IT experts and people who already succeeded in their career agree that excellent coding skills are necessary, but also very common and therefore nothing special and not nearly enough. They report how shocking it sometimes is to see how far young professionals and even many supposed “seniors” are from even being considered for leadership roles due to a lack of skills beyond code. In fact, the really relevant aspects that set you apart are things like process know-how, essential hacks and tricks, business acumen, the right attitude and, most importantly, communication and soft skills in how you manage interactions with teammates, managers, other departments and customers.
These are all things you don't learn in traditional training programs. They make you fit in theoretical or technical basics and they obviously set their focus on coding skills.
That's why we created our tech career playbook: The ultimate collection of IT-career wisdom, tricks and shortcuts beyond code.