Chapter Twelve: Mission: Impossible

Overview

With risk comes stress ”stress that can be nearly intolerable. How bad can the stress get, and what can a programmer do to mitigate it? This chapter tells the story of a Mission: Impossible scenario that ended giving this consulting programmer a career boost.

The programmer who will become really successful is the programmer who reaches out and embraces ever more challenging, high-visibility projects ”even those that come with the unknowns that signify risk. He or she never stops learning, never stops searching for something more.

With risk, however, comes stress ”stress that can be nearly intolerable. How bad can the stress get, and what can a programmer do to mitigate it? This chapter tells the story of a Mission: Impossible scenario that ended giving this consulting programmer a career boost.