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Don't Stay Stuck in a Job Rut--Take Control of Your Career in Just 30 Days!
Feeling enslaved by pointless meetings, overflowing "in" boxes, and endless phone calls? Shackled by mindless busywork and jealous colleagues who keep you from landing the corner office and the recognition you deserve? If so, now is the time to break free from the chains of job slavery! Now in paperback, Karen Salmansohn, award-winning advertising veteran and bestselling author, offers an instructive, humorous, and easy-to-follow 30-day plan for taking control of your career. Daily tips for Cracking Whips and Master Mantras will show you how to beat all of your negative thoughts instead of letting them beat you, so that at last you can attain the promotions and raises you dream about.
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Be careful - do not touch this book if you don't like a change in your life!.......2007-08-17
In February 2006, winter and not the most pleasant time of the year to begin with, I had an all time low job and career wise. I was unhappy. I had the opportunity to attend one of Karen Salmansohn's seminars which was based on a different book of hers but I thought, in my situation, I start out with that one. I read it in 30 days because one needs 30 days to change old habits. I re-read it again after finishing it, just to make sure that all the wisdom can properly settle down.
While I am still in my old job, I've got a new outlook on things and found a way, my way, to deal with things. I still do have a different career in mind, which Karen's book made me dare to pursue. It opened my eyes for what I really, really, REALLY want and how to get it!
Karen's style is funny, direct and never boring. I recommend this book to everybody who's frustrated with their job - it definitely can be the first step to a more rewarding career - all you need to do is to give it a try. Check it out!
Boost in the Arm!.......2007-06-07
its not that the advice is earth shatteringly new...its not. But is the first book that I have read that has positively addressed the issues that women face in business. I love that it is a book of empowerment for women as opposed to a bitch session about how rough we have it. I love this book. One of my very favorite quotes is actually a recommended mantra...whenever you think you have made the most horrible business mistake in the world, repeat yourself "John Travolta is back. John Travolta is back". Clearly John Travolta has made some disasterous career decisions...but he is back. We too can make it back from any mistake.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK and have given to several friends.
whipped my career booty!.......2004-12-17
Wow, what an inspiring book. I love how Salmansohn mixes humor with really smart business advice. I also loved her HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT A PENIS and HOW TO BE HAPPY, DAMMIT books. That's how I discovered this WHIP book, because I loved those other two so much...I keep buying them for friends for birthday gifts! Kudos to Karen! She rocks!
a big time career booster.......2004-06-10
I totally loved this book. It really encouraged me to do something about my job dissatisfaction...and I'm now in a better position at my company because of it. I highly recommend this book!
very insightful and fun to read.......2004-06-06
I really enjoyed this book. It was not only very insightful but entertaining. When I was finished, I found myself very motivated to put into action Karen's helpful advice...and have already witnessed the benefits at my job! I thoroughly recommend it!
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This unique book examines up-to-the-minute uses of technology in financial markets and then explains how you can profit from that knowledge. To participate in mainstream .NET development, you must address the changes in financial markets by using the most sophisticated tools available, Microsoft .NET technology.
Software developers and architects, IT pros, and tech-savvy business users alike will find this book comprehensive and relevant. Each chapter presents problems and solutions that cover business aspects and relevant .NET features. Each aspect of .NET is analyzed in its proper context, so you'll understand why it is relevant and applicable in a real-life business case.
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Great .NET Book for Financial Developers.......2007-06-15
'Practical .NET for Financial Markets' by Samir Jayaswal is a very specialized book for all financial developers. Laid out over 9 chapters with 500+ pages of detail this is a wonderfully written reference for this niche market.
If you are a .NET developer in the financial industry you owe it to yourself to pick up this great resource!
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.NET ala Security Trading.......2007-01-11
The authors' experience building a .NET application for a trading house shows. As a result I learned a little about the domain & saw several well written "how to" .NET examples based on it.
Two negatives might be worth considering before spending a fair amount of money. First, not much (anything?) about building high performance applications. Lots of talk about needing performance in the securities market, little in the way of delivery. Second, the book is based on .NET 1.X "best practices". The chapter on 2.0 reads like a last minute techno-tour.
Excellent Capital/Money Markets (Securities) Text for .NET Developers - Strongly Recommended.......2006-10-18
This text is excellent in what it sets out to do and five other reviewers have said so with 5 star ratings. I agree very much with the reviews of Ted Hrudz and Gulli Ellee, in particular - they are well said and spot on. I think I must make a few comments of my own, however. I have managed financial software projects in the last seven years and have experience in developing and implementing capital and money market securities software, and prior experience in implementing equity software, so I have some background and interest in this area.
First the positives: This books succeeds enormously at providing a very good introduction to equity markets and front and back office software development from a .NET development lead, architect or developer perspective. In less than 500 pages the authors manage to provide a very good and reasonably comprehensive/broad tutorial in several aspects of financials as well as .NET and the book makes reasonably easy reading for such technical subjects. Most of the relevant and interesting topics are covered or touched on. The reviewers I mention above itemize most of the .NET and financials topics covered so I will spare you the repetition.
The authors are obviously very knowledgeable in both the securities domain and the .NET architecture and development technologies and issues and convey their knowledge expertly. This book makes an excellent introduction (but ironically advanced/intermediate in several respects) to the domain concepts and requisite architectural/developmental .NET features. Having said that let me add that you will need more than this book if you seriously plan to undertake financial software development with .NET. You may need to supplement your knowledge in both areas with some of these books, depending what you already know or have been involved in:
Securities Domain: 1. Securities Operations: A Guide to Trade and Position Management by Michael Simmons; 2. Corporate Actions by Michael Simmons; 3. After the trade is made by David M. Weiss, Revised 2006 Edition; 4. How the US Securities Market Works by Hal McIntyre (2nd Edition); 5. Gobal Securities Operations by Jeremiah O'Connor; 6. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners by Larry Harris; 7. An Introduction to Financial Technology by Roy S. Freedman.
Technology (.NET Framework, Visual Studio & SQL mainly) : Books by some of the best authors such as Juval Lowy (.NET 2.0 and Component-based/Distributed Architecture, Security, Threading, Remoting, etc.), Chris Sells (Windows Forms, VS 2005), David Sceppa (ADO.NET 2.0), Cristian Darie (ASP.NET 2.0), Marco Bellinaso (ASP.NET 2.0), Nick Rozanski (software systems architecture), Brian Noyes (ADO.Net, Data Binding), Alex Ferrara 9Web Services , Itzik Ben Gan (MS SQL 2005), Len Silverston - Volumes 1 & 2 (Database Modelling Design for several financials) to explore such topics in greater detail.
I think the author could have added the equivalent VB.NET code for VB developers and architects. That is the main beef I have (and the book is a bit too expensive, buy it online for a rebate. It should have been paper back to reduce the price for readers) but I still thinks it deserves a 5-star ranking . Bravo to Samir Jayaswal and Yogesh Shetty, the authors!
Maybe, the people of the financial IT need read the book........2006-10-11
The book didn't describe every thing about finance. But, it show the things who working in the financial IT need know.
At the most time, IT-people always felt confused for some wording or some processes about the finance. These people need a lot of help to understand the basic domian-knowledge.
This book give these people for more "feelings" between IT-Technology and the financial domain-knowledge. When the programmer write the financial program, after they read this book, I believed that these programmers will have some deep vibrationin in their mind.
Of course, the financial experts didn't need read it. It is too shallow for them.
NET 2.0 is ready for Wall Street.......2006-09-07
.NET 2.0 is ready for Wall Street. This book is loaded with code supporting this conclusion. For much of the code, one can extend it and be well on the way to the creation of an electronic stock exchange order matching engine (Chapter 2) and market data distribution application (Chapter 4). The authors even detail critical factors involved in deciding whether to match orders in memory or via a database. Coding best practices are fully explained such as applying parallelism in processing orders while using thread synchronization techniques The code for a multi cast broadcast engine for publishing market data appears real word like with a decoupled scalable architecture.
Chapter 5 effectively details .NET remoting, proxies, and distributed garbage collection with diagrams and code. It concludes with code that utilizes .NET remoting to establish an application service (heart beats for monitoring services). The design uses a controller that reads an XML file that specifies applications which remote agents should specifically start via .NET remoting. One can readily extend this code and include additional services similarly. One feels a challenge to add the order matching engine and market data distribution service.
Chapter 8 starts with a fairly extensive explanation regarding how equity arbitrage works; it also explains arbitrage roles in stabilizing prices for markets. Obviously the authors are business experts as well as .NET / C# guru's. The chapter then concentrates on code generation and reflection. Using both, the authors set up a frame work for an equity arbitrage engine, to the point where a non programmer / trader is able to specify their own arbitrage rules (ex: via Excel). Awesome !
Chapter 9 is an excellent reference for new .NET 2.0 programming features. I found the example using the new System.Net.NetworkInfrastructure namespace most useful as one can easily create a program to monitor network infrastructure availability and basic TCP, UDP, and NIC performance.
In sum, this book is perfect for Wall Street .NET programmers and architects challenged with the tasks of competing in the upcoming Reg NMS world and new Order Protection Rule. In this upcoming era, both established and new players will play on a level field; eventually few will prosper.
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New methods of acquiring spatial data and the advent of geographic information systems (GIS) for handling and manipulating data mean that we no longer must rely on paper maps from a single source, but can acquire, combine, and customize spatial data as needed. To ensure quality results, however, one must fully understand the diverse coordinate frameworks upon which the data are based. Datums and Map Projections provides clear, accessible explanations of the terminology, relationships, transformations, and computations involved in combining data from different sources. The first half of the book focuses on datums, exploring different coordinate systems and datums, including two- and three-dimensional representations of Earth coordinates and vertical datums. After an overview of the global positioning system (GPS), the author introduces the fundamentals of map projections and examines the different types. He then presents models and procedures for transforming directly between data sets. The final chapter presents case studies of projects that illustrate the types of problems often encountered in practice. Newcomers to the field will welcome this treatment that, instead of detailed mathematics, uses lucid explanations and numerous examples to unravel the complexities of the subject. For more experienced readers, the book is a valuable reference that answers specific questions and imparts a better understanding of transformation operations and principles. Features
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See Under the Hood.......2002-07-20
Just enough math to let the user know what is at work. Good for beginners in spatial data and can then move into authors like Tobler. Chapter 5 is an excellent primer of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and discusses the importance in defining datums. All the case studies are located in the UK but can easily be applied to any location.
This book gives you just enough information to teach yourself basic projection transforms and the nuts and bolts of how they work.
Great Book for Beginners.......2001-07-06
The author has provided us with a very good book that introduces many concepts in remote sensing and GIS related to datums and map projections. The book is a great reference too.
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Mass determination is of fundamental importance for science, technology and economics. Technical measuring systems range from ultramicro balances to weighing machines for freight trains; massive objects range from subatomic particles to galaxies. Comprehensive and topical, this reference work - edited by scientists of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany - covers the whole field of mass determination. Starting from physical foundations, it describes virtually all measurement techniques in detail and gives a thorough overview over scientific experiments related to the determination of mass. Reports on contemporary problems, such as a new definition of the kilogram, historical excursions and an unparalleled list of references make this book an absolute must for everyone dealing with questions relating to mass determination in fundamental research, technical application, calibration service, and standardization, and also for teachers and historians.
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Reclaiming the Political in Latin American History is a collection that embraces a new social and cultural history of Latin America that is not divorced from politics and other arenas of power. True to the intellectual vision of Brazilian historian Emilia Viotti da Costa, one of Latin America’s most distinguished scholars, the contributors actively revisit the politicalâas both a theme of historical analysis and a stance for historical practiceâto investigate the ways in which power, agency, and Latin American identity have been transformed over the past few decades.
Taking careful stock of the state of historical writing on Latin America, the volume delineates current historiographical frontiers and suggests a series of new approaches that focus on several pivotal themes: the construction of historical narratives and memory; the articulation of class, race, gender, sexuality, and generation; and the historian’s involvement in the making of history. Although the book represents a view of the Latin American political that comes primarily from the North, the influence of Viotti da Costa powerfully marks the contributors’ engagement with Latin America’s past. Featuring a keynote essay by Viotti da Costa herself, the volume’s lively North-South encounter embodies incipient trends of hemispheric intellectual convergence.
Contributors. Jeffrey L. Gould, Greg Grandin, Daniel James, Gilbert M. Joseph, Thomas Miller Klubock, Mary Ann Mahony, Florencia E. Mallon, Diana Paton, Steve J. Stern, Heidi Tinsman, Emilia Viotti da Costa, Barbara Weinstein
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