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\u201cA lot of engineers are unhappy and a lot of that has to do with not being able to control their environment, or even articulate what they want to have changed in the environment. By becoming a better communicator, you will also become happier."

Chris Laffra is an experienced and talented software engineer having worked in companies such as IBM, Google, and Uber. His wide variety of experiences ensures Chris understands what motivates engineers, what stresses them out, and how to help them get the most out of themselves. In this episode, Chris shared some insights from his book \u201cCommunication for Engineers\u201d about why communication is such an important skill for engineers and how they should learn to improve it to become more impactful engineers. Chris also shared great insights and tips on how to deal with engineers\u2019 typical sources of unhappiness\u2013impostor syndrome, stress, and burnout\u2013in order to become successful, productive, and happy engineers.

Listen out for:

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• Career Journey - [00:04:53]
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• \u201cCommunication for Engineers\u201d Book - [00:06:37]
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• Why Engineers Have Difficulty Communicating - [00:09:51]
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• Importance of Communication for Engineers - [00:13:18]
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• Communication for Performance Review and Promotion - [00:21:54]
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• How to Become More Impactful Engineers - [00:30:58]
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• Impostor Syndrome - [00:42:01]
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• How to Deal with Impostor Syndrome - [00:45:18]
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• Handling Burnout - [00:53:58]
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• 3 Tech Lead Wisdom - [00:56:40]
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Chris Laffra\u2019s Bio
\nChris Laffra is an experienced software engineer with a strong drive to help other engineers grow. Chris has been a manager, tech lead, technical lead manager, advisor, mentor, and staff software engineer with companies such as IBM, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Google, Uber, Plato, and Sourcegraph. This wide variety of experiences ensures Chris understands what motivates engineers, what stresses them out, and how to help them get the most out of themselves. Through decades of personal experience, Chris has analyzed and summarized the topic of software development into numerous blogs, presentations, and books. The summit of his work is his book Communication for Engineers and the accompanying interactive course.

Follow Chris:

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• Website \u2013 https://chrislaffra.com/
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• LinkedIn \u2013 https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrislaffra/
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• Twitter \u2013 https://twitter.com/laffra
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• GitHub \u2013 https://github.com/laffra
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• Medium \u2013 https://laffra.medium.com/
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• \u201cCommunication for Engineers\u201d book \u2013 https://amzn.to/3eP9FH0
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• Chris\u2019s episode notes \u2013 https://chrislaffra.com/TLJ/
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