Ask HN: Books to read when you transform from SWE into SWE Management? 4 years ago
Gerald M. Weinberg books. Just get them all. QSM 1-4 for start.
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Gerald M. Weinberg books.
Problem: are two points in the same polygon? Solution: a line drawn between those two points has an odd number of intersections with the polygon if they are both in it (or outside of it), and even number if they are not.
- He provided high quality input and got quality output in return.
- He removed obstacles.
- He never let shit that was raining on him just fall down on us. He was basically an umbrella.
Gerald M. Weinberg has died 8 years ago
I judge the quality of books on software project management from references. I look at references section, and if I don't find any Gerald M. Weinberg I flat out discard the whole book because the author obviously didn't do his homework.
Pretty much the wisest author of all. Most of the time I feel like I owe everything I know to him.
If I didn't use Evernote for storing and carrying my life around I'd use http://notion.so
Foundation (Isaac Asimov), Hyperion (Dan Simmons) and Three Body Problem (Liu Cixin) stand out from all the SF I've read, and I've read a ton.
- Pragmatic Programmer, From Journeyman To Master
- Code Complete 2nd Ed.
- Quality Software Management Vol 1-4, by Gerald M. Weinberg
I'd also throw in: Code Reading - The Open Source Perspective
And time zones. And daylight savings. Oh my oh my. And Asian trading sessions with a lunch break in the middle.
Yes, data cleanup and maintenance is why proprietary data vendors still survive.
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They (righfuly so) count on that that there are not many Metalnems out there.