My Job Went to India: 52 Ways to Save Your Job

Chad Fowler0976694018, 9780976694014

Книга My Job Went to India: 52 Ways to Save Your Job My Job Went to India: 52 Ways to Save Your JobКниги Бизнес книги Автор: Chad Fowler Год издания: 2005 Формат: pdf Издат.:Pragmatic Bookshelf Страниц: 232 Размер: 2,3 Mb ISBN: 0976694018 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:You’ve already lost your job. You may still be drawing a paycheck, but the job you were hired to do no longer exists. Your company has changed, the technology has changed, the economy has changed, and the ways you can add value have changed. Have you adapted to these changes? Or are you at risk? Architect your career Economic downturn. Job cuts. Outsourcing. The ever-changing tech landscape. The threats abound. Chad Fowler is here to offer 52 ways to keep your job, despite the vagaries of the market. It’s all about making the right choices. Choosing which technologies to focus on and which business domains to master have at least as much impact on your success as your technical knowledge–don’t let those choices be accidental. Chad shows you all aspects of the decision-making process so you can ensure that you’re investing your time and energy in the right areas. It’s all about skills. You’ll develop a structured plan for keeping your skills up-to-date so that you can compete with both the growing stable of developers in so-called low-cost countries as well as your higher-priced local peers. You’ll learn how to shift your skillset up the value chain, from an offshore-ready commodity to one in high demand. It’s all about marketing. As with any product or service, if nobody knows what you’re selling, nobody will buy. Chad shows you how to create a plan for marketing yourself both inside your company and to the industry in general.Like it or not, the IT career landscape has changed. This handbook will teach you what you need to do to avoid being left behind. About the author Chad Fowler has been a software developer and manager for some of the world’s largest corporations. He recently lived and worked in India, setting up and leading an offshore software development center for a large multinational company.

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Table of contents :
Introduction……Page 8
Choosing Your Market……Page 17
Supply and Demand……Page 19
Coding Don’t Cut It Anymore……Page 23
Lead or Bleed?……Page 26
Invest in Your Intelligence……Page 29
Be a Generalist……Page 33
Be a Specialist……Page 38
Don’t Put All Your Eggs in Someone Else’s Basket……Page 41
Be the Worst……Page 43
Love It or Leave It……Page 46
Investing in Your Product……Page 49
Learn to Fish……Page 52
Understand Business Basics……Page 55
Find a Mentor……Page 57
Be a Mentor……Page 61
Practice, Practice, Practice……Page 63
The Way That You Do It……Page 68
On the Shoulders of Giants……Page 71
Automate Yourself into a Job……Page 74
Executing……Page 78
Right Now……Page 80
Mind Reader……Page 82
Daily Hit……Page 85
Remember Who You Work For……Page 88
Be Where You’re At……Page 90
How Good a Job Can I Do Today?……Page 93
How Much Are You Worth?……Page 96
A Pebble in a Bucket of Water……Page 99
Learn to Love Maintenance……Page 102
Eight-Hour Burn……Page 106
Learn How to Fail……Page 109
Say “No”……Page 112
Say It, Do It, Show It……Page 115
Marketing…Not Just for Suits……Page 119
Perceptions, Perschmeptions……Page 122
Adventure Tour Guide……Page 125
Me Rite Reel Nice……Page 128
Being Present……Page 130
Suit Speak……Page 134
Change the World……Page 136
Let Your Voice Be Heard……Page 138
Build Your Brand……Page 141
Release Your Code……Page 143
Remarkability……Page 145
Making the Hang……Page 147
Maintaining Your Edge……Page 150
Already Obsolete……Page 152
You’ve Already Lost Your Job……Page 154
Path with No Destination……Page 156
Make Yourself a Map……Page 158
Watch the Market……Page 160
That Fat Man in the Mirror……Page 162
The South Indian Monkey Trap……Page 165
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em……Page 168
Lead ‘Em……Page 170
Manage ‘Em……Page 172
Learn from Open-Source……Page 175
Think Global……Page 177
What I Learned in India……Page 180
Bibliography……Page 183
Very good points……Page 24