[larrywright]

Skunk Works is a fascinating book. They overcame some difficult challenges building the SR-71. There are some interesting parallels to software development in the way they ran skunkworks. Insisting that the engineers that designed things had to be physically close to the people building them.

[ethbro]

One question I always ask of my interviewers is "How often do your developers sit with end users?"

If they look flummoxed and confused as to why that should ever happen, I politely start looking for the exit.