Aaron's review
Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
by Scott Rosenberg
Aaron's review
Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software by Scott Rosenberg
Aaron's review
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software-engineering
The author intended to write a book about a successful software project but instead got a multi-year, spiralling project experience. He was imbedded with the software team and relates the successes and roadblocks encountered by them. In a third-person sort-of-way, he experienced what many software team members experience: a protracted, question-laden journey where organizational influences and individual's agendas can wreak havoc on an ill-defined software goal.
Hmm. As an industry insider, this book covers very familiar ground so I don't know how the layperson will see it. However, it is written accessibly so if you want to know how many / most software projects go, this is the book for you.
Hmm. As an industry insider, this book covers very familiar ground so I don't know how the layperson will see it. However, it is written accessibly so if you want to know how many / most software projects go, this is the book for you.
