Roundtable on Technical Leadership: A SHAPE Forum Dialogue

by Gerald M. Weinberg (Editor), Marie Benesh (Editor), James Bullock (Editor)

Partial Contents- Tricks That Ignore Those Who Come AfterFailing to Clean Up Temporary Code - Creating Cryptic or Cute Variable Names - Building Monolithic Code- Tricks That Destroy PortabilityInventing Your Own Programming Language - Depending on Internal Compiler Details - Ignoring Compiler Warnings- Stupid Design TricksFailing to Design Your Program Before You Code It - Failing to Consider at Least Three Design Alternatives- Stupid Design Document TricksLeaving No Design Artifacts and No Garbage - Mistaking Documents for Documentation - Mistaking Documents for the Design- Tricks Arising from Social InadequacyUsing Technical Tricks to Avoid Social Situations - Not Asking for Help- Experts and Gurus as Leaders"Guru" As a Degrading Term - Be an Expert Who Can Teach Expertness- The Leader as LearnerHave Personal Experience - Be Able to Communicate Your Expertise - Remember That There Are Some Things Even a Guru Can't Do- The Expert as TeacherProvide a Discovery Trail - Teach on a "Pay as You Go" Plan - Provide the Questions, Not the Answers- The Courage to Teach in Any DirectionGive Your Boss Some Credit - Balance Self-Worth and Safety - Don't Confuse Courageous with Dumb- The Courage to Be YourselfIf It's Not a Good Fit, Don't Do It - Is It the Hair, or Is It the Arrogance? - Who You Are Is More Important Than What You Wear

Genres: Leadership

144 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Gerald Marvin Weinberg (October 27, 1933 – August 7, 2018) was an American computer scientist, author and teacher of the psychology and anthropology of computer software development.

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[Patrik]

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