My job went to india is a very special kind of book, as it covers a multitude of topics ranging from Outsourcing to career and software development.
The book consists of 52 ‘habits’ grouped into 5 chapters. While one can read up each of the habits independantly, reading them sequentially will probably give you the best milage. The habits themselves cover the entire life of a programmer in a corporate environment.
Team ‘behaviour’ and development are a key part of the book. IMHO, every manager of programmers would love to have programmers like the ones described in the book. Since the hints will also make ‘one-man show coders’ more effective, there is no need to work in a team to benefit!
Skill management and self marketing is another important part of the book. Basically, the idea is know the right things and tell people that you do-obviously, the latter is rather useless for a one-man show.
Last but not least, the book also contains a wealth of understandable information about managing outsourced projects.
The text is written in a very interesting style that makes the book a good ‘loo read’-you pick up skills and hints without excessive brainwork.
Overall, My job went to india is a great book for everyone who is in the IT business for more than a year, as that is when routine creeps in slowly but surely. While the phenomenon of outsourcing hasn’t yet reached the Palm market, at least a few of the ‘bad habits’ described will definitely affect you or your team positively.
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