APRESS.COM : Eric Sink on the Business of Software : 9781590596234

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By Eric Sink
ISBN13: 978-1-59059-623-4
ISBN10: 1-59059-623-4
320 pp.
Published Mar 2006
Print Book Price: $24.99
eBook Price: $17.49

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Eric Sink on the Business of Software

If you are looking at starting your own software company or just interested in gaining deeper insight into this segment of the industry then go, buy this book.

— Pankaj Kumar, Slashdot contributor

This book would make my "recommended reading" list with no problem.

— Tom Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings

Eric Sink on the Business of Software is a selection of the best and most popular essays from the author's website. This insightful collection of essays explore the business concerns that programmers face during the course of their careersparticularly those programmers who are small independent software vendors.

Sink also covers issues like starting your own business, and then performing the hiring, marketing, and financesin a style that programmers understand, sprinkled with a touch of humor.

Author Information

Eric Sink

Eric Sink graduated in 1990 from the University of Illinois with a degree in computer science. After living for a year in Spain, he spent five years at Spyglass, where he led the group that developed the Web browser later to become known as Internet Explorer. In 1997, Eric left Spyglass and founded SourceGear, which is now a leading vendor of version control tools. In 2002, SourceGear was honored by Inc. magazine as one of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in America.