Secrets of the Rockstar Programmers: Riding the IT Crest Book

Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     xiii
Software Technology Experts
Rod Johnson     3
Fact Sheet     3
Introduction     4
Soft Skills     4
Hard Skills     14
Business     20
Personal     24
Adrian Colyer     29
Fact Sheet     29
Introduction     30
Soft Skills     30
Hard Skills     35
Business     48
Personal     51
The Java Posse     53
Fact Sheet     53
Introduction     55
Soft Skills, Part 1     56
Personal, Part 1     67
Hard Skills, Part 1     69
Soft Skills, Part 2     71
Hard Skills, Part 2     77
Business     80
Personal, Part 2     85
Chris Wilson     91
Fact Sheet     91
Introduction     92
Soft Skills     92
Hard Skills     97
Business     102
Personal     105
Nikhil Kothari     111
Fact Sheet     111
Introduction     112
Background     112
Soft Skills     116
Hard Skills     118
Business     121
Personal     124
Hani Suleiman     127
Fact Sheet     127
Introduction     128
Soft Skills     128
Hard Skills     139
Business     147
Personal     155
James Gosling     161
Fact Sheet     161
Introduction     162
Background     162
Soft Skills     165
Hard Skills     169
Business     170
Personal     172
Kohsuke Kawaguchi     175
Fact Sheet     175
Introduction     176
Soft Skills     176
Hard Skills     183
Business     191
Personal     193
Software Pedagogy Experts
Herb Schildt     201
Fact Sheet     201
Introduction     202
Soft Skills     202
Hard Skills     207
Floyd Marinescu     221
Fact Sheet     221
Introduction      222
Soft Skills     222
Hard Skills     233
Business     239
Personal     241
Software Development Experts
Andy Hunt     245
Fact Sheet     245
Introduction     246
Soft Skills     246
Hard Skills     257
Business     266
Personal     267
Dave Thomas     273
Fact Sheet     273
Introduction     274
Background     274
Soft Skills     277
Hard Skills     287
Business     290
Personal     293
Max Levchin and Libor Michalek     297
Fact Sheet     297
Introduction     298
Soft Skills     298
Hard Skills     302
Business     306
Personal and History     309
Actual Rock Star
Weird Al Yankovic     315
Fact Sheet     315
Introduction     316
Soft Skills     316
Hard Skills     317
Business     319
Personal     320
Index of Common Questions Asked of Interviewees      323
Phillip G. Armour's The Five Orders of Ignorance     329
0th Order Ignorance: Lack of Ignorance     330
1st Order Ignorance: Lack of Knowledge     330
2nd Order Ignorance: Lack of Awareness     330
3rd Order Ignorance: Lack of a Suitably Efficient Process     331
4th Order Ignorance: Meta Ignorance     331
Index     333