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1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages) : illustrations |
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Preface; Section 1: A Career Playbook; Chapter 1; How to Win; Chapter 2; A List of Three; Chapter 3; The Itch; Chapter 4; The Sanity Check; Chapter 5; The Nerves; Chapter 6; The Button; Chapter 7; The Business; Section 2: Deconstructing Management; Chapter 8; The Culture Chart; Chapter 9; Managing Managers; 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; Chapter 17; Managing Werewolves; Chapter 18; BAB; Chapter 19; Your People; Chapter 20; Wanted; Chapter 21. |
| Summary |
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 anoth. |
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Computer science -- Vocational guidance.
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Computer industry -- Vocational guidance.
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Computer software -- Development -- Vocational guidance.
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Informatique -- Industrie -- Orientation professionnelle. |
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Computer industry -- Vocational guidance |
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Computer science -- Vocational guidance |
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Computer software -- Development -- Vocational guidance |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lopp, Michael. Being geek. 1st ed. Farnham : O'Reilly, 2010 9780596155407 (OCoLC)656302146 |
| ISBN |
9781449395957 (electronic bk.) |
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1449395953 (electronic bk.) |
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9781449395865 (electronic bk.) |
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1449395864 (electronic bk.) |
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