Engineer’s are people too!
Besides being a good coder, every engineer needs soft skills in their toolbox.
Some of these skills are hard or even impossible to teach in a prescribed way, but these are the most common soft-skills asked by top IT recruiters with “15 years of experience recruiting for cloud-native roles” 😏.
CNEs work with customers, interact with partners, colleagues and sometimes even the “competition”.
A CNE needs to be able to communicate with everybody.
Have you seen the CNCF Landscape? There is a lot to learn.
So I hope you like learning new things. 😄
A CNE needs to be able to solve problems, and to understand how to solve them. You might be faced with a new technology, but due to foundational knowledge, know how to get to the correct solution.
A solution-orientated mindset is vital to success.
If you are interested, there are critical thinking courses available.
Again, see the CNCF Landscape. You are guaranteed to be asked about something on there you don’t know.
Know when to ask for help if required.
Balanced teams have a wide range of skills and abilities.
A CNE needs to be able to help when they can and share knowledge with teammates so collectively the team can grow 🌱.
Don’t hide your knowledge, share it! You might be surprised how much you learn in the process after hearing other engineers experiences.