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MARCH 1, 2004
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Cover Image: Software
Graphic: The Software Pyramid
Graphic: The Software Vitality Drain
Resume: Deepa Paranjpe
Resume: Stephen Haberman
Resume: Florentin Badea
Forget India, Let's Go To Bulgaria
Table: Where English Doesn't Rule
Commentary: Now More Than Ever, Innovation Is The Answer
Table: Keeping The U.S. Software Industry Strong
Online Extra: Outsourcing Isn't "a Zero-Sum Game"
Online Extra: A Gamemaker's Risky Adventure
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Resume: Hal Reed
AGE
34
BIRTHPLACE
Outside Wilmore, Ky, U.S.A. (pop 4,200)
ACADEMICS
Bachelor's in math, Wesleyan University, '91
JOB
Answered an ad for entry-level programming work at cMarket, in Cambridge, Mass., for $45,000. Quick promotion to software architect nearly doubled his pay
GOAL
To help cMarket "take off like a rocket"
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