QCon New York June 15-19, 2020 | | Practical Empathy: Unlock the Super Power

Abstract

Is empathy a mystical power a few select people have or a practical learnable life-skill? In this talk, Pavneet will share how his journey towards empathy has helped with burnout, Imposter Syndrome, parenting and self-care. We will explore the core components of empathy and how a software developer can apply it to their approach to work and life. You will learn practical approaches and techniques to improve your empathy skills. Join Pavneet to discover how you can optimise yourself in your personal journey to empathy.

Speaker: Pavneet Singh Saund

Empathy Driven Team Lead / Web Developer @Komplett.No

Pavneet is a Web Developer and a Team Lead at Scandinavia's largest e-commerce player, Komplett Group, where he’s a part of a distributed team of 50 developers. He’s passionate about creating solutions that make lives easier, preferably with wonderful teams who care for their domain, code and each other. He approaches this with Empathy. Pavneet has worked across the .NET stack and has found an ever-growing love for JavaScript in the front-end, but still has a tendency to cascade himself into trouble. He is deeply involved with the local .NET & JavaScript communities in Vestfold, Norway. He cares about his family, running and bad jokes.