While I enjoyed OP's article, this article is a bit more serious and detailed: http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2012/06/12/the-care-and-feeding-of-software-engine

While I enjoyed OP's article, this article is a bit more serious and detailed: http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2012/06/12/the-care-and-feeding-of-software-engineers-or-why-engineers-are-grumpy/ http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2012/06/12/the-care-and-feedin...