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      <title>Become a Happy Developer</title>
      <dc:creator>Chris Laffra</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;A while back, I did an interview with &lt;a href="https://techleadjournal.dev/episodes/48/"&gt;TechLeadJournal&lt;/a&gt;, in which Henry and I discussed why communication is such an important skill to develop for engineers, as it directly influences their impact. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the podcast I also shared insights and tips on how to deal with sources of unhappiness, such as impostor syndrome, stress, and burnout. Using &lt;a href="//chrislaffra.com#book"&gt;the C4E Book&lt;/a&gt;, any engineer can learn to become a successful, productive, and happy engineer. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We recently scheduled a couple of workshops on the topic as well. If you are interested, check out &lt;a href="//c4e.education"&gt;C4E Workshop&lt;/a&gt; for the lineup. The events are a bit short notice, held the last week of October, so we hope you can still make it.&lt;/p&gt;

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