Taming the Technology Tidal Wave: Practical Career Advice for IT Professionals

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About the Author

Ms. Barker is currently employed as a senior member of the technical staff at Technology Associates, Inc. in Herndon, Virginia, where she consults for both public and private sector clients, and is also the founder of ObjectStart LLC, an object technology mentorship and training firm.

Ms. Barker earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering with highest honors from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was also inducted into the Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society.

She later received a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science, focusing on software systems engineering, from UCLA, and has subsequently pursued doctoral level studies in information technology at George Mason University.

Her best selling book, Beginning Java Objects: From Concepts to Code, published originally by the former Wrox Press, Ltd. and now by Apress LP, continues to receive praise from readers around the world.

Jacquie’s "winning formula" for teaching object fundamentals continues to receive praise from readers around the world, and Beginning Java Objects has been adopted by many universities as a key textbook in their core IT curricula.

Her second book, Beginning C# Objects, an adaptation of B.J.O. to the C# programming language, was published by Apress in April 2004.

Her latest book project is entitled Taming the Technology Tidal Wave: Practical Career Advice for Technical Professionals, published by ObjectStart Press.

Editorials

	Book Description
	A light-hearted career guide for IT professionals, aimed at helping folks to maintain leading-edge technology skills without becoming overwhelmed.
	From the Back Cover
	This is a guide to managing your career with respect to technology change so that you can smoothly update your technical skills as often as necessary throughout your career, without a great deal of anxiety. With this book,... read full editorial

Customer Reviews

	Right on target
	January 25, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars
	I just read Taming the Technology Tidal Wave and can't say enough about how much I liked it! I believe that Ms. Barker is on point in almost every case. I'm going to make sure every member of my team reads it.
	Invaluable advice for technical professionals!
	(Vienna, VA) February 14, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars
	Although this book is beneficial for any technical professional, it is particularly valuable for those reentering the workforce after taking time off. The challenge of returning to work as a software engineer after a hiatus... read full review

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