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Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook
by Michael LoppAs a software engineer, you recognize at some point that there's much more to your career than dealing with code. Is it time to become a manager? Tell your boss he’s a jerk? Join that startup? Author Michael Lopp recalls his own make-or-break moments with Silicon Valley giants such as Apple, Netscape, and Symantec in Being Geek -- an insightful and entertaining book that will help you make better career decisions.With more than 40 standalone stories, Lopp walks through a complete job life cycle, starting with the job interview and ending with the realization that it might be time to find another gig. Many books teach you how to interview for a job or how to manage a project successfully, but only this book helps you handle the baffling circumstances you may encounter throughout your career.Decide what you're worth with the chapter on "The Business"Determine the nature of the miracle your CEO wants with "The Impossible"Give effective presentations with "How Not to Throw Up"Handle liars and people with devious agendas with "Managing Werewolves"Realize when you should be looking for a new gig with "The Itch"
Being Global
by Gregory Unruh Ángel CabreraWhat does it take to lead a global business?What makes being a global business leader today such a complex task? It's more than mastering your knowledge of various geographies and cultures, though that is essential. But to succeed, you must also master the complex mind-set and competencies needed to lead in today's fully globalized world. Not an easy assignment.Enter Ángel Cabrera and Gregory Unruh. In Being Global, they pull from their extensive experience as well as research they conducted at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, which has been cited by the Financial Times, U.S. News and World Report, and The Economist for its authority on global business. In Being Global, Cabrera and Unruh define a new context for global leadership, vividly illustrating both the challenges and the opportunities facing today's executives. How can you be effective? What new skills must you learn in order to be successful? What do international teams do to stay connected while still producing results on a regional scale?Being Global is written for leaders at all levels of their careers-whether in big business or small, private sector or government-who aspire to think and act globally and who need some help getting there. Being a global citizen is just the starting point. Cabrera and Unruh provide the tools and guidance to help you develop even deeper leadership skills, to benefit both you and your organization.
Being Human at Work: Bringing Somatic Intelligence into Your Professional Life
by Richard Strozzi-HecklerThis anthology of interdisciplinary writings looks at the integration of mind, body, and spirit as it plays out in the workplace--whether in birth coaching, teaching parents, assisting the terminally ill, or working in the military, the classroom, or the corporation. These essays reveal what gets in the way of our humanity in the work world and how to rediscover that humanity. Written by leading professionals in business, education, medicine, technology, finance, psychology, and the military, this collection of essays explores how reconnecting with one's humanity can result in true leadership in any field.
Being Human in a Consumer Society (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory)
by Alejandro Néstor MartínezThis book offers a new perspective on sociological studies of the consumer society, introducing neglected normative questions relating to the good life and human flourishing - subjects more commonly discussed in fields of moral, political, and social philosophy. With attention to a wide range of subjects, including postemotional law and responsibility, dehumanised consumption and prosumerism, fashion, embodiment, conspicuous consumption, and sustainability, this book analyzes the structural and cultural transformations that can be identified in consumer society. It also offers a critical - but not pessimistic - view of the important question of whether consumption is leading to an increasing isolation, individualization or commodification of human beings, suggesting an analytical framework for understanding consumer culture and human praxis. Bringing together work from across disciplines by scholars in the US, Europe, and the UK to engage with questions concerning our globalized and globalizing world, where consumerism is a keystone for understanding our contemporary culture and its social structures, Being Human in a Consumer Society will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, social theory, and contemporary philosophy.
Being Martha: The Inside Story Of Martha Stewart And Her Amazing Life
by Lloyd AllenBeing Martha is a personal-at times a searingly personal-account of Martha's life from the inside, by a friend. It's fascinating-very anecdotal and very emotional. It won't be like anything else you've ever read about her. -John Small, editor of SaveMartha. com From Being Martha ""Martha has taught people to do many things and not in the way an ordinary teacher would, but in her own particular way. She taught people about the good things in life-the simple things. "" -Martha Kostyra, Martha's mother ""My mother and I have always been close. We are not closer since the trial and prison-we've always been close. . . . Don't we all want a better life? No matter what they say about my mom, all she ever does is teach the world good things that will help them in life. So what if she shows you the perfect way to do it? Would you want your professor at school to do anything less in any other subject? Her fans know what she's all about. "" -Alexis Stewart, Martha's daughter ""It was all about going and finding a piece of land and living off of it, learning how to get back to nature. Listening to banjos, listening to folk music, discovering Leadbelly and the Mamas and the Papas. We used to have the greatest evenings with a bunch of hospitable people. Martha would make pies and other things for the occasions. "" -George Christiansen, Martha's brother, about the early years ""Martha raised the bar for me and made me think big. . . . We have an alley cat, Ricky, that lives next door at the deli, and he roams in and out of the neighborhood. Ricky has no tail, he's dirty, and he acts like a dog. One morning during the trial, Martha was in the salon wearing a three-thousand-dollar Jil Sander suit. She was sitting on one of the chairs in the back. Ricky came in and jumped on top of her and was all over her, licking her neck and putting paw marks all over her. Martha said, 'Oh my God, this cat is so dirty, this is such a dirty little cat!' But she let him crawl all over her. She just dusted the hair and dirt off. She really has a lot of kindness in her. "" -Eva Scrivo, Martha's friend and hairdresser
Being Online: On Computing, Data, the Internet, and the Cloud
by Jian WangA pioneer of cloud computing and big data offers his vision of the future world taking shape around us. Jian Wang was the founder and architect of Alibaba's cloud and has been the driving force behind its technology innovations. He was also the founder of the City Brain initiative to develop a new digital infrastructure for sustainable cities. Being Online is his meditation on the moment we are in, as the digital era shifts to the internet era, spawning new innovations at a seemingly dizzying pace: cloud computing, 5G, artificial intelligence, big data, wearables, robots, virtual reality, the internet of things, blockchain, and more. For Wang, the invisible hand that connects them is being online. The conjunction of computing, data, and the internet has erased the difference between being online and off. When computing can be done in the cloud, it is on the road to becoming a utility. When data is connected, making it big, its usefulness multiplies exponentially in unforeseeable ways, as does its value. This moment will be as transformative for humanity as Henry Ford's production line. Data is changing the nature of business. Computing is reshaping the economy. The cloud will help us do things we could never do before, at scales that were previously impossible. It will reshape our vision of the world, as electrification once did and, more recently, the transition from analog to digital. While telling the story of Alibaba&’s breakthroughs and the development of his own understanding of the internet, Jian Wang's visionary book lays out the implications of this shift and how to think about being online.
Being Right or Making Money
by Ned DavisSTAY A STEP AHEAD OF THE MARKETS BY REJECTING GUESSES ABOUT THE FUTURE AND TRUSTING TECHNIQUES THAT WORKToday there are as many investment opinions as there are people. But as many a scorned investor can attest, predicting the future isn't easy. In fact, Being Right or Making Money, Third Edition explains that reliably predicting the future is often not even possible. The good news is that it isn't necessary either. Once you stop trying so hard to be right about the future, you can start making money.Being Right or Making Money, Third Edition contains a position trading strategy that any serious investor will want to keep nearby. Using the unbiased, objective standard in this book, you can stay on-target for profit in all market conditions. You'll learn how to create asset allocation models in both stocks and bonds, how to make sense out of contrarian opinion, and how to use indicators to keep you focused, no matter what.You won't find any shock-and-awe investing tactics in this book. Instead, Being Right or Making Money, Third Edition presents the solid trading model that has made Ned Davis Research Group a go-to source for market wisdom.
Being SAGE: 55th Anniversary Edition
by SAGE PublishingOver drinks with her favorite professor and her future husband, a 25-year-old Sara Miller founded one of the most influential academic publishing houses on the planet. This career-spanning autobiography follows Sara Miller McCune and the company that emerged from that cocktail hour, SAGE Publishing. Read along as over 55 years SAGE grows from publishing a single journal promoted by direct mail (from a list provided by Daniel Patrick Moynihan) into a globe-spanning and proudly independent company with a core belief that engaged scholarship lies at the heart of any healthy society.While the book is an excellent source for those interested in publishing, education (especially the rise of social science in the post-war academy), and entrepreneurship, perhaps its most powerful impact is as an inspiring tale for young women anxious to start their own business and chart an independent course in life.
Being Strategic
by Erika AndersenA step-by-step guide for developing strategic thoughts and actions that are broadly applicable and thoroughly practical in business and life.Everybody talks about strategy, but there is a big gap between discussing strategy, defining strategy and actually being strategic—so you can accomplish something.Being Strategic helps you approach business—and life—strategically, explaining what strategy is, why it's important, and how to do it:• First, get clear about the problem you're trying to solve• Then, figure out where you're starting from• Now, imagine your “castle on the hill,” the future you want to create• Identify the “trolls under the bridge”; the obstacles in your path• Next, outline the path to the castle: your core strategies and the tactics for implementing them• Re-evaluate your strategy and your tactics as conditions changeFramed around the story of thirteenth-century Welsh nobles building an actual castle, and weaving in dozens of real-life examples from her practice, which has helped restaurateur Danny Meyer and many others, noted consultant Erika Andersen offers a complete course in turning around a business, or a life.“[A] clear, practical and powerful approach for navigating through tough times.” ―Bonnie Hammer, Vice Chair, NBCUniversal“Unlike most experts in her field, Erika Andersen has an approach to being strategic that's sensible and accessible. With her, you feel capable of creating the business, career and life you want. She's to strategy what Suze Orman is to personal finance.” ―Nancy Tellem, Former President, CBS Paramount Television Network Entertainment Group
Being a Contribution: Redefining Success as Contribution and Practicing the Art of Possibility
by Rosamund Stone Zander Benjamin ZanderFrom our earliest days, we understand that there are tasks ahead of us to accomplish and landmarks to achieve. Life often looks like an obstacle course and this perception sets up the inevitable success/failure paradigm. In this arrangement, there are only two options and our success or failure is measured against the achievements of others. In this chapter, Rosamund and Ben Zander describe how to free ourselves from the success/failure game and from judging ourselves based on externally generated standards. They present an alternative: the practice of seeing oneself and others as a contribution. This produces a shift away from self-concern and engages us in relationships with others, allows us to make a difference, opens our minds to possibility, and produces deep and enduring rewards. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 4 of "The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life."
Being a Foreigner Among Domestic Banks: Asset or Liability?
by Stijn Claessens Neeltje Van HorenA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Being a Successful Interpreter: Adding Value and Delivering Excellence
by Jonathan DownieBeing a Successful Interpreter: Adding Value and Delivering Excellence is a practice-oriented guide on the future of interpreting and the ways in which interpreters can adjust their business and professional practices for the changing market. The book considers how globalisation and human migration have brought interpreting to the forefront and the subsequent need for interpreters to serve a more diverse client base in more varied contexts. At its core is the view that interpreters must move from the traditional impartial and distant approach to become committed to adding value for their clients. Features include: Interviews with leading interpreting experts such as Valeria Aliperta, Judy and Dagmar Jenner and Esther Navarro-Hall Examples from authentic interpreting practice Practice-driven, research-backed discussion of the challenges facing the future of interpreting Guides for personal development Ideas for group activities and development activities within professional associations. Being a Successful Interpreter is a practical and thorough guide to the business and personal aspects of interpreting. Written in an engaging and user-friendly manner, it is ideal for professional interpreters practising in conference, medical, court, business and public service settings, as well as for students and recent graduates of interpreting studies. Winner of the Proz.com Best Book Prize 2016.
Being a Supervisor 1.0: A Handbook For The New, Aspiring, And Experienced Supervisor
by Joseph F. DuffyBeing a Supervisor 1.0 is a handbook for first-time and aspiring supervisors, covering information useful in preparing to step into that role and fulfilling the duties of a supervisor on a daily basis. While the primary audience is the first-time supervisor, or aspiring supervisor, the book will also be a useful resource to experienced supervisors looking for help with daily supervisory tasks.
Being a Teacher Educator in Challenging Times: Negotiating the Rapids of Professional Learning (Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices #22)
by Judy Williams Mike HaylerThis book presents a duoethnographic exploration and narrative account of what it means to be a teacher educator today. Adopting a narrative approach, the book presents different personal, political and institutional perspectives to interrogate common challenges facing teacher education and teacher educators today. In addition, the book compares and contrasts the teacher education landscapes in Australia and the UK and addresses a broad range of topics, including the autobiographical nature of teacher educators’ work, the value of learning from experience, the importance of collegiality and collaboration in learning to become a teacher educator, and the intersection of the personal, professional and political in the development of teacher educator pedagogies and research agendas. Each chapter combines personal narratives and research-based perspectives on the key dimensions of teacher educators’ work that can be found in the literature, including self-study research. Readers will gain a better understanding of the processes, influences and relationships that make being a teacher educator both a challenging and rewarding career. Accordingly, the book offers a valuable asset for university leaders, experienced and beginning teacher educators, and researchers interested in the professional learning and development of teacher educators.
Being an Adult Learner in Austere Times: Exploring The Contexts Of Higher And Community Education
by Nalita James Ellen BoerenThis book examines the experiences of adult learners in times of austerity. The power of adult education to transform lives is well known, and it is especially powerful for those who missed out on educational opportunities earlier in life. Those who have been successful learners in the past are more likely to continue their education and training, making extra support and funding ever-more important: however, in the current economic and political climate, support for adult learning is significantly decreasing. This book sheds light on the experiences of adult learners, despite the difficulties facing the sector: interweaving empirical discussions with theoretical debates, the editors and contributors demonstrate the challenges and struggles of adult learners in higher, further and community education. This enlightening edited collection will be of interest to all those involved in adult education as well as policy makers and funders.
Being an Effective Mentor: And a Receptive Protege
by Richard LueckeIdentifying the personal characteristics and behaviors of effective mentors is important in the development of human assets. This chapter not only offers tips on how mentors should conduct themselves, but also serves as a tool to teach those interested in expanding their careers at work. In addition, the chapter explains how to be an effective protege and why this is important.
Being an Expert Professional Practitioner: The Relational Turn in Expertise (Professional and Practice-based Learning #3)
by Anne EdwardsProfessionals deal with complex problems which require working with the expertise of others, but being able to collaborate resourcefully with others is an additional form of expertise. This book draws on a series of research studies to explain what is involved in the new concept of working relationally across practices. It demonstrates how spending time building common knowledge between different professions aids collaboration. The core concept is relational agency, which can arise between practitioners who work together on a complex task: whether reconfiguring the trajectory of a vulnerable child or developing a piece of computer software. Common knowledge, which captures the motives and values of each profession, is essential for the exercise of relational agency and contributing to and working with the common knowledge of what matters for each profession is a new form of relational expertise. The book is based on a wide body of field research including the author's own. It tackles how to research expert practices using Vygotskian perspectives, and demonstrates how Cultural Historical and Activity Theory approaches contribute to how we understand learning, practices and organisations.
Being an Impact Champion: Enacting Corporate Social Consciousness (SAGE IIM Kozhikode Series for New Managers)
by Simy Joy Priya Nair RajeevSocial consciousness is neither corporate social responsibility (CSR) nor public relations but a mindset that understands and accepts the interconnectedness of the economic, social and natural environments that can cause internal disruptions in an organization. Socially conscious organizations do not come to existence without socially conscious managers. The book will enable socially conscious managers to become impact champions through three pathways so that they can successfully initiate and run socially responsible business innovations, CSR projects and social entrepreneurial ventures. The book is organized into five parts. Part 1 sets the context and provides the readers with tools to reflect on contemporary social and environmental issues and their own personal orientations for action. For developing the skills necessary to be capable of contributing to the triple bottom line, young managers need to deepen their understanding of social problems, developmental issues, threats to the environment and long-standing issues of sustainability and environmental management, all of which are woven into various chapters. In the next four parts, the book progresses through three pathways, namely, socially driven business innovation, CSR, and social entrepreneurship. Being an Impact Champion hopes to instill confidence in new managers to talk about socially and environmentally sensitive issues facing the corporate world and thereby expand their capacity to influence.
Being and Becoming a Researcher in the Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Field: An Expanding Consciousness Perspective
by Atila YükselDespite the emphasis placed on disciplinary knowledge, adaptability and research skills as pillars of academic rigor, the process of researcher development-particularly the transition from merely acquiring knowledge to embodying the role of a researcher-has been largely overlooked, contributing to high attrition rates among PhD students and early career researchers. Possessing subject expertise and technical skills, while necessary, does not guarantee the intellectual, emotional and existential growth required to navigate the complexities of academic life. The process of becoming a researcher is not solely a matter of accumulating credentials but involves a deeper transformation-one that prioritizes personal development and the expansion of consciousness. The concept of 'freedom of consciousness and its expansion' is crucial in understanding this transition from being a researcher in essence to becoming a researcher in existence. Theories of self-development underscore the role of consciousness in shaping cognitive functions, self-perception and the structuring of thought, making its expansion essential for fostering intellectual autonomy, creativity and resilience. Consciousness governs not only a researcher's cognitive capacities but also their attitudes, emotions and behaviours, influencing their ability to engage critically with knowledge, persist through challenges and contribute meaningfully to scholarly discourse. This book explores both the theoretical and practical dimensions of researcher development, offering a comprehensive framework that examines the transitions researchers undergo within both their internal and external environments. It introduces the macro-, mezzo- and micro-information spheres of researcher development, illustrating how individuals confront challenges, navigate conflicts, engage with contradictions and ultimately transform themselves through an evolving process of intellectual and personal growth. By integrating these dimensions, this book highlights the necessity of moving beyond mechanistic models of researcher training toward a more holistic approach that acknowledges the role of consciousness expansion in sustaining meaningful academic engagement.
Being and Dwelling through Tourism: An anthropological perspective (New Directions in Tourism Analysis)
by Catherine PalmerMuch of the existing literature seeks to make sense of tourism based on singular approaches such as visuality, identity, mobility, performance and globalised consumption. What is missing, however, is an overarching framework within which these valuable approaches can be located. This book offers one such framework using the concept of dwelling taken from Heidegger and Ingold as the starting point from which to consider the interrelatedness of being, dwelling and tourism. The anthropological focus at the core of the book is infused with multidisciplinary perspectives that draw on a variety of subjects including philosophy, material cultural studies and cultural geography. The main themes include sensuous, material, architectural and earthly dwelling and each chapter features a discussion of the unifying theoretical framework for each theme, followed by an illustrative focus on specific aspects of tourism. This theoretically substantive book will be of interest to anyone involved with tourism research from a wide range of disciplines including anthropology, sociology, geography, cultural studies, leisure studies and tourist studies.
Being and Well-Being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley
by J. A. English-LueckEnglish-Lueck (anthropology, San Jose State U.) explores the relation between health and the workplace in this volume based largely on extensive studies of personal health behavior in Santa Clara Valley. Much of the text consists of observations, as well as direct quotes from individual workers. Alternative healing practices, often coming from Chinese and Japanese traditions, are included. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Being in North Korea
by Andray AbrahamianIn 2009, while working on a PhD in Seoul, Andray Abrahamian visited North Korea, a country he had studied for years but never seen. He returned determined to find a way to work closely with North Koreans. Ten years and more than thirty visits later, Being in North Korea tells the story of his experiences setting up and running Choson Exchange, a non-profit that teaches North Koreans about entrepreneurship and economic policy. Abrahamian was provided a unique vantage into life in North Korea that belies stereotypes rampant in the media, instead revealing North Koreans as individuals ranging from true believers in the system to cynics wishing the Stalinist experiment would just end; from introverts to bubbly chatterboxes, optimists to pessimists. He sees a North Korea that is changing, invalidating some assumptions held in the West, but perhaps reinforcing others. Amid his stories of coping with the North Korean system, of the foreigners who frequent Pyongyang, and of everyday relationships, Abrahamian explores the challenges of teaching the inherently political subject of economics in a system where everyone must self-regulate their own minds; he looks at the role of women in the North Korean economy, and their exclusion from leadership; and he discusses how information is restricted, propaganda is distributed and internalized, and even how Pyongyang's nominally illicit property market functions. Along with these stories he interweaves the historical events that have led to today's North Korea. Drawing on the breadth of the author's in-country experience, Being in North Korea combines the intellectual rigor of a scholar with a writing style that will appeal to a general audience. Through the personal elements of a memoir that provide insights into North Korean society, readers will come away with a more realistic picture of the country and its people, and a better idea of what the future may hold for the nation.
Being the Best
by Nicholas Bate"An absolute must read! It encapsulates the principles which we have used as a fundamental part of our people strategy here at microsoft in the uk 'creating an environment where great people can do their best work', the foundation of which is there will come a time when people will choose which employer they contract with, not the other way around'. Act now before it is too late" --Steve Harvey, Group Director, People and Culture, Microsoft UK. "Nicholas brings the best personal development training with simple sysytems and strategies for growth. He has helped me and many others here take a grip of their lives and fast forward to the results they desire. " --Michael Wood, Retail Academy, Marks & Spencer
Being the Board: The Transformative Power of Claiming Responsibility for Everything that Happens to You and Practicing the Art of Possibility
by Rosamund Stone Zander Benjamin ZanderOrdinarily we equate accountability with blame and blamelessness. When I blame you for something that goes wrong, I seek to establish that I am in the right. But in doing so, I lose my power to steer the situation in another direction, to learn from it. I lose any leverage I may have had, because there is nothing I can do about your mistakes--only about mine. In this chapter, the authors explore what happens if we shift our thinking about responsibility. What if instead of seeing ourselves as one piece on a game board, we see ourselves as the whole board? Striving for this perspective of "being the board" empowers us to be responsible for everything that happens in our lives and frees us to make choices about the next step. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 10 of "The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life."
Being the Boss
by Kent Lineback Linda A. HillYou never dreamed being the boss would be so hard. You're caught in a web of conflicting expectations from subordinates, your supervisor, peers, and customers.You're not alone. As Linda Hill and Kent Lineback reveal in Being the Boss, becoming an effective manager is a painful, difficult journey. It's trial and error, endless effort, and slowly acquired personal insight. Many managers never complete the journey. At best, they just learn to get by. At worst, they become terrible bosses.This new book explains how to avoid that fate, by mastering three imperatives:· Manage yourself: Learn that management isn't about getting things done yourself. It's about accomplishing things through others.· Manage a network: Understand how power and influence work in your organization and build a network of mutually beneficial relationships to navigate your company's complex political environment.· Manage a team: Forge a high-performing "we" out of all the "I"s who report to you.Packed with compelling stories and practical guidance, Being the Boss is an indispensable guide for not only first-time managers but all managers seeking to master the most daunting challenges of leadership.