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The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Paperback)

by David Heinemeier Hansson (Foreword), Chad Fowler (Author)
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Success in today's IT environment requires you to view your career as a business endeavor. In this book, you'll learn how to become an entrepreneur, driving your career in the direction of your choosing. You'll learn how to build your software development career step by step, following the same path that you would follow if you were building, marketing, and selling a product. After all, your skills themselves are a product. The choices you make about which technologies to focus on and which business domains to master have at least as much impact on your success as your technical knowledge itself--don't let those choices be accidental. We'll walk through all aspects of the decision-making process, so you can ensure that you're investing your time and energy in the right areas. You'll develop a structured plan for keeping your mind engaged and your skills fresh. You'll learn how to assess your skills in terms of where they fit on the value chain, driving you away from commodity skills and toward those that are in high demand. Through a mix of high-level, thought-provoking essays and tactical "Act on It" sections, you will come away with concrete plans you can put into action immediately. You'll also get a chance to read the perspectives of several highly successful members of our industry from a variety of career paths. As with any product or service, if nobody knows what you're selling, nobody will buy. We'll walk through the often-neglected world of marketing, and you'll create a plan to market yourself both inside your company and to the industry in general. Above all, you'll see how you can set the direction of your career, leading to a more fulfilling and remarkable professional life.


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Chad Fowler is an internationally known software developer, trainer, manager, speaker, and musician. Over the past decade he has worked with some of the world's largest companies and most admired software developers. He loves to program computers and, as part of his role as CTO of InfoEther, Inc., spends much of his time solving hard problems for customers in the Ruby language. He is co-organizer of RubyConf, RailsConf, and RailsConf Europe and author or co-author of a number of popular software books.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good book, that makes for an enjoyable read., Sep 10 2009
By Hernan Garcia (Toronto, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This book reads fast. Its divided in Five sections and each section consist of a series of very short chapters that, most of the time, are no more than two or three pages .

I found that Im doing a lot of the things that Chad recommends and I identify myself with some of the situations he mentions in the book. I particularly enjoyed the section about marketing yourself something Im not good at doing.

There are a few chapters that I market down to re-read later on, not because they are so deep that need a re-write (the writing is very accesible without been dull), but mostly because are the ones that talk to my weakness and the stuff that I need to remind myself to work on to improve.

Sparkled along the book there are easies from some renowned programmers on how they build their careers. They make for an enjoyable and fun read, and provide a break from the more to the point writing that Chad uses.

All in all a very enjoyable no technical book, that can provide some help on achieving exactly what the tag line for the book is creating a remarkable career in software development.
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