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Being Geek
The Software Developer's Career Handbook
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- Praise for Being Geek
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
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Section 1: A Career Playbook
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Section 2: Deconstructing Management
- + Chapter 8: The Culture Chart
- Chapter 9: Managing Managers
- A Management Assessment
- The Essential Elements
- The Loop
- + Chapter 10: The Issue with the Doof
- + Chapter 11: The Leaper
- + Chapter 12: The Enemy
- + Chapter 13: The Impossible
- + Chapter 14: Knee Jerks
- + Chapter 15: A Deep Breath
- + Chapter 16: Gaming the System
- + Chapter 17: Managing Werewolves
- + Chapter 18: BAB
- + Chapter 19: Your People
- + Chapter 20: Wanted
- + Chapter 21: The Toxic Paradox
- + Chapter 22: The Pond
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Section 3: Your Daily Toolkit
- + Chapter 23: The Nerd Handbook
- + Chapter 24: The Taste of the Day
- + Chapter 25: The Trickle List
- + Chapter 26: The Crisis and the Creative
- + Chapter 27:The Foamy Rules for Rabid Tools
- + Chapter 28: Up to Nothing
- + Chapter 29: How to Not Throw Up
- + Chapter 30: Out Loud
- + Chapter 31: Bits, Features, and Truth
- + Chapter 32: The Reveal
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Section 4: Your Next Gig
- + Chapter 33: The Screw-Me Scenario
- + Chapter 34: No Surprises
- + Chapter 35: A Deliberate Career
- + Chapter 36: The Curse of the Silicon Valley
- + Chapter 37: A Disclosure
- + Chapter 38: Mind the Gap
- + Chapter 39: The Exodus
- + Chapter 40: Bad News About Your Bright Future
- + Epilogue: Hurry
- + Appendix: The Rules of Back Alley Bridge
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
As a software engineer, you recognize at some point that there's much more to your career than dealing with code. Is it time to become a manager? Tell your boss he's a jerk? Join that startup? Author Michael Lopp recalls his own make- or-break moments with Silicon Valley giants such as Apple, Netscape, and Symantec in _Being Geek_ -- an insightful and entertaining book that will help you make better career decisions. With more than 40 standalone stories, Lopp walks through a complete job life cycle, starting with the job interview and ending with the realization that it might be time to find another gig. Many books teach you how to interview for a job or how to manage a project successfully, but only this book helps you handle the baffling circumstances you may encounter throughout your career. * Decide what you're worth with the chapter on "The Business" * Determine the nature of the miracle your CEO wants with "The Impossible" * Give effective presentations with "How Not to Throw Up" * Handle liars and people with devious agendas with "Managing Werewolves" * Realize when you should be looking for a new gig with "The Itch"
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Computers > Web > Page Design
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Publication year : 2010
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 1,288

