作者簡介：

Sam Lightstone

MakingItBigCareers.com的創始人，IBM軟件集團的項目總監和高級技師，一位頗受歡迎的演說傢、作傢和多産的發明傢，為許多世界500強企業、工程與科技會議、重點大學做過關於職業、科技趨勢和新興研究方麵的演講。他也是IEEE數據工程工作組自管理數據庫係統的創始人，是IEEE計算機技術委員會國際谘詢委員會自主計算係統的成員。他獨立或聯閤擁有的發明專利已達30多項，並曾齣版過一些書和科技論文。eWeek、InformationWeek、InfoWorld和MIT Technology Review都曾對他做過專門報道。Lightstone還是前國傢級競技類花劍運動員。他喜歡和傢人在一起，愛好騎自行車和彈吉他。

譯者簡介：

萬曉光

北京科技大學碩士畢業，PMP，擁有12年的項目開發和管理經驗。目前在奧博傑天軟件（北京）有限公司從事項目管理和軟件架構設計等方麵的工作，對程序設計語言、移動平颱開發、雲計算、軟件架構設計和軟件項目管理方嚮有濃厚的興趣。可通過aurorean.wan@gmail.com聯係他。

The Software Insider's Guide to Getting Hired and Getting to the Top! Here's all the information you need to jumpstart your software career: the best ways to get hired, move up, and blaze your way to the top! The software business has radically changed, and this book reveals today's realities-everything your professors and corporate managers never told you. In his 20 years at IBM as a software architect, senior manager, and lead programmer, Sam Lightstone has briefed dozens of leading companies and universities on careers, new technology, and emerging areas of research. He currently works on one of the world's largest software development teams and spends a good part of his time recruiting and mentoring software engineers. This book shares all the lessons for success Sam has learned...plus powerful insights from 17 of the industry's biggest stars. Want to make it big in software? Start right here! Discover how to * Get your next job in software development * Master the nontechnical skills crucial to your success * "Work the org" to move up rapidly * Successfully manage your time, projects, and life * Avoid "killer" mistakes that could destroy your career * Move up to "medium-shot," "big-shot," and finally, "visionary" * Launch your own winning software company Exclusive interviews with Steve Wozniak, Inventor, Apple computer John Schwarz, CEO, Business Objects James Gosling, Inventor, Java programming language Marissa Mayer, Google VP, Search Products and User Experience Jon Bentley, Author, Programming Pearls Marc Benioff, CEO and founder, Salesforce.com Grady Booch, IBM Fellow and co-founder Rational Software Bjarne Stroustrup, Inventor, C++ programming language David Vaskevitch, Microsoft CTO Linus Torvalds, Creator, Linux operating system kernel Richard Stallman, Founder, Free software movement Peter Norvig, Google's Director of Research Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Fellow and Windows Architect Tom Malloy, Adobe Chief Software Architect Diane Greene, Co-founder and past CEO of VMware Robert Kahn, Co-inventor, the Internet Ray Tomlinson, Inventor, email