| Geek Nation |
| Chapter 0: |
Intro to Geek Nation |
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| Chapter 1: |
Getting hired, or putting on a better show this time. |
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| Chapter 2: |
The evils of outsourcing |
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| Chapter 3: |
Taking orders from Accountants and MBAs |
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MBA Movie |
| Chapter 4: |
Bob doles out the work |
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| Chapter 5: |
Picking the tools they can (barely) afford |
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| Chapter 6: |
ZZZoning in and out |
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| Chapter 7: |
How the pros (jerks before you) did it |
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| Chapter 8: |
Drawing on the walls |
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| Chapter 9: |
Stupid users are your friends |
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| Chapter 10: |
Meetings with Sponge Bob |
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| Chapter 11: |
Instant messaging - the new water cooler |
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| Chapter 12: |
Use Version Control or go insane |
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| Chapter 13: |
A word on Web Services, XML, HTML, Java and other clutch grinders |
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| Chapter 14: |
SELECT server FROM vendor |
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| Chapter 15: |
SELECT hardware FROM dealer |
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| Chapter 16: |
SELECT tools FROM toolbox |
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| Chapter 17: |
The Hardware Guys vs. the Software Guys |
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| Chapter 18: |
Debugging - Betas, bubbas, and mudwumps, and why did they spray-paint the LAN jacks |
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| Chapter 19: |
What do I do with this BYTE? |
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| Chapter 20: |
Reporting and Graphing - or you eventually have to produce something |
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| Chapter 21: |
Your RDBMS is really SET in its ways |
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| Chapter 22: |
Dreaming in SQL |
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| Chapter 23: |
Users, roles, security, encryption, and partitioning |
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| Chapter 24: |
Make it until you cant break it |
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| Chapter 25: |
Hacking the Gibson |
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| Chapter 26: |
Vendors only want your money |
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| Chapter 27: |
Industry “standards” |
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| Chapter 28: |
the Amazon |
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| Chapter 29: |
Going over the barrel in a Niagara |
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| Chapter 30: |
Calling in the calvalry |
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| Chapter 31: |
Obfuscation 101 - how to rent your own limo and charge the company |
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| Chapter 32: |
Intellectual Property |
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| Chapter 33: |
Project Managers |
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| Chapter 34: |
MOV EAX,0001 |
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| Chapter 35: |
Cest (ne pas) finis, dude |
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| Chapter 36: |
Teaching, Deaning or grinding bumpers |
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| Chapter 37-98: |
Who in their right mind would write a book this long? I didnt. |
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| Chapter 99: |
Afterword - Onward, Upward, Forward, Squidward. |
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