How Well Do You Work with Others?  By Donald Sears  |  Posted
2009-05-19 Email Print this article Print  Something you
probably grapple with on a regular basis is how much you have to
deal with nontechnical people.  There are those who come to you
because they are too lazy or challenged to figure it out on
their own. But what about those who you have to work with like
product managers, project managers, marketing teams and other
businesspeople who have a direct tie to what you design, build
and ultimately deliver?  Anecdotally, I know that I've leaned
heavily on people who have technical and systems knowledge that
I did not have, and this can very much make for awkward
relations sometimes. People don't always want to be interrupted
to give status updates, fix a nagging bug, make changes to plans
or show examples of how the end result will work.
Understandably, those who learn how to handle this without
blowing a gasket or having things run up the management ladder
will succeed.  When people have incentive (fi