3 ms·
Peopleware, Mythical Man Month, Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and similar classic texts were all written decades ago. It's been over forty years and many organi
by ljm 6y ago
Peopleware, Mythical Man Month, Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and similar classic texts were all written decades ago.
It's been over forty years and many organisations haven't learned a damn thing from it. I don't blame developers for it, there are no dicks and idiots involved here.
Read one of those books now and it will still feel like an epiphany.
- leetrout 6y agoYou are very correct. I think they all have weak spots but any one of those will indeed illuminate one on how broken pretty much every place is. I’d like to try working at bridgewater where there are less games played. One thing I’ve noticed is pretty much nowhere wants to acknowledge and act on employees emotions (for better or worse). I love this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16603929 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16603929 And this article is pretty good: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/5289.html http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/5289.html