Almost every development manager I have ever met has been looking for senior programmers. Some must set their sights lower for budgetary reasons, but they are all looking for the best they can hire. As you would expect, there are always fewer senior programmers than there are possible positions. This tends to make them relatively… Read More »
Managing Humans Michael Lopp Apress, 2007 Michael Lopp (also known as Rands) describes his take on managing software people. This book is very different from the few other management books I’ve read. Part of the difference is that Lopp writes all of his examples as fiction. He admits this at the beginning. Rather than tell… Read More »
Smart & Gets Things Done Joel Spolsky Apress, 2007 This book represents Joel Spolsky’s approach to hiring programmers. Smart & Gets Things Done is based on Spolsky’s weblog, like his previous book, Joel on Software. In this book, Joel brings together his various writings on hiring software developers. Not surprisingly, Joel bucks traditional wisdom on… Read More »