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The Career Programmer - Christopher Duncan

The Career Programmer

Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World
Buch | Softcover
544 Seiten
2006 | 2nd ed.
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-59059-624-1 (ISBN)
CHF 74,85 inkl. MwSt
"The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World" is a book on computers/software.
Unrealistic schedules, unstable releases, continual overtime, and skyrocketing stress levels are legendary in the software development industry. Unlike traditional occupations such as accounting or administration, the software business is populated with programmers who are as creative and passionate about their work as musicians and artists. But for most programmers and project managers, it is a complete surprise when they enter the business world and find that internal politics, inept management, and unrealistic marketing drive the process, rather than a structured and orderly approach based on technical issues and quality.


This guide, delivered with the wit and aplomb to make a serious topic entertaining and palatable, will help you survive the programming industry. The Career Programmer explains how you can work within the existing system to solve deadline problems and regain control of the development process. Youll master self-defense techniques to shield yourself, your project, and your code from corporate politics, arbitrary management decisions, and marketing-driven deadlines. Author Chris Duncan provides proven, practical, hands-on solutions designed to work even when tested by the political and chaotic realities of the business environment. Issues are addressed from the points of view of both the programmer and project manager, and steps are illustrated from all perspectivesfrom large-scale teams down to projects with a single developer. For you, the end results will mean less overtime and stress, higher-quality software, and a more satisfying career.

Founder of Practical Strategy Consulting, Christopher Duncan is the bestselling author of Unite the Tribes and The Career Programmer. He's been a frequent guest on radio shows across the country, his monthly columns have been read by hundreds of thousands worldwide, and he is widely acclaimed for his immensely practical approach to success in the real world where self interest and office politics are often more prevalent than common sense. This keen insight does not come by accident. Christopher has an unusually diverse background which includes a career in sales consulting, life as a professional musician, and experience fighting deadlines as a cubicle-dwelling software developer. He's also performed mind-numbing factory work, labored on construction sites, and built components for guided missiles. Currently, he writes, speaks and mentors professionals on career and business strategies. He understands the problems and goals of your people, from the lowest-paid workers to the executive elite, because he's been there himself and lived to tell the tale. Whether he's talking about the job-related anxieties of the night watchman's attack chihuahua or explaining the relationship between bunny slippers and corporate productivity, his humor and light-hearted antics will entertain your audience as he shares his vision of success through the pursuit of American excellence. Lively, expressive, and a consummate professional with three decades of stage experience, Christopher delivers an exciting and practical message to your people, inspiring them to reach for their very best and showing them how to get there in the real world, where things don't always go according to plan. Most importantly, he makes sure that everyone has a little fun in the process. He can be reached at www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com.

Software Development in an Imperfect World.- Welcome to the Corporate World.- Business is War. Meet the Enemy..- Good Coding Skills Are Not Enough.- Guerilla Tactics for Front-Line Programmers.- Preventing Arbitrary Deadlines.- Getting Your Requirements Etched in Stone.- Effective Design Under Fire.- Practical Estimating Techniques.- Fighting for Quality Assurance.- Keeping the Project Under Control.- Managing Your Management.- Corporate Self-Defense.- Building a Better Career.- Controlling Your Destiny.- Get a Job (Sha na na na...).- Career 2.0.- Flying Solo.- Job Security.

Zusatzinfo XXXII, 544 p.
Verlagsort Berkley
Sprache englisch
Maße 191 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Software Entwicklung
Informatik Theorie / Studium Compilerbau
Schlagworte computer programming • computer project management
ISBN-10 1-59059-624-2 / 1590596242
ISBN-13 978-1-59059-624-1 / 9781590596241
Zustand Neuware
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