empathy

Picture a “software developer” in your mind. Are they a loner, laboring away by themselves in a dark room looking at a black screen with green text? Are they being condescending and curt with their teammates when forced to interact with others? Even if you yourself are a software developer, it can be difficult to shake this perception of programmers. And even if you don’t hold this stereotype, many people do. Why is that? I’ve become convinced over the years that empathy is one of the more underrated qualities in software development. If you look at most of the negative […]