Why communication is SUPER important for developers!!!

Surajan Shrestha — Sun, 16 May 2021 13:35:00 +0000

This is a true story.

Whenever I used to ask around for advice for a beginner developer like me from a Senior Developer or some of the Teachers in my college who also happen to work as a Developer, they gave me a whole list of advice.

But, one common advice would always be there no matter who I asked. That advice is, yes, you guessed it right, "COMMUNICATION". Every developer who had worked in a team gave me this advice.

Me, being a curious codemonkey who had never worked in a team before always found it to be weird. But, when I eventually worked in a team, I found out that no matter how small the team might be, Communication is always the top priority.

Most of the time, each developer working in a team, has their own set of problems to solve and when even one of them stops communicating, the whole team falls apart.

It's Covid-19 period and all of us are forced to work from home. So, when working from home, I was always filled with anxiety and nervousness that if the frontend I rolled out was good enough or not and how there were so many things in the To-Do list that weren't going to solve themselves while simultaneously worrying about what the Backend Developer is gonna think about me.

After days of struggle, I observed myself and found out that I just needed to TALK with the other developer in the team. After 30 mins of voice call, every bit of my anxiety was gone and my mind was in a state of crystal clear focusness.

I knew exactly what had to be done. AND how did I do that? By COMMUNICATING. I spoke about all the issues about the Frontend in my mind and got a positive feedback about what has to be done next. Now, I can focus on just the conclusion that I got when I spoke with my team.

Sigh...We humans make the simplest things extremely confusing.

Is quitting photo and video based Social Media good for a Developer?

Surajan Shrestha — Sat, 15 May 2021 12:40:11 +0000

The Covid-19 Lockdown hit hard, AGAIN for the second time here in Nepal and I thought to myself, I'm not falling for the social media trap again.

As a developer, I found it extremely liberating when I quit all forms of photo and text based social media.

No matter how much Facebook and Instagram is important to connect us with the world, it just makes us sad and depressed at the end.

No matter how much Mark Zuckerberg says, "The Future is Private" or "You're in control of your account", BUT the dark truth is that YOU'RE NOT.

Ever wondered how a single post on Facebook or Instagram is responsible for either making our day or breaking it. In fact, social media manipulates and hypnotizes us indirectly.

Let's say you stumbled upon a post on Facebook that is motivating and hypes you up. Your entire day is gonna go well. But by chance, you came across a post which is sad and depressing and shows how the world beats us up and how people are responsible for breaking your heart, Your entire day is absolutely screwed.

Thus, I made a bold decision to quit all forms of photo and video focused social media like Facebook and Instagram. I actually use Twitter now which is mostly text-focused. A text-focused social media doesn't harm you in a way a photo-focused social media does.

In fact, I found Twitter to be awesome in ways which lets me interact with developers from all around the world.

Ignorance is a bliss. Now, I don't have to know which friend ate what and how their lives are so freakin amazing and crap like that. I've understood that everyone is suffering in their own ways.

Now, I can focus only on myself which is the only thing I want right now.

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Why communication is SUPER important for developers!!!

Is quitting photo and video based Social Media good for a Developer?