Topher's review
Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
by Scott Rosenberg
Topher's review
Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software by Scott Rosenberg
Topher's review
rating:
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non-fiction
recommended for: non-programmers
I have a degree in computer science, and my thesis in remote sensing involves a lot of programming. Despite that, I wouldn't ever describe myself as a programmer. I can do a little programming, I can do a little admin work, but I am not a normal computer professional.
It was refreshing to see other people having the same issues I do. I have an idea...I spec out how long it ought to take......and it is consistently only 1/2 (at best!) the time I need.
Computers are either insanely complex or insanely simple, maybe both at the same time. It seems like there is still much more of an art to programming though, rather than a science.
It was refreshing to see other people having the same issues I do. I have an idea...I spec out how long it ought to take......and it is consistently only 1/2 (at best!) the time I need.
Computers are either insanely complex or insanely simple, maybe both at the same time. It seems like there is still much more of an art to programming though, rather than a science.
