We have two copies of the book Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman to giveaway.
Written by authors Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye – who recently co-host Flavourmag presents Google’s Top Black Talent, Apprenticeship Patterns is a guide to help you grow professionally.
Questions to ask yourself
Are you doing all you can to further your career as a software developer? With today’s rapidly changing and ever-expanding technologies, being successful requires more than technical expertise. To grow professionally, you also need soft skills and effective learning techniques. Honing those skills is what this book is all about. The author’s have cataloged dozens of behavior patterns to help you perfect essential aspects of your craft.
Compiled from years of research, many interviews, and feedback from O’Reilly’s online forum, these patterns address difficult situations that programmers, administrators, and DBAs face every day. And it’s not just about financial success. Apprenticeship Patterns also approaches software development as a means to personal fulfillment. Discover how this book can help you make the best of both your life and your career.
To be in with a chance to win watch the video above and answer the following question:
What product did Ade work on that was placed in the Westfield shopping centre during the Olympics?
a) A Photo booth
b) A TV screen
c) A ticket machine
Send your name and address along with the answer to tbt@flavourmag.co.uk and a winner will be chosen at random by 20 August 2013. If you would like to be in the studio audience for Flavourmag presents Google’s Top Black Talent register your details at: www.flavourmag.co.uk/tbt
