How to Become a Highly Paid Corporate Programmer

Description:

It's no secret. Today's IT job market can be a real challenge. But, armed with the right knowledge you can make yourself indispensable to employers.

Author Paul Harkins has contributed to the success of thousands of programmers. His advice will give you the edge to set yourself apart from the crowd.

Unfortunately, most programmers or aspiring programmers don't fully know how to conduct themselves in a way that makes employers and clients stand up and take notice. This book will show you how to shine, to stand out from the pack, to become indispensable, to succeed as a corporate programmer.

If you're ready to improve your career and would you like to know what it takes to earn elite programming status--the highest title, the best compensation, the most responsibility, authority, and respect, then this is the book for you. Why? Because the answers to all these questions--and more--await you inside. Paul H. Harkins has helped programmers just like you capitalize on their talents and earn major success in corporate programming. You can even apply his time-tested principles to become a consultant or entrepreneur. Whatever your ultimate goal, the time to start is now.

To gain the edge all you need is a willingness to focus intensely, to develop a career plan, and to employ the techniques presented in this book. With it, you too can look forward to a secure and rewarding programming career.

For less than $25 this very affordable investment in your future can be yours. Buy one today.

 

Table of Contents:

Section I: Starting a Successful Programming Career
   1: How Much Are You Worth?
   2: A Primer for Fledgling Programmers
   3: What Your Boss Really Wants From You
   4: Tips From a Technical Interviewer
   5: Final Interview? Ask These Questions
   6: What You Won't Learn in Programming School
   7: The Beauty of Borrowed Code
   8: Learning from the Masters
   9: Techies and Bit-Twiddlers Are Doomed
   
Section II: Thriving in a Competitive Environment
   10: Harnessing the Brute Force of Calculation
   11: Take on the Tough Jobs
   12: Mission: Impossible
   13: How Your Work Is Tracked
   14: Boost Your Output, Lower Your Stress With Productivity Tools
   15: A Blueprint for Savvy Programming
   16: Master Millions of Lines of Complex Code
   17: Good Enough?Programming for the Seasoned Programmer
   18: How Seasoned Programmers Stay at the Top of Their Game
   19: Self-Management Tips for the Seasoned Professional
   20: Spotting Opportunities, Skirting Land Mines
   
Section III: Mastering the Corporate Culture
   21: Slipping Into a New Corporate Culture
   22: Mentors and Mentees
   23: How Do You Deal with the End User?
   24: When You Get a Really Bad Boss
   25: A Raise and a Promotion In-House
   26: A Big Push Out of the House
   
Section IV: Beyond Programming
   27: Jumping to Management
   28: The Top of the Pyramid: The Programming Consultant
   29: Write for Your Industry
   30: Founding and Running Your Own Firm
   31: Inventing Your Own Software
   32: Marketing Your Product

描述：
今天的IT工作市場可以說是一個真正的挑戰。但是，只要擁有正確的知識，你就可以讓自己成為雇主無法或缺的人。

作者Paul Harkins對成千上萬的程式設計師的成功做出了貢獻。他的建議將讓你在眾多人中脫穎而出。

不幸的是，大多數程式設計師或有志成為程式設計師的人並不完全知道如何以讓雇主和客戶注意的方式行事。這本書將教你如何脫穎而出，成為不可或缺的企業程式設計師。

如果你準備改善你的職業生涯，並且想知道如何獲得頂尖程式設計師的地位-最高的頭銜、最好的薪酬、最多的責任、權威和尊重，那麼這本書就是為你而寫的。為什麼呢？因為所有這些問題的答案-以及更多-都在等著你。Paul H. Harkins幫助過像你一樣的程式設計師充分發揮他們的才能，在企業程式設計中取得巨大的成功。你甚至可以應用他經過時間考驗的原則成為顧問或企業家。無論你的最終目標是什麼，現在就是開始的時候。

要獲得優勢，你只需要願意集中精力，制定職業計劃，並運用本書中介紹的技巧。有了它，你也可以期待一個安全而有回報的程式設計職業。

以不到25美元的價格，這個對你未來的非常實惠的投資就可以成為你的。立即購買一本吧。

目錄：
第一部分：開啟成功的程式設計職業
1：你的價值有多少？
2：給初出茅廬的程式設計師的入門指南
3：你的老闆真正想要什麼？
4：來自技術面試官的建議
5：最後的面試？問這些問題
6：你在程式設計學校學不到的東西
7：借用代碼的美妙之處
8：向大師學習
9：技術人員和位元操作者注定失敗