Publisher Description

Is it time to become a manager? Nest and vest? Join that start-up? Tell your boss he's a liar? Or resign in disgust? As a software engineer, you'll face many important decisions such as these, and when you do, you realize there's much more to your career than dealing with code. Author Michael Lopp recalls his own make-or-break moments with Silicon Valley giants such as Apple, Borland, Netscape, and Symantec in Being Geek, the insightful and entertaining book that may help you manage your career better. Through a series of entertaining stories, Lopp walks through a complete job lifecycle, starting with the job search and finishing with the realization it might be time to look again.Plenty of books teach you how to interview for a job, or how to manage a project more successfully, but only "Being Geek" will help you handle all the baffling circumstances you experience at work, including how to: understand your boss with the chapter on 'Manager Management'; boost your career through networking with 'We Travel in Tribes'; deliver effective presentations, with 'How Not to Throw Up'; manage and actively participate in meetings, with 'What's On the Agenda'; and, realize when you should be looking for a new gig, with 'The Itch'.

Notes

How to develop and manage a successful career in software development.

Author Biography

Michael Lopp is a Silicon Valley-based engineering manager. When he's not worrying about staying relevant, he writes about pens, bridges, people, and werewolves at the popular weblog, Rands in Repose. Michael wrote a book called "Managing Humans" which explains that while you might be rewarded for what you produce, you will only be successful because of your people.

Table of Contents

Praise for Being Geek;Dedication;Preface; How to Contact Us; Safari

Review

"In kleinen unterhaltsamen Häppchen (40 Kapitel) präsentiert Lopp die wichtigsten Stationen einer Karriere vom Einstellungsgespräch bis zu der Entscheidung, sich einer neuen Aufgabe zuzuwenden. Aber auch die Tipps zu alltäglichen Situationen, wie man etwa effektive Vorträge hält oder mit Querulanten umgeht, kommen nicht zu kurz. Eine gute Lektüre nicht nur für Entwickler!" - weave, 06/2010.

"In direkter Ansprache bespricht er mit einem fiktiven Gegenüber die Motivation für einen Jobwechsel [...], die Strategie fürs erste Gespräch und weitere et cetera. Frischgebackene Dipl.-Infs und Quereinsteiger mit ein bisschen Erfahrung dürften die direkte Ansprache und die klaren Worte goutieren." - iX, Januar 2011

Promotional "Headline"

This book provides actionable advice on how to use your geek skill set to manage your job and develop your career.

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