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What did you get out of these books?

• loloquwowndueo 4y ago
  mythical man month : “adding resources to a late software project only makes it later”, and gives you an authoritative reference to throw at everyone who hasn’t read it and thinks that “hey if I give you double the headcount can you finish the project in half the time?” It happens a lot in real life :/
• Benjammer 4y ago
  I apply the concepts from MMM in professional contexts probably more than all other books combined. So many absolute timeless gems. * No silver bullet * 2nd system effect * Mythical man month (adding people to a late project makes it later) * "Question: How does a large software project get to be one year late? Answer: One day at a time!" * Separate architecture and implementation * "The Surgical Team" about technical team structure
  • buescher 4y ago
    Also an important takeaway from TMMM: people were having the same problems and trying the same approaches to solve them over 50 years ago.
• beckingz 4y ago
  A much better understanding of what it means to manage software engineering projects and work within a software engineering organization. These understandings are valuable as an individual contributor: you are more self managing, which increases your perceived value (in healthy orgs), and are able to understand the machinations of a software org, which is good for your sanity and effectiveness.