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Harkins P. H.

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Racing Computer, Plodding Programmer
Specific Productivity Tools and Their Value to You
Getting the Tools You Need
Chapter Fifteen: A Blueprint for Savvy Programming
Step 2: Design the Solution to the Request
Step 3: Develop the Project into Blocks of Work
Step 4: Write the Project Program as a Prototype Program
Step 5: Test Your Program Exhaustively with Valid Corporate Data
Chapter Sixteen: Master Millions of Lines of Complex Code
Don t Just Look at the Source Code
The Value of Landmarks
The Ignored Hello
Chapter Seventeen: Good Enough Programming for the Seasoned Programmer
How to Measure Good Enough
When to Abandon Ship
Chapter Eighteen: How Seasoned Programmers Stay at the Top of Their Game
Setting Your Own Benchmarks
When Your Benchmark Is Another Programmer
Chapter Nineteen: Self-Management Tips for the Seasoned Professional
Recognize a Great Programming Team When You See It
Dare to Say No
Chapter Twenty: Spotting Opportunities, Skirting Land Mines
Tiptoeing Through a Minefield
Opportunities to Spread Your Wings
Section 3: Mastering the Corporate Culture
Chapter Twenty One: Slipping Into a New Corporate Culture
Don t Be the Arrogant Newbie
Don t Assume That You Know What Got You the Job
Avoid Ramming Your Ideas Down Everyone s Throat
Accept the Status Quo...for Now
Chapter Twenty Two: Mentors and Mentees
Why Do They Bother?
You Learn More Than Your Business
You Learn More of Your Business
How to Find a Mentor
My Best Mentor
You as a Mentor
Chapter Twenty Three: How Do You Deal with the End User?
Courtesy Is a Mandate
Relationship Building is a Process, Not an Isolated Task
Chapter Twenty Four: When You Get a Really Bad Boss
Sometimes, the System Will Save You
Sometimes, You Have to Save Yourself
Chapter Twenty Five: A Raise and a Promotion In-House
Get the Lay of the Land
Outflank Your Manager
Chapter Twenty Six: A Big Push Out of the House
How to Know When It s Time to Leave
How to Plan Your Leaving
How to Behave on Your Way Out the Door
Section 4: Beyond Programming
Chapter Twenty Seven: Jumping to Management
Reinvention 1: From Programmer to Director of Systems Analysis
Reinvention 2: From Programmer to Vice-President of Operations
Chapter Twenty Eight: The Top of the Pyramid: The Programmer Consultant
The Brokered Programming Consultant
What to Consider Before Venturing Out
The Programmer Consultant Environment
How Good Are You?
Who Will Hire You?
Chapter Twenty Nine: Write for Your Industry
Fame, if Not Fortune
Finding the Market Is Easy
Shaping Your Ideas Is the Next Step
My First Sale
My First IT Magazine Sale
After the Article Is Published
Chapter Thirty: Founding and Running Your Own Firm
The Struggle to Survive Was Brutal
There s a Crossroads in Everyone s Career
I Had to Get Out
Making the Break
The Joy of Ownership
Chapter Thirty One: Inventing Your Own Software
The Idea That Wouldn t Let Go
Day to Day Life in a Bootstrap Operation
Up and Running
Chapter Thirty Two: Marketing Your Product
The Mystifying Weakness of the Sensible Approach
Tips from an Inventor with Marketing Savvy

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