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Making it Big in Software: Get the Job. Work the Org. Become Great., Portable Documents

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The Software Insider’s Guide to Getting Hired and Getting to the Top!   Here’s all the information you need to jumpstart your software career: the best ways to get hired, move up, and blaze your way to the top! The software business has radically changed, and this book reveals today’s realities–everything your professors and corporate managers never told you. In his 20 years at IBM as a software architect, senior manager, and lead programmer, Sam Lightstone has briefed dozens of leading companies and universities on careers, new technology, and emerging areas of research. He currently works on one of the world’s largest software development teams and spends a good part of his time recruiting and mentoring software engineers. This book shares all the lessons for success Sam has learned…plus powerful insights from 17 of the industry’s biggest stars. Want to make it big in software? Start right here!   Discover how to   • Get your next job in software development • Master the nontechnical skills crucial to your success • “Work the org” to move up rapidly • Successfully manage your time, projects, and life • Avoid “killer” mistakes that could destroy your career • Move up to “medium-shot,” “big-shot,” and finally, “visionary” • Launch your own winning software company   Exclusive interviews with   Steve Wozniak, Inventor, Apple computer John Schwarz, CEO, Business Objects James Gosling, Inventor, Java programming language Marissa Mayer, Google VP, Search Products and User Experience Jon Bentley, Author, Programming Pearls Marc Benioff, CEO and founder, Salesforce.com Grady Booch, IBM Fellow and co-founder Rational Software Bjarne Stroustrup, Inventor, C++ programming language David Vaskevitch, Microsoft CTO Linus Torvalds, Creator, Linux operating system kernel Richard Stallman, Founder, Free software movement Peter Norvig, Google’s Director of Research Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Fellow and Windows Architect Tom Malloy, Adobe Chief Software Architect Diane Greene, Co-founder and past CEO of VMware Robert Kahn, Co-inventor, the Internet Ray Tomlinson, Inventor, email

Table of Contents:
Preface     xi Part I: Fundamentals Chapter 1: Makin’ it Big     2 Chapter 2: What Good Software Is Really About     10     Interview with Marissa Mayer: Google VP and First Lady of Software     23 Chapter 3: School Versus Job     31     Interview with Jon Bentley: Author, Programming Pearls     37 Chapter 4: Mission Impossible? Getting a Job in Software Development     43     Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup: Inventor of the C++ Programming Language     62 Chapter 5: Making the Most of the Early Years as a Software Developer     68     Interview with Richard Stallman: Founder of the Free Software Movement     79 Chapter 6: Essential Skills. Some are Even Technical     84     Interview with Ray Tomlinson: Inventor of Email     100 Chapter 7: The Sweet Science of Software R&D Organizations     110     Interview with Peter Norvig: Google’s Director of Research     122 Chapter 8: Career Killers     127   Part II: Leadership Chapter 9: Working the Org     139     Interview with John Schwarz: CEO, Business Objects     154 Chapter 10: Successful Software Project Proposals     161     Interview with Linus Torvalds: Mr. Linux     170 Chapter 11: Career Advancement     176     Interview with Mark Russinovich: Windows Guru, Microsoft Technical Fellow     192 Chapter 12: Time Management     201     Interview with David Vaskevitch: Microsoft CTO     214 Chapter 13: Avoiding Software Development Overruns     219     Interview with Grady Booch: The Sage of Software Architecture     236 Chapter 14:  Zen and the Critical Art of Balance     244     Interview with Tom Malloy: Adobe Chief Software Architect     251 Chapter 15: Secret Insights on Software Project Management     260     Interview with James Gosling: Inventor of the Java Programming Language     281 Chapter 16: The Big Leagues: From Medium-Shot to Big-Shot     288   Part III: Greatness Chapter 17: Leadership in Software Innovation     306     Interview with Robert Kahn: Co-inventor of the Internet     323 Chapter 18: The Big Leagues: From Big-Shot to Visionary     333     Interview with Steve Wozniak: Inventor of the Apple computer, Co-founder of Apple Inc., Pop icon     352 Chapter 19: If Knew Then What I Know Now     360     Interview with Marc Benioff: CEO, Salesforce.com     369 Chapter 20: Going out on Your Own: The “Software Startup”     379     Interview with Diane Greene: Co-founder and Past CEO of VMware     396 Chapter 21: Compensation: Kuh-ching!     404 Chapter 22: Making It Big?     413   Index     418


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780137065455
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Get the Job. Work the Org. Become Great., Portable Documents
  • ISBN-10: 0137065450
  • Publisher Date: 25 Feb 2010
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 457
  • Weight: 1 gr


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