Simple Programmer Podcast

Today I'm going to answer a video question I received from a fan of the channel/website.

We are going to talk about personal branding vs. technical skills.

As you know, I'm a big fan of marketing and a lot of people don't seem to get the importance it has.

Ricky asked me what was the most important thing for a developer: personal branding or technical skills?

Should you focus on improving your personal branding or should you become the best developer you know when it comes to technical skills?

How To Market Yourself Course: http://simpleprogrammer.com/howtomarketyourself

Avoiding distractions... How nice would it be if we had a magic pill that would do all the work for us, huh? Imagine if we could take a pill and get 100% focused all the time?

Well, due to the fact that it won't happen, we have to face the facts: distractions exist and we must learn how to deal with them.

How can we make sure we will avoid distractions and focus on what we need to do? Is there a proper strategy that will make you more productive, ignoring the most distractions you could possibly ignore?

Watch this video and find out!

GET The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide: https://simpleprogrammer.com/career-guide-yt 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People: https://simpleprogrammer.com/7habits Essentialism Book: https://simpleprogrammer.com/essentialismbook The One Thing Book: https://simpleprogrammer.com/theonethingbook How To Market Yourself As A Software Developer: http://simpleprogrammer.com/howtomarketyourself How I Plan My Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9k0OhJkjQ0

Avoiding distractions... How nice would it be if we had a magic pill that would do all the work for us, huh? Imagine if we could take a pill and get 100% focused all the time?

Well, due to the fact that it won't happen, we have to face the facts: distractions exist and we must learn how to deal with them.

How can we make sure we will avoid distractions and focus on what we need to do? Is there a proper strategy that will make you more productive, ignoring the most distractions you could possibly ignore?

Watch this video and find out!

GET The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide: https://simpleprogrammer.com/career-guide-yt
7 Habits Of Highly Effective People: https://simpleprogrammer.com/7habits
Essentialism Book: https://simpleprogrammer.com/essentialismbook
The One Thing Book: https://simpleprogrammer.com/theonethingbook
How To Market Yourself As A Software Developer: http://simpleprogrammer.com/howtomarketyourself
How I Plan My Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9k0OhJkjQ0

We all like to appear strong as if we did not have any weaknesses, right?

As I've talked before, it can be a good thing. Showing off as a strong person will make you a good competitor and a good player in the "life's game".

However, you should acknowledge that you have weaknesses, at least, for one person, which is yourself.

In this video I'll tell you how you should start exploiting your weaknesses so no one will be able to take you down because of that...

What True Freedom Really Means?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpA9Ng74s2U&list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4XRTEK79UXmtkUT-jsP4rUP&index=177 Protecting Your Downsides Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4WCsxny8bXwEoiUISjZNTOP Day In The Life Ep. 4: SPARTA! & Halloween Half Marathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POsV_m9wA44&list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4XU7upbnSB0OdZmOxvABZJh&index=5

We all like to appear strong as if we did not have any weaknesses, right?

As I've talked before, it can be a good thing. Showing off as a strong person will make you a good competitor and a good player in the "life's game".

However, you should acknowledge that you have weaknesses, at least, for one person, which is yourself.

In this video I'll tell you how you should start exploiting your weaknesses so no one will be able to take you down because of that...

What True Freedom Really Means?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpA9Ng74s2U&list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4XRTEK79UXmtkUT-jsP4rUP&index=177
Protecting Your Downsides Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4WCsxny8bXwEoiUISjZNTOP
Day In The Life Ep. 4: SPARTA! & Halloween Half Marathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POsV_m9wA44&list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4XU7upbnSB0OdZmOxvABZJh&index=5

A lot of people make excuses for their mistakes.When they first get confronted with a failure they just end up giving excuses for the mistakes they've made and they literally don't evaluate, at least, what happened to things end up that way.

I agree that not everything is under your control. There are a lot of things that can turn out to be wrong and you cannot control.

However, it is important that you set yourself up, evaluate your mistakes and study how you can improve and prevent this from happening next time.

So, this why I say: stop with the excuses and pay the consequences!

Stop Making Excuses & Take Fucking Action!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqz0gkGpARg&index=101&list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4XRTEK79UXmtkUT-jsP4rUP

A lot of people make excuses for their mistakes.When they first get confronted with a failure they just end up giving excuses for the mistakes they've made and they literally don't evaluate, at least, what happened to things end up that way.

I agree that not everything is under your control. There are a lot of things that can turn out to be wrong and you cannot control.

However, it is important that you set yourself up, evaluate your mistakes and study how you can improve and prevent this from happening next time.

So, this why I say: stop with the excuses and pay the consequences!

Stop Making Excuses & Take Fucking Action!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqz0gkGpARg&index=101&list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4XRTEK79UXmtkUT-jsP4rUP

So, a lot of people, especially developer, want to know the future. They get lost trying to find out the next big programming language to learn or some technology that will be the hot new trend in the software development world.

However, predicting things is not THAT easy and sometimes it also fails.

You, as a developer, might want to know which path you should take. Predicting the future might be one of the most important things right now.

So... If you could only know what will be the next BIG opportunity in software development... What would you do?

Will Developer Jobs Disappear?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGUpw_9V-nY&list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4UOmNNyVJntU3lVXalp1weU&index=16 The Inevitable Book: https://simpleprogrammer.com/theinevitable

So, a lot of people, especially developer, want to know the future. They get lost trying to find out the next big programming language to learn or some technology that will be the hot new trend in the software development world.

However, predicting things is not THAT easy and sometimes it also fails.

You, as a developer, might want to know which path you should take. Predicting the future might be one of the most important things right now.

So... If you could only know what will be the next BIG opportunity in software development... What would you do?

Will Developer Jobs Disappear?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGUpw_9V-nY&list=PLjwWT1Xy3c4UOmNNyVJntU3lVXalp1weU&index=16
The Inevitable Book: https://simpleprogrammer.com/theinevitable

So, as you might know, I have a Patreon campaign that I've created to support SP channel. Supporters are able to get a lot of rewards, get access to private groups and a lot of other stuff.

One of these prizes includes a monthly recording call with me, along with some other cool stuff.

Although this is purely Patreon stuff and only they can access this type of thing, I decided to record and release this call for the public.

This is the recording for January 2017, which we talked about a lot of career stuff, lifestyle and other cool (and important) stuff.

If you'd like, you can support Patreon too.

Wanna know more about Patreon and our monthly calls?

Support SP Through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simpleprogrammer