Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jqcoffey 2176 days ago
Crazy that no one mentioned the Mythical Man Month by Fred J. Brooks (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13629.The_Mythical_Man_M...). I thought it was the definitive classic.

I also like to recommend Coders at Work by Peter Seibel (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6713575-coders-at-work). It's incredibly useful to read about just how different 16 ultra high performing software engineers are/were. Nothing prepares you for technical leadership better than understanding that.

EDIT: just saw that Mythical Man Month was added 1 minute prior to my comment.

1 comments

I love Seibel’s work, but it’s important to know he has retracted much of the emphasis on code reading. He apparently read that into his subjects words, perhaps in a manic period.
Ah, that's good to know. Thanks!