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[Communication] The API for Human Interaction: NVC for Technical Organizations

If you walk into any technical organization - engineering, data science, cybersecurity, product - you’ll find brilliant people solving incredibly complex problems. They architect systems that scale, debug issues that would make most of us cry, and make decisions that affect millions of users. And yet, ask these same people what frustrates them most at work, and you’ll rarely hear: “The codebase is too complex.” “The architecture is unclear.” “The algorithm is too hard.” Instead, you’ll hear: “We don’t communicate well.” “People get defensive.” “We talk past each other.” “Feedback feels personal.” “We keep having the same arguments.” The  real bottleneck  in technical organizations isn’t technical. It’s  relational . And this is exactly where  Non‑Violent Communication (NVC)  becomes one of the most powerful tools a technical team can adopt. The Hidden Emotional Layer of Technical Work Technical environments like to pretend they’re purely ration...

Women in Technology

Women in IT is one of the hottest topics - it's actually been for a while, and it continues to be. Working in the IT industry all my life, it's really interesting to see how the idea of Women in IT progressed. Well, I never felt that people make a difference whether it's about a man or a woman who applied for the job. Yes, the hopes that the candidate is a good one are lower for a woman: but then in the recruitment interview you have to pay even more attention to what the candidates know, but can or cannot demonstrate on the spot. In the past, you had to search a little bit more in-depth with a woman, as they were more shy, more introvert, and less keen to show off. But in the last few years, I have noticed that the women have made a great progress and started to impose themselves as important values in a company. In the interviews they are more bold, a lot more self-confident than some men even, and show not only a good level of knowledge, but also a stronger will to e...
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