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I personally find Peopleware outdated. Maybe the general ideas still hold but there is little useful details that are still relevant after 25 years.
by dandare 12y ago
I personally find Peopleware outdated. Maybe the general ideas still hold but there is little useful details that are still relevant after 25 years.
- loumf 12y agoSome of the insights/recommendations from Peopleware * Programmers work better in quiet * Companies should not let facilities management design office spaces for programmers (with guidelines on a recommended office layout) * Make a promotion path to a "Free Electron" -- a programmer trusted to find important work in the company and do it (unattached to a team) * Programmers should now work in a semi-distracted state (open social media/IM) * Get rid of telephones on programmer desks I reread it last year and I was mostly thinking that it must be frustrating to work somewhere where management isn't influenced by Peopleware.
- loumf 12y agoThat should be "should NOT work in a semi-distracted state"