Improve Your Communication Skills 

You're welcome Akhil and hope to see you again too!

Thank you so much Vinay! Appreciate your well thought out comments as well. 🙏

Thank you Smitha!

Thank you for your kind words Malla! Much appreciated.

nZ, I'm not sure I'd be the best person to be providing guidance on this sort of thing. I feel it's just a matter of being disciplined and organized. Each of us different way to be more organized. Maybe it's more of an issue of time management. Prioritization - are you talking from a personal objective point of view or from, "in the work place" point of view?

>>not confident in public speaking but dream of it? love how candid you are!! Yes, so here is my take. If you're in India, speaking/presenting in English, to your peers then your English needs to be on par with your peers. If you're speaking to a crowd in Bombay or Calcutta, then you English needs to on par with folks from those areas. I'm giving these as examples mind you (I haven't lived in India for decades so I'm not familiar with things in India). So effectively, yes, the better your English, the more respected and understood you will be ( in my opinion). Your command over the English language will influence how influential you will be :) Confidence.....no is is born with it. But the better you know the subject and the language in which you're presenting, the more confidence you'll have. So please don't let that stop you from trying. You've got try and keep trying. You'll fail miserably, initially, yes, but please don't let that stop you from trying or from continuing, as long as you're learning from those failures and keep improving from there. Any learning, happens only from failures. Failure is a necessity!!! You can let the crowd know you're trying/struggling and will learn. They'll love you for it! They'll support you in your journey. I did, send you a private IM on RU-vid a while back. Do you see it?

Very kind of you to spend so much time and to respond with great interest. Thank you so much. Will definitely consider your advice. I haven't received any message. I am afraid I don't know much about youtube options :)

Fantastic Avinash! You've nailed all of the salient points I made. Now I wonder why it took me an hour to say all of that :). I could make a video on the fasting experience on my Living With Intent channel. I hadn't planned on it. But maybe I should.

@@Matlus I watched the videos on living with intent and saw that you already covered water fasting in sufficient detail. Thanks

I nkow! I wonder if it is just the IT industry where we have such a problem or in this seen in other industries as well.

Winston, thank you! I don't post regularly on that channel. But maybe I'll post a video after I'm done with this fast.

@@Matlus I understand completely. I can see you put a lot of effort into youtube already. For that I am grateful.

@@Scorbffeghy Thank you Winston for recognizing the time and effort I spend. I stand humbled by your gratitude.

Thank you Vivek. Glad you liked it.

Thank you for your kind words Vitali!

Thank you Anders! Thank for bringing the missing link to my notice. I've put it in there now.

Yes, how to respond is a very important topic but also very complex since there are millions of possibilities. I don't quite follow your question. So you're talking to some who has more knowledge. And when they say something, you feel defensive? When you're seeking knowledge, be open all possibilities. If you have a certain expectation and you're hoping to confirm your bias, you could be surprise. If you ask me a question, I can very easily tell if you're truly seeking knowledge or if you're trying to confirm a bias or you're attempting to be confrontational :). Having been a round the block so many times in my life, if I find you're question is the later two, I may just have fun with you and send you into a tailspin (I don't suffer fools honestly). But If I feel your question such that you're genuinely seek an answer, we could have a healthy discussion, provided you're open to new learning. You can't fill a cup if it's already full. You need to empty the cup first, so that you can fill it with fresh tea.

Typically, being defensive would happen in case of interviews (or a similar situation). One can be good in communication but the calmness can easily go for a toss when being questioned repeatedly and the thoughts may not remain coherent.

And btw, I just recently stumbled upon your channel. Really liking it. Great stuff.. :)

@@ishansri298 Then the interviewer is being an asshole. There is no effective way to respond other than excusing yourself and walking out. I mean, do you really want to work at a company with people like that?

@@ishansri298 Thank you Ishan! Glad you like what you see. Please subscribe.

I wouldn't go to the extent of saying there are pros or cons but rather two different ways of achieving the same end. I developed what I do, independently of DDD. That is both were developed in the same timeframe, independently of each other. My personal take is that DDD is a bit of an overkill and far too academic. What I have been doing is simpler, more real-world and more relatable (if that makes sense). There are a lot of similarities too but with vastly different nomenclature. I believe the core principles are the same. In DDD: Context: The setting in which a word or statement appears that determines its meaning. Statements about a model can only be understood in a context. Model: A system of abstractions that describes selected aspects of a domain and can be used to solve problems related to that domain. Ubiquitous Language: A language structured around the domain model and used by all team members to connect all the activities of the team with the software. Bounded Context: A description of a boundary (typically a subsystem, or the work of a specific team) within which a particular model is defined and applicable. From what I do: Model: Represents a domain entity but is immutable and has only properties but no behavior. In DDD they are not immutable and contain behavior. In DDD my models would be considered anemic models. Bounded Context: I don't call this idea out specifically. But it's important to understand what it means the DDD world as it applies here a well. We don't build monolithic applications anymore so it's not that big a deal but it's still a very important concept to grasp. Look at the sample VS solution I provided a link to ask feel free to asking any questions. I'd be happy to help/answer. Your questions may inspire me to make a video to better explain what I do :).

​@@Matlus Your content is amazing. I can see that I will have to spend more time to get involved with DDD and BDD as it is not clear to me. Currently, everyone is trying to use DDD in combination with CQRS and Events sourcing. I don't know if you have used event sourcing in any sample project. I am wondering how to combine the features from your code samples with the DDD approach. For me, the most amazing approach which opened my mind was DomainFacade which separate the logic from the Presentation layer (Possibilities to change only UI). Is any video about ORM's such as EF Core and Dapper was created. I know that the best practice is to use DB procedures /(queries with good indexers). I am wondering what is your opinion of ORM's

@@marcinsiennicki7451 Thank you Marcin! Glad you think so. I'll answer the ORM question first. I don't use ORM. I don't think they are the correct choice for any project unless it is a little toy application. The Movie Service Sample on my GitHub is a good example of using ADO.NET directly. You'll also see how simple it is to use it. The result also has some incredible performance that is faster than an ORM by a long shot. You can use CQRS with with the way I do things along with event sourcing. Of course I'd ask you if you really need any of those things first. I'd also ask if you've watched my Programming with Intent - Method design video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--13KJSZuR9k.html In there I talk and method design and on one part I talk about Query methods and Command methods. Start with that video and implement all of the guidance in that video first. Is there is a lot to learn even before you can implement my type of design upfront :). Take a look at the entire Programming With Intent playlist.

@@Matlus Thanks for the detailed answer. I watched a video about methods and is very good. I will watch the entire playlist but it probably will take months :D

If this is not a problem I could ask for revision and advice. I am currently working on a solution to take data from external systems and process it into XML. I think of a gateway pattern to collect data from external solutions. Users should select what XmlElements need to be in XML. Presentation layer ( WinForms/Blazor/ASP.Core solution I don't know yet) and implementation of the XML elements using Template method. The XML should be sent independently of the user to provided addresses with a specific period of time set by the user in the UI. I will use .net worker service as a windows service and thinking about using HangFire or Quartz.Net package. I created a scheduling custom solution by this is not 100% correct. I did a proof of concept and I have the biggest problems with scheduling and custom XML creation with XML element without XSD (don't know any good source about creation XML using XML elements in .net)

Thank you! And yes, I've been seriously thinking about posting the audio on Podcast channels. I might start doing at some point this year.

Thank you Saurabh! 🙏

Glad you enjoy the content there Shine. That is another subject that is very near and dear to my heart.

Hi Nikhil, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the term.

@@Matlus Mass hypnosis technique for those who are not good at communication and have tried out all you have said. 🤣 Please don't be offended; I was thinking out loud. 🤣

@@nikhilramabhadra6052 That's hilarious Nikhil 🤣

@@nikhilramabhadra6052 That's hilarious Nikhil! 🤣