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Becoming Technical
Build An Amazing Career In Tech Starting At Square Zero
If you've always wanted to get into technology but don't know where to start, this is the book for you!
Technical skills are critical for today’s and tomorrow's jobs. But becoming technical requires you to understand a hidden framework of assumptions and belief systems — what we call "square zero."
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About the Book
Why do so many smart and accomplished people immediately discount their abilities and call themselves “non-technical”?
This was us, and this question was tough to answer. So when we achieved success, we decided to write the book that we wish we could have bought when we started our technical journeys. Our hope is that you'll save years of frustration by learning from our mistakes.
Building an amazing career in technology requires both technical and communication skills. This book is a roadmap to help you squash your outdated belief systems and chart a course for success.
Square Zero: Expose Your Hidden Assumptions and Beliefs
Square One: Prepare for Your Emotional and Strategic Journey
Square Two: Build Your Community of Support, Peers, and Experts
Square Three: Find Your Right Occupation, Environment, and Team
Square Four: Impact the Industry and Build Your Legacy
Square Five: Glossary of Commonly Used Technical Terms
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About the Authors
Andrea Goulet
Andrea Goulet is the CEO of Corgibytes, a software development shop dedicated to maintaining and modernizing software applications. Don’t be fooled by her decade of marketing experience; Andrea slings some solid code. She’s the founder of LegacyCode.Rocks and hosts a podcast dedicated to changing the way we think about legacy code. She speaks frequently about building a business based on balance, empathy, and trust; the perils of the technical/non-technical divide; and the technical philosophies around working with legacy code.
In her spare time, Andrea enjoys hosting Free Code Camp events at her local co-working space and blogging at Empathy Driven Development. She loves watching her kids explore the world and is a sucker for a good physics documentary. You can recognize her by the JavaScript tattoo on her wrist.
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