Books

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Freelancer 101 for Developers is a practical guide written for developers who want to launch and grow a sustainable career working for themselves. The book combines all the points I wish I had known when I started freelancing over 15 years ago. It includes practical advice on how to define and build your business for scale.

After 11+ years working as a software engineer, sharing teams with lots of different people, diverse environments, languages and cultures, I realized that the most important learnings I got from it are related to soft skills and awareness. Let me share them with you ?

Becoming a contractor is tempting. All that money! But is that so? Is it for you? Is the time right? Is it worth leaving a permanent job for? How do you go about becoming one? This book, written by a contractor, will help answer those questions and guide you in : Deciding if it's for youManaging the risksSecuring a first contract.

Do you want more sales and career opportunities to come to you? Use this five-step system to establish the credibility and authority you desire.

Many developers live their life in this weird duality of loving their work, but hating their job. This books helps developers change that trend, by arming them with everything they need to crush future interviews, and move into the amazing positions that they both dream of, and deserve!

The book will introduce a simple understanding of Mental Models. Then, Loop Learning will help you apply mental models in your daily activities. When you outgrow mental models, use the powerful technique of Systems Thinking. Finally, when the problem is too complex for modeling, Complexity Theory can manage your VUCA world.

Are you interested in coaching as a career or interested as a coachee? Need some information on what to do, what’s involved and, basically, something that can demystify the process and give some advice?

Increasingly in modern life, we are shortening our attention span, and this is spilling over into other areas of life. This is where elevator pitches come in - they force you to really consider what you want & how to say it!This short book will cover off what a pitch is, how to do one and add in some tips on how to do it well!

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Junaed’s Framework to do well in a Job InterviewPreparation: Find out the critical skills for this job and how to prove yourself Tell me about Yourself: Template for Freshers and ExperiencedHow to build your own persona during the interviewQuestions you should ask in the endSalary negotiation frameworkHow to show your motivationMistakes to avoid

Whether you're in the boardroom, at the chalkboard, or whiteboard, presentations are everywhere. It doesn't matter if you are backed by a slide deck or just the marker in your hand, a presentation's strength comes from you. A word well spoken can change the world. How far can you get in 10 Days?

Remote Work changed everything! But the old stand-by remains: 'It's not what you know, but who'. Human connection is still going strong. Video courses can be great, but nothing beats practice! This book collects 10 simple exercises to reinvigorate your networking! How far can you get in 10 Days?