Book description
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 another gig. Many books teach you how to interview for a job or how to manage a project successfully, but only this book helps you handle the baffling circumstances you may encounter throughout your career.
- Decide what you're worth with the chapter on "The Business"
- Determine the nature of the miracle your CEO wants with "The Impossible"
- Give effective presentations with "How Not to Throw Up"
- Handle liars and people with devious agendas with "Managing Werewolves"
- Realize when you should be looking for a new gig with "The Itch"
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Table of contents
- Being Geek
- Praise for Being Geek
- Dedication
- Preface
- I. A CAREER PLAYBOOK
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II. DECONSTRUCTING MANAGEMENT
- 8. The Culture Chart
- 9. Managing Managers
- 10. The Issue with the Doof
- 11. The Leaper
- 12. The Enemy
- 13. The Impossible
- 14. Knee Jerks
- 15. A Deep Breath
- 16. Gaming the System
- 17. Managing Werewolves
- 18. BAB
- 19. Your People
- 20. Wanted
- 21. The Toxic Paradox
- 22. The Pond
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III. YOUR DAILY TOOLKIT
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23. The Nerd Handbook
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Understanding Your Nerd
- Understand Your Nerd’s Relation to the Computer
- Your Nerd Has Control Issues
- Your Nerd Has Built Himself a Cave
- Your Nerd Loves Toys and Puzzles
- Nerds Are Fucking Funny
- Your Nerd Has an Amazing Appetite for Information
- Your Nerd Has Built an Annoyingly Efficient Relevancy Engine in His Head
- Your Nerd Might Come Off as Not Liking People
- Advanced Nerd Tweakage
- The Next High
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Understanding Your Nerd
- 24. The Taste of the Day
- 25. The Trickle List
- 26. The Crisis and the Creative
- 27. The Foamy Rules for Rabid Tools
- 28. Up to Nothing
- 29. How to Not Throw Up
- 30. Out Loud
- 31. Bits, Features, and Truth
- 32. The Reveal
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23. The Nerd Handbook
- IV. YOUR NEXT GIG
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Being Geek
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2010
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449395865
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