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    Becoming Globally Competitive in Software: The Fundamentals for Regular People
    Becoming Globally Competitive in Software: The Fundamentals for Regular People
    Becoming Globally Competitive in Software: The Fundamentals for Regular People
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    Becoming Globally Competitive in Software: The Fundamentals for Regular People

    By Matthew D. Edwards

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    This book will teach you, the software student, practitioner and/or manager, how to become competitive in the global resource pool in which we reside. In sometimes humorous, mostly direct conversation, this book discusses understanding the customer, serving the customer, and learning to discern what really matters along the way by exploring some difficult and often unpopular subjects:

    The professional software talent pool is truly global and we are only grains of sand on a world beach

    There is more value in seeing the forest than worshiping the tree

    Know when to solve a problem, when to simplify, and when to be quiet

    Delivering a technical solution is a social problem

    Overpay the right people for the right reasons

    Serve the customer and provide immediate value or someone else will

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateApr 28, 2006
    ISBN9781468571479
    Becoming Globally Competitive in Software: The Fundamentals for Regular People
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    Matthew D. Edwards

    Mr. Edwards works as an international technical and business consultant, writer, researcher, technology investment analyst & speaker with an affinity for nation-state development projects. Matthew is a large systems geek by nature. Head of Technology at Dwolla, COO at Appcore Technology, COO at Big Africa, CIO at GeoLearning, Managing Partner at Ajilus, Gun for hire consultant at Motorola, Nationwide, Computer Sciences Corporation and so on. Geek jobs all along the delivery chain of "think it, design it, do it, deliver it, support it, evolve it". Matthew has certs, education, teaching, speaking, research and analysis, writing and publishing history.

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