Also, read Peopleware. It's an excellent book for anyone who has to manage technical teams. http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-Second/d

Also, read Peopleware. It's an excellent book for anyone who has to manage technical teams. http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-Second/dp/0932633439/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281947572&sr=8-1-spell http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-S... Joel Spolsky mentions that every manager at Microsoft has to read it (I could be wrong on that, but a lot do read it apparently).