Understanding the professional programmer

by Gerald M. Weinberg

Discover the one book nobody involved in this dynamic field can afford to miss!

Weinberg offers readers an insider's view, with suggestions on how to become a better programmer and improve job performance, in a book that's both helpful and a pleasure to read!

Learn how to

become a professional get a little respect survive in a bureaucracy think more effectively discover what kind of thinker you are envision the future of the professional programmer.

Genres: Nonfiction, Technology, Management

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

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.

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really this book is like waterfall of neverending words and sentences. Author cannot be brief and stick to the point. May be he has something important to say but he hides it behind neverending side stories, memories and unfunny jokes and tails. Stay away from this piece of literature unless you really want to be bored.

[Pavel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books would have been a serial of blog posts if it was written most recently. It is presented as a series of questions and detailed answers.

Similar to Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook except it is from the previous century.