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Soft Skills: The Software Developer`s Life Manual

	Soft Skills: The Software Developer`S Life Manual by John Z. Sonmez, Scott Hanselman, Robert C. Martic
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Table of Content:
Section 1:

1 Career
2 Getting started with a "BANG!": Don`t do what everyone else does
3 Thinking about the future: What are your goals?
4 People skills: You need them more than you think
5 Hacking the interview
6 Employment options: Enumerate your choices
7 What kind of software developer are you?
8 Not all companies are equal
9 Climbing the corporate ladder
10 Being a professional
11 Freedom: How to quit your job
12 Freelancing: Going out on your own
13 Creating your first product
14 Do you want to start a startup?
15 Working remotely survival strategies
16 Fake it till you make it
17 Resumes are Boring - Let`s fix that
18 Don`t get religious about technology

Section 2 Marketing yourself:

19 Marketing basics for code monkeys
20 Building a brand that gets you noticed
21 Creating a wildly successful blog
22 Your primary goal: Add value to others
23 Using Social Networks
24 Speaking, presenting and training: Speak geek
25 Writing books and articles that attract a following
26 Don`t be afraid to look like an idiot

Section 3 Learning:

27 Learning how to learn: How to teach yourself
28 My 10-step process
29 Steps 1-6: Do these once
30 Steps 7-10: Repeat these
31 Looking for mentors: Finding your Yoda
32 Taking on an apprentice: Being Yoda
33 Teaching: Learn you want? Teach you must.
34 Do you need a degree or can you "wing it?"
35 Finding gaps in your knowledge

Section 4 Productivity:

36 It all starts with focus
37 My personal productivity plan
38 Pomodoro Technique
39 My quota system: How I get way more done than I should
40 Holding yourself accountable
41 Multitasking dos and don`t s
42 Burnout: I`ve got the cure!
43 How you`re wasting your time
44 The importance of having a routine
45 Developing habits: Brushing your code
46 Breaking down things: How to eat an elephant
47 The value of hard work and why you keep avoiding it
48 Any action is better than no action

Section 5 Financial:

49 What are you going to do with your paycheck?
50 How to negotiate your salary
51 Options: Where all the fun is
52 Bits and bytes of real estate investing
53 Do you really understand your retirement plan?
54 The danger of debt: SSDs are expensive
55 Bonus: How I retired at 33

Section 6 Fitness:

56 Why you need to hack your health
57 Setting your fitness criteria
58 Thermodynamics, calories and you
59 Motivation: Getting your butt out of the chair
60 How to gain muscle: Nerds can have bulging biceps
61 How to get hash-table abs
62 Starting Running Program.exe
63 Standing desks and other hacks
64 Tech gear for fitness: Geeking out

Section 7 Spirit:

65 How the mind influences the body
66 Having the right mental attitude: Rebooting
67 Building a positive self-image: Programming your brain
68 Love and relationships: Computers can`t hold your hand
69 My personal success book list
70 Facing failure head-on
71 Parting words ISBN - 9789351197645

Pages : 504