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The Mythical Man-Month is one of the seminal works on software engineering practice. It has held up extremely well over time. If I have to jettison professional
by quantified 4y ago
The Mythical Man-Month is one of the seminal works on software engineering practice. It has held up extremely well over time. If I have to jettison professional books over time for whatever reason, it'll be in the last box /shelf I retain.
- larryfromtexas 4y agoThat book was a window into the mind of a true software engineer and one of the best things I have read generally. RIP.
- SoftTalker 4y agoHis No Silver Bullet paper is another great one.
- nextos 4y agoNewer editions of the book usually include the paper too.
- phonon 4y agohttp://www.cs.unc.edu/techreports/86-020.pdf http://www.cs.unc.edu/techreports/86-020.pdf
- Jtsummers 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32423356 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32423356 - It's been posted a few times here, too. A recent discussion with dcminter and dang listing out more prior submissions.