106: Software and Soft Skills with Artie Jordan

2U Vice President of IT Artie Jordan talks software and soft skills and how they can be applied to any workplace.

You’ll Learn:

1. How to keep your team agile
2. Common pitfalls in communication
3. The most important soft skill that your team should practice now

About Artie

Artie is a member of 2U’s tech leadership team, former member of the Obama for America team, and founding board member of CSTUY, a non-profit dedicated to bringing opportunities in computer science and technology to middle and high school students. Also a fellow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alum. He’s very active in the NY tech meet-up scene and an advocate for professional development and soft-skills training for technical workers. 

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Organization: CSTUY
• Company: Salesforce
• Company: Amazon Web Services
• Company: 2U
• App: Slack
• Podcast: EconTalk
• Book: Expecting Better by Emily Oster
• Book: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

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