The reality distortion field (RDF) was said to be Steve Jobs' ability—with a mix of charm, charisma, bravado, hyperbole, marketing, appeasement, and persistence—to convince himself and others to believe almost anything. Anuj Magazine looks at how RDF can help you be extraordinary in your profession.
Anuj Magazine is a software testing and general management professional at Citrix Inc. He regularly shares his knowledge and experiences as a conference speaker and writes frequently on diverse topics like software testing, management, sports, and handwriting analysis. Anuj runs ASM, a non-profit organization that contributes to society by counseling and mentoring people using the science of handwriting analysis.
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In most organizations, career planning in software development stems from a role-based perspective, such as a management track or a technical track. While role-based career planning has worked for many, you can look at your career plans in another way—one that is situation-based.
Managing emotions at work is one of the key but underrated concepts of work life. To manage emotions effectively, it is prudent to understand the difference between reaction and response. Anuj Magazine details what emotional hijacking is and how we can avoid it.
Anuj Magazine looks at the latest developments in translation technology and how these new technologies may influence—or even replace—our need to learn a different language.
Followership is the capacity of an individual to actively follow a leader. In an autocratic world, followership would mean "do as I say," but in information technology, which is more participative in nature, followership means much more than being a robot who just follows instructions.
Very few things catch the fancy of management as much as the compelling prospect of automating tests. Test automation, after being projected as a magic wand, often fails to live up to the expectations. The core question is—Why do test automation projects fail?
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, recently acquired The Washington Post. The move took a lot of industry watchers by surprise and had everyone wondering—why? It seems somewhat certain that information technology and journalism might be at the cusp of a massive transformation.