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1. Mythical Man Month - obvious reasons 2. Deathmarch: The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving 'Mission Impossible' Projects- also a classic. 3.
by cbanek 8y ago
1. Mythical Man Month - obvious reasons
2. Deathmarch: The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving 'Mission Impossible' Projects- also a classic.
3. Thinking fast and slow - a great introduction to biases that will affect your thinking in any project.
4. The Art of War - strategy and tactics for attacking any problem. My personal favorite translation is by Thomas Cleary.
- godelmachine 8y agoIt's next to impossible to find a soft copy of "Deathmarch", except for in Russian. I tried but I haven't found yet.
- mcphage 8y agoDo you mean this one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/013143635X https://www.amazon.com/dp/013143635X ? Or do you mean a different book?
- godelmachine 8y agoYes, the link is about a hard copy, not a soft one.
- mcphage 8y agoIs hard copy vs soft copy different than hard cover vs soft cover?
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoYes. Hard copy is printed (hard or soft cover); soft copy is electronic.
- mcphage 8y agoHuh, I’ve never heard “soft copy” used for that before—I’ve always used electronic copy or digital copy. TIL.
- mrweasel 8y agoDon't read "The Design of Design" though. Brooks had some amazing insights in The Mythical Man Month and managed to be clear an concise in the points he wanted to make. The Design of Design is just Brooks building a house. How the building project relates to software and what his point is, is never really made clear.