Software Craftsmanship

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1. cratermoonMar 2025
   I read The Manager's Path and I was not impressed. She has one chapter on mentoring and the advice is very vague and hard to put into action.

   Sources I would recommend:

   Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams Tom DeMarco and Tim Lister

   The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Fred Brooks

   Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative Pete McBreen. Includes several sections on managing and mentoring software developers from apprentice through journeyman to mastery

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2. mac3nApr 2021
   "Death March", Yourdon. Doomed software projects - how to recognize and deal with them, and sometimes use them to your advantage.

   "Software Craftsmanship", McBreen. Take pride in your work.

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3. amadvanceJun 2017
   I recognized my experience, and really liked:

   Software Craftsmanship - The New Imperative, Pete McBreen

   http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1035377.Software_Craftsma...

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4. MrKurtHaeuslerOct 2011
   Anyone interested in what its really all about should read the book: http://www.amazon.com/Software-Craftsmanship-Imperative-Pete...

   Uncle Bob seems to have hijacked the term to relabel XP after Scrum got all the Agile glory.

   Or better yet, attend a conference or meetup.

   I find the Craftsmanship crowd to be a much better overlap with the HN crowd than say what the Agile community has become.

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5. pardsJan 2023
   This aligns with what Peter McBreen covered in "Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative" [0] in 2001

   [0] https://www.amazon.com/Software-Craftsmanship-Imperative-Pet...

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