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The #1 justification for authoring any sort of technical tome – and this has been the case for decades – is that it gains you credibility and respect in a field
by huggyface 14y ago
The #1 justification for authoring any sort of technical tome – and this has been the case for decades – is that it gains you credibility and respect in a field. If you want to consult, or are looking for senior positions, etc, get a book with your name on it out there and you have a foot and a half in the door. At least with many who are suckers and are looking for short-cut filtering, which I say because the vast majority of technical books are terrible.
- jseliger 14y agoOn the other hand, essays like Philip Greenspun's "The Book Behind the Book" make book publishing seem less prestigious, rather than more (at least in many instances): http://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/dead-trees/story.html http://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/dead-trees/story.html , but then he also points out that a lot of the problems come from publishing models more than the authors themselves.