The Extra Mile
Explore various thoughtful strategies to inspire joy and foster collaboration in your coding career. Learn how being responsive, encouraging coworkers, taking effective meeting notes, and adding creative personal touches can improve your work environment and professional image.
There is no end to the possibilities of sparking joy in your work. Here are some more ideas that didn’t fit in the categories discussed in the previous lessons.
Quick feedback
This is the age where “ghosting” people is common, where people laugh off being “bad at email.” If you make an effort to be responsive, it will get noticed. Think about how much you crave feedback for your work. Others want that too. You can be a feedback fountain, and people will keep coming back to you for more.
Getting great at email is simple but not easy. Your humble author is still working on it. However, the core idea is the same as David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology. If something can be done in under two minutes, do it right away. Most emails can be dealt with like that; same with ...