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Soul of a New Machine is an excellent book. I'll second that recommendation.
by wetmore 13y ago
Soul of a New Machine is an excellent book. I'll second that recommendation.
- gpcz 13y agoI recommend Soul of a New Machine as an excellent example how not to manage knowledge workers for the long term. The book has a romantic "gung-ho" energy to it that might appeal to start-ups in crunch time, but the environment described in the book eats the seed corn. As mentioned in Peopleware, practically everyone on that team quit Data General after the Eagle project due to all the abuse. Peopleware actually references the book when explaining the "Spanish Theory" model of IT management that they contend doesn't work.