这是一本5星级的就业指南。如何选择自己的就业方向，如何成为一个专家，如何成为有影响力的人，比起其它的书说的更清楚。
这是两年前的一本书。当时，网上找原版电子书，发现了这本书的英文版。简介太吸引人了。哪里有下载源？找吧。
找来找去，到处是陷阱，经常遇到黄色网站。女儿看见还得费一番口舌，搞得我很无奈。
程序员里有那么多的色鬼吗？非也。
讲一个20年前的故事吧。pc机上有一种沙蟹的游戏软件，就是赌王那类电影中经常见到的扑克牌游戏。软件中赢的不是筹码，是少女的衣服。赢一次脱一件，输一次穿一件。别的办公室玩的不亦乐乎，软件室根本没人玩。为什么，因为有人改动了程序，赢了脱，输了也脱，没两下脱光了。没有输赢，一点不刺激。所以，别的屋子玩色情游戏热火朝天，独有软件室无人问津，除非有人来展示一下最终的结果。
最后找到一个刚刚成立不久的计算机电子书网站。和其他网站不同，他拒绝一般的访客。注册时考一道编程的题，结果正确了才能注册成功。安全码也非常有特色，软件名，编程语言关键字，搞软件的人会心一笑，外行可能一头雾水，很好玩。
注册完了，书就搞到了。但是，和一般的专业书不太一样，读起来挺费劲，有些地方看不懂。有点遗憾，最后没有看完。
前两天书店里看到这本书，觉得有点面熟，收入囊下。回来一查，果不其然，是两年前没有读完的那本书。
译者是个牛人，能把这样的一本书用汉字译出来，方便了今天的读者。尤其是高中生，大学生，刚刚入职的毕业生，真应该感谢万晓光。因为他的工作，现在可以读到这样一本好书，还不用费那么多气力。
如果有什么缺憾的话，这本书有点贵：69元人民币。好在物有所值：看过了就不会心疼钱了，看明白了钱也就不是问题了。
下面是我当时看到的简介。
标题是：Making it Big in Software
副标题：Get the Job. Work the Org. Become Great.
简介：
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
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