social Skills
Marketing at its core is connecting someone who has a need with the product that fulfils it. Some soft skills, just being aware is all it really takes, and then you understand how to deal with certain situations. A lot of those have to be developed by practising and by doing things that are sometimes painful in dealing with other people. You can become a free lancer and not have to go out and put your ads on crags list, because you'll have clients coming to you that will be asking you to do the job. The golden rule for marketing is this: 90 per cent of what you give awayyou should also get paid for.
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