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The Psychology of Computer Programming. Gerald M. Weinberg 1971

and:

The Soul of a New Machine Tracy Kidder 1981

ought to be required reading for anybody in tech.



I'll easily second this recommendation. 30 years ago I was struck by Tom West's quote from Kidder's book: "Not everything worth doing is worth doing well".




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