How to write a program for which you will be thanked for many years? How to automate the plant by launching the program in just 10 days? How to find your niche in the market and earn 100 million rubles a year on the implementation of programs? The author of the book, a programmer, consultant, director of an IT company with 35 years of experience in the industry, talks about all this and much more. Stories from the author's personal experience are supplemented with useful conclusions and advice. Using them, you can bypass many "rakes" in the path of the automator. The book will be useful to everyone who develops, sells and implements software systems: employees of IT companies and IT departments, contractors and customers of large IT projects. As well as novice entrepreneurs considering the creation of an IT company.