作者简介：

Sam Lightstone

MakingItBigCareers.com的创始人，IBM软件集团的项目总监和高级技师，一位颇受欢迎的演说家、作家和多产的发明家，为许多世界500强企业、工程与科技会议、重点大学做过关于职业、科技趋势和新兴研究方面的演讲。他也是IEEE数据工程工作组自管理数据库系统的创始人，是IEEE计算机技术委员会国际咨询委员会自主计算系统的成员。他独立或联合拥有的发明专利已达30多项，并曾出版过一些书和科技论文。eWeek、InformationWeek、InfoWorld和MIT Technology Review都曾对他做过专门报道。Lightstone还是前国家级竞技类花剑运动员。他喜欢和家人在一起，爱好骑自行车和弹吉他。

译者简介：

万晓光

北京科技大学硕士毕业，PMP，拥有12年的项目开发和管理经验。目前在奥博杰天软件（北京）有限公司从事项目管理和软件架构设计等方面的工作，对程序设计语言、移动平台开发、云计算、软件架构设计和软件项目管理方向有浓厚的兴趣。可通过aurorean.wan@gmail.com联系他。

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