01 Don't Put Your Resume Ahead of the Requirements
客户需求重于个人简历
Nitin Borwankar
尼廷·博万卡
AS ENGINEERS WE SOMETIMES RECOMMEND technologies, methodologies, and approaches for solving problems because deep down we want to have these on our resume, not because they are the best solution for the problem. Such decisions very rarely result in happy outcomes.
身为工程师，我们常常要推荐技术、方法论和手段来解决问题。但某些时候，我们内心不是为了寻求解决问题的最佳方案，而是希望借此丰富我们的简历。这样的做法很难有好结果。
The best thing for your career is a long string of happy customers eager to recommend you because you did the right thing by them and for the project. This goodwill will serve you orders of magnitude better than the latest shiny object in the latest shiny language or the latest shiny paradigm. While it is important, even critical, to stay abreast of the latest trends and technologies, this should never happen at the cost of the customer. It's important to remember that you have a fiduciary duty. As an architect you have been entrusted with the well-being of your organization, and it's expected that you will avoid all conflicts of interest and give the organization your undivided loyalty. If the project isn't cutting edge or challenging enough for your current career needs, then find one that is.
积累一批满意的客户，选择切合实际的技术解决他们的难题，让他们乐于推荐你，才是最好的履历。信誉远胜于时髦的编程技巧和流行的范式，身为一名架构师，职业操守绝不能忘。掌握最新的技术趋势，与时俱进固然重要，但不能让客户为此买单。公司托付重任给你，是期望你恪职尽守，不为利益所动，如果你觉得项目的不够尖端，挑战性不足，无法满足职业发展的需要，应该另栖高枝，另谋高就。
If you can't do that and you are forced to be involved in such a project, then you and everyone else will be happier using the right technology for the customer rather than for your resume. It's often difficult to resist utilizing a solution that is new and cool, even when it's inappropriate for the current situation.
万一你别无选择必须参与这样的项目，不要为简历所累。忍痛割爱放弃时髦光鲜的方案确实不易，但只有脚踏实地替客户着想，才能皆大欢喜。
With the right solution, the project will have a happier team, a happier customer, and far less stress overall. This will often give you time to go deeper into the existing older technology or to learn the new stuff on your own time. Or to go take that painting class you always wanted to. Your family will love you for it, too—they'll notice the difference when you get home.
恰当的解决方案能令团队成员和客户更加轻松，降低项目压力。你会有更充裕的时间安排，即可以钻研现有技术，也可以利用空闲时间学习新东西，甚至从事向往已久的业余爱好。家人察觉你的变化后，也会感到欣慰。
Always put the customer's long-term needs ahead of your own short-term needs and you won't go wrong.
把客户的长远需求摆在自己的短期利益之上，才能立于不败之地。
作者介绍：
Nitin Borwankar worked at Ingres and Sybase in the early 1990s. He was involved with some of the earliest web-database applications using SybPerl and OraPerl, and soon after with early Enterprise Java. He was also an active participant in New-EDI, an IETF standards process for EDI on the Internet. He has been an independent consultant and researcher since 1994 and has focused on enterprise data and integration along with messaging. His current interests include database schemas for tagging (folksonomy) applications in the enterprise and database issues underlying social networks with applications in the enterprise. He is a member of the Policy Group in the Data Portability effort, where he is tasked with creating the first drafts for EULA templates that respect user data rights. He has written about database issues for GigaOm.com and blogs at http://tagschema.com. He holds a patent in messaging for collaboration across trust boundaries.
尼廷·博万卡上世纪90年代初曾先后就职于Ingres公司和Sybase公司。他参与过利用SybPerl和OraPerl开发早期的网络数据库应用，之后又投身研究Enterprise Java。他曾积极参与New-EDI项目——一个基于IETF标准的因特网电子数据交换系统。自1994年以来，他作为独立顾问和研究者一直关注企业数据、信息和一体化的研究。他目前的兴趣包括研究实现企业大众分类法（folksonomy）的数据库模式，以及支撑企业社交网络的数据库问题。他是数据可移植性策略小组的成员，负责起草尊重用户数据权利的最终用户许可协议。他撰写了多篇数据库方面的文章，发表在GigaOm.com和他的博客上（http://tagschema.com） 。他还拥有一项跨越可信赖边界传递协同消息的专利。
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