assertiveness Receiving a refund from LeetCode with the help of the Better Business Bureau This following email thread shows how I used the Better Business Bureau to receive a refund from LeetCode. Everyone was polite, and it was a worthwhile exercise in assertive communication. The unrelated image
assertiveness Social Skills for Software Developers DRAFT This post is a work in progress (like most parts of this blog).Many software developers could benefit from learning evidence-based social skills: in particular, assertive communication. I sure did. Adopting an
software-development At what point does a professional software developer need to say "no" instead of continuing to do what the client requires? What does it mean to be a professional software developer? Does part of it mean putting one's job at risk by eventually saying no to anti-patterns that cause burnout? I am interested in
