24 Maj 2021

Architecture Software you need to learn NOW to accelerate your career in 2021

Software skills are not the whole career, but they can make a candidate easier to place when they clearly connect to practice needs.

Stephen Drew shares a short guide to architecture software skills that can accelerate a career, explaining why practices value useful software knowledge and how candidates can show they will add value to a team.

The conversation covers:

Why software skills matter in architecture recruitment
How practices think about tools and team value
Why learning should connect to real project workflows
How candidates can show useful software knowledge
Where to focus when trying to improve quickly

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Chapters

00:00 Why software skills matter in recruitment
02:00 What practices look for when hiring
04:00 Software as evidence of value
06:00 Learning tools that accelerate your career
08:00 Introducing new skills into a practice
10:00 Final advice on where to focus

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