Success in today's IT environment requires you to view your career as a business endeavor. In this book, you'll learn how to become an entrepreneur, driving your career in the direction of your choosing. You will, learn how to build your software development career step-by-step, following the same path that you would follow if you were building, marketing, and selling a product. After all, your skills themselves are a product.
The choices you make about which technologies to focus on and which business domains to master have at least as much, impact on your success as your technical knowledge itself, don't let those, choices be accidental. We will walk, through all aspects of the decision-making process, so you can ensure that you are, investing your time and energy in the right areas.
You will, develop a structured plan for keeping your mind engaged and your skills fresh. You will, learn how to assess your skills in terms of where they fit on the value chain, driving you away from commodity skills and toward those, that are in high demand. Through a mix of high-level, thought-provoking essays and tactical "Act on It" sections, you will come away with concrete plans you can put into action immediately. You will also, get a chance to read the perspectives of several highly successful members of our industry from a variety of career paths.
As with any product or service, if nobody knows what you are selling, nobody will buy. We will walk, through the often-neglected world of marketing, and you will, create a plan to market yourself both inside your company and to the industry in general.
Above all, you'll see, how you can set the direction of your career, leading to a more, fulfilling and remarkable professional life.
