[dilyevsky]

Peopleware doesn’t get the love it deserves these days. I mentioned tom demarco to my vp of eng at former gig and they clearly didn’t know wtf i was talking about…

When i was picking up some team lead responsibilities for the first time, it was the first book suggested by my then mentor who was an experienced manager.

[JamesLeonis]

Simply to add to this, I found Peopleware useful even in an IC position. It helped me navigate the intrigue that arises in an office, and understand the pressures experienced by my managers.

[in9]

IDK, I read some reviews about this book and it seemed to be written for a time before remote work. It looked overly worried about office organization and dynamics. Is it true? Because those ideas made ti fall in my priority list form management reading.

[e12e]

> It looked overly worried about office organization and dynamics. Is it true?

No.

[Ed: it is concerned with organizational dynamics - like senior management dreaming up release dates after talking amongst themselves - but they can (and do) do that in closed teams meetings or management/leadership zoom strategy chats...]

[dilyevsky]

There are parts that are outdated like advocating against dress codes or cmm but overall no