Barrin92
re-read The Mythical Man Month, probably more relevant than it ever was in an age of artifical man-hours added to projects.
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The Mythical Man-Month
Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
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The Mythical Man-Month
Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
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mindcrash
Mythical Man Month by Frederick Brooks
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skydhash
Mystical man-month and the pragmatic programmer. The former gave insight about managing a team
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optymizer
Mythical Man Month
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skydhash
I always wish my managers and tech leads read "The Mythical Man-Month".
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Doctor-R
The Mythical Man Month to non-tech bosses.
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thorin
Again the mythical man month still holds true
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neversaydie
Could plausibly have read, but also likely to blindly recommend without having read them (I've done that myself, only ever skimmed either): The Mythical Man Month, Code Complete.
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vl
Mythical Man-Month
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warrenm
Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks
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_0xik
I don't see why The Mythical Man Month shouldn't be; the technology is out of date and the gender issues are out of date.
marginalia_nu
Most books not written very recently are not going to adhere to contemporary values and mores.
Aeolun
I thought this book was really fun to read, but it mostly reinforced what I already knew.
mooreds
The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brookes
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summertime42
The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks
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loloquwowndueo
Of course my all time favorite is The Mythical Man-Month.
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fermigier
Software engineering: The Mythical Man-Month.
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Alex63
The Mythical Man Month, Brooks. Probably more than 200 pages, but you can read the chapters as stand-alone essays. There are other good books about programming as a social activity, but everyone who does development for a living should read this one.