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Chad Fowler's "My Job Went To India"

The Pragmatic Programmer is in the process of releasing a new book by Chad Fowler titled "My Job Went To India (And All I Got Was This Lousy Book). I had already read and heard good things through different blogs and at the Just Stuff, No Fluff conference.

I have read the extracts and decided that I needed more, so I got the PDF + Book combo and have been devouring the book so far. The book contains advice to developers and programmers on how to improve their chances of staying employed. The advice would be relevant even outside of the outsourcing/offshoring context.

A key point of the book is that our jobs are changing as a result of the availability of cheap labor globally. When seen through this lense, the advices contained in the book are more about how to increase your value to your employer than how to fight a (loosing) battle against offshoring and outsourcing.

It also provides an insight on what is driving the Indian programmers. What is driving them to get in this field, what is motivating them in terms of career, why so many of them are calling themselves "senior".

So far, it has been an excellent read, and I would recommend this book to any developer who is interested in staying in this field. If anything, listen to Andy Hunt's read of the introduction.

-- Fred
( Sep 01 2005, 11:50:02 AM MDT ) Permalink Comments [0]