Errata for My Job Went to India
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#24108: in the PDF bookmarks: each chapter after the first in a Part is erroneously a child of the first chapter, rather than the Part. This is the sa...more...
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P1.0
11-Feb-06 |
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#25588: We dodged buffalo in the street and begrudingly yielded to rickety bicycles and full families on single mopeds. begrudingly -> begrudgingly |
P1.0
29-Jul-06 |
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#25287: In just the first three months of 2005, U.S. techology companies ... techology -> technology |
P1.0
18-Jun-06 |
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| 5 |
#25589: More and more business is being shipped to Eastern Europe (where it |
P1.0
29-Jul-06 |
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| 8 |
#23869: First paragraph (from prev. page), "4. Market! ... How do you get find recognition..."
"How do you get recognition..."
"How do you find rec...more...
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P1.0
20-Dec-05 |
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| 8 |
#23387: Point #4, Last Sentence: "How do you get find recognition in both . . " I think you meant to write either "get recognition" or "find recognition" --Nicole Clark |
P1.0
14-Oct-05 |
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| 11 |
#24368: "This part will help you ..." would be better written "This part of the book will help you ..."--Justin Johnson |
P1.0
23-Mar-06 |
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| 15 |
#25288: If the Python job market were to support noticably higher prices perprogrammer, ... noticably -> noticeably |
P1.0
18-Jun-06 |
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| 22 |
#25777: the pundits were giddy in anticipation of a solid new contendor on the operating system block. contendor -> contender |
P1.0
25-Aug-06 |
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| 26 |
#23860: Penultimate paragraph, second sentence: "When the pressure is on, a smart businessperson will turn to a software professional can solve the pr...more...
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P1.0
18-Dec-05 |
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| 32 |
#24869: In the second line from the top, "(maybe /most/)" should get rid of the trailing space.--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
15-May-06 |
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| 36 |
#25381: I was terribly disppointed by his answer: disppointed -> disappointed |
P1.0
02-Jul-06 |
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P1.0
26-Jun-06 |
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| 39 |
#25867: Also, like an alchoholic who slurs his speech even when he |
P1.0
07-Sep-06 |
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| 39 |
#25868: Perhaps unconciously, I sought out the best IT people to work with. unconciously -> unconsciously |
P1.0
07-Sep-06 |
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| 39 |
#23566: In the second paragraph, third last line reads "with a an overlow of artsians" but should read "with an overflow of artisans."--Lachlan Dowding |
P1.0
17-Nov-05 |
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| 41 |
#24870: Second paragraph: "India's Silicon Valley bursting at its seams with an overflow", i.e., delete the single "a".--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
15-May-06 |
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| 43 |
#24001: End of line 4: "at best we’d have ended up in a fender bender or three"
Shouldn't it read "... ended up in a fender bender or tree".
tre...more...
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P1.0
30-Jan-06 |
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| 47 |
#24002: Missing blank after question mark: "my ASP.NET pages?Why do"--Codeblogger |
P1.0
30-Jan-06 |
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| 53 |
#23567: Second paragraph, first line "shouldn't" is spelt wrong ("shoudn't").--Lachlan Dowding |
P1.0
17-Nov-05 |
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| 58 |
#25389: The mentor-to-mentee bond is a strong one, so the links in this kind of professional network are stronger than those of more passive acquainte...more...
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P1.0
03-Jul-06 |
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| 58 |
#25424: There |
P1.0
09-Jul-06 |
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| 63 |
#24382: Incomplete sentence. "Other process disciplines that can set the course for a software
--Justin Johnson |
P1.0
27-Mar-06 |
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| 69 |
#24871: Second line of second paragraph: "function and structure", i.e., insert missing "r" in "stucture".--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
15-May-06 |
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| 76 |
#27902: Bullet list, 3rd item, first sentence:
"your customers did ask for in a way that, unexectedly to you, makes it less functional or desirab...more...
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P1.0
22-Mar-07 |
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#25425: At design reviews and status meetings in the office, you |
P1.0
09-Jul-06 |
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#25426: The ones you |
P1.0
09-Jul-06 |
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| 80 |
#24891: In the second paragraph, the italicised "before" is followed by more than one space character.--Andreas scherer |
P1.0
17-May-06 |
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| 84 |
#24109: It really isn’t a very good from this side of the street either.--david lee |
P1.0
11-Feb-06 |
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| 84 |
#24410: "Now, of course, I’m not completely
guilt-free here myself. I’ve been this guy myself to some extent."
Maybe take out the first "myself". ...more...
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P1.0
04-Apr-06 |
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#25485: He cherry-picks work that he thinks, even if subconciously, is in tune with his level and might get him closer to his goal of the next promoti...more...
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P1.0
20-Jul-06 |
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#24892: Second paragraph, third line: "It isn't a very good [view point] from this side of the street either."--Andreas scherer |
P1.0
17-May-06 |
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#25938: Your presence is a major advantage you have over your offshore brethren. bretheren -> brethren |
P1.0
18-Sep-06 |
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#25526: Developers in India or the Phillipines don |
P1.0
23-Jul-06 |
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| 93 |
#23568: Second paragraph, third line: "We also tend to believe who project work..." probably should read "We also tend to believe project work..."--Lachlan Dowding |
P1.0
17-Nov-05 |
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| 95 |
#24110: Though the caste system is officially dead in India, the hierarchical
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P1.0
11-Feb-06 |
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| 95 |
#26349: I believe the fifth sentence of the second paragraph ("We also tend to believe who project work is the most visible to our organizations.") co...more...
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P1.0
23-Oct-06 |
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| 96 |
#27651: "often put tight reigns on" - third P - I believe the proper word is "rein," like the reins used to control a horse or other animal.
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P1.0
14-Mar-07 |
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| 101 |
#23888: Third paragraph, "tight reigns" should be "tight reins".--Andy Lester |
P1.0
28-Dec-05 |
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| 102 |
#25602: And, without the bureacracy of a full-blown project underway, you |
P1.0
30-Jul-06 |
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| 102 |
#25603: A hidden advantage of doing maintanence work is that, unlike the contractual environment of many of today |
P1.0
30-Jul-06 |
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| 104 |
#24893: First line: s/controvery/controversy/--Andreas scherer |
P1.0
17-May-06 |
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| 110 |
#24111: grammatical error (?): through at least one cycle of the plan through--david lee |
P1.0
11-Feb-06 |
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| 113 |
#23581: Fifth paragraph, third line: "suprise" should be "surprise"--Lachlan Dowding |
P1.0
22-Nov-05 |
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| 113 |
#23227: The PDF outline is wrongly nested, it shows the first chapter of each section as a container with the following chapters within.
For exampl...more...
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P1.0
02-Sep-05 |
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| 119 |
#25652: Going out of their way to make their abiliities known would be brownnosing. abiliities -> abilities |
P1.0
06-Aug-06 |
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#25653: It |
P1.0
06-Aug-06 |
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| 124 |
#24894: First line: Remove the spurious comma between "the most important" and "aspect".--Andreas scherer |
P1.0
17-May-06 |
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| 127 |
#24895: Fifth paragraph: "more than half of [all responding] companies".--Andreas scherer |
P1.0
17-May-06 |
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#25618: And, we all implicitly express a great deal of content in our facial expressions without even conciously realizing it. conciously -> consciously |
P1.0
02-Aug-06 |
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#24896: Next to last line in the second paragraph: s/GPU/CPU/--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
17-May-06 |
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#24897: Next to last line of the second paragraph: "a lot of our actions".--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
17-May-06 |
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#24898: Next to last line of the next to last paragraph: "these first four pages paint a picture".--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
17-May-06 |
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#25644: I had the opportunity to see the Count Basie Jazz Orchestra perform an outdoor concert at an ampitheater on the bank of the Arkansas River.
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P1.0
05-Aug-06 |
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| 147 |
#23585: Third paragraph: s/abiilty/ability/--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
23-Nov-05 |
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| 157 |
#29665: "Share your the outcome of your questionaire
with your reviewers"
The first "your" seems unnecessary.
Also think that the right spelling ...more...
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P1.0
15-Sep-07 |
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| 158 |
#27000: This is not only a typo...
I think there should be "gourd" not "ground" in "They would dig a long, narrow hole in the ground and then use an...more...
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P1.0
20-Feb-07 |
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#25758: However, if you leave and come back in two days, you |
P1.0
20-Aug-06 |
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| 162 |
#28660: Interpunction twister in next-to-last line of second paragraph; should be: "in the U.S.,"--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
22-Apr-07 |
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#25714: questionaire -> questionnaire |
P1.0
13-Aug-06 |
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#23784: The sentence beginning in line 14 should start with "Share the output come your questionaire ..."--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
24-Nov-05 |
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| 167 |
#24899: Last line of fourth paragraph: Remove spurious comma in the quoted sentence "I want to be a CEO!".--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
17-May-06 |
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| 167 |
#25759: What are those values that guide your daily actions without you even conciously knowing it? conciously -> consciously |
P1.0
20-Aug-06 |
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#23785: Subtract 10 from the hyphenated word in the second line of the second paragraph--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
24-Nov-05 |
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#31686: First paragraph, line 4: "emloyees" -> "employees"--Frank Shearar |
P1.0
20-Apr-08 |
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| 183 |
#23787: Third paragraph, fifth line: s/goobye/goodbye/--Andreas Scherer |
P1.0
24-Nov-05 |
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| 184 |
#25738: Downloads were so quick that they were unnoticable. unnoticable -> unnoticeable |
P1.0
18-Aug-06 |
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| 187 |
#23786: [DL99] I believe that Tom DeMarco has a capital M in his name.
[Sil99] The middle initial of Mr. Silbiger should probably get a full-stop. ...more...
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P1.0
24-Nov-05 |
