9.11. Conclusions

Psychological warfare requires essential skills for maintaining your own peace of mind and affecting the world about you. As a software architect, you endure tremendous psychological pressures which you must manage, both for yourself and your software organization. Using these techniques, you can progress from small successes to global influence. We emphasize that you should apply these powerful techniques "for the right reasons." Hopefully, your number one motivation for being in this profession is not to make money. To be a true professional you must love your work.

We can unkindly describe the person who's in this business only for the money as a confidence trickster. Another popular terminology for describing these sorts ...

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