You can write flawless code and still watch a project stall because two people read the same message in two different ways. We document our code obsessively and leave the human part to guesswork. Clear collaboration is a skill you can practise, not a personality you are born with. In this talk, I will give you concrete, slightly uncomfortable habits you can use first thing on Monday morning. The same habits that make you easier to work with are the ones that get you picked. No framework you will forget by Friday. Just a few things that make you someone people actually want to work with.