Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others
Venue
O'Reilly Media, 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 (2012), pp. 180
Publication Year
2012
Authors
Brian W. Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman
BibTeX
Abstract
As a software engineer, you’re great with computer languages, compilers, debuggers,
and algorithms. And in a perfect world, those who produce the best code are the
most successful. But in our perfectly messy world, success also depends on how you
work with people to get your job done. In this highly entertaining book, Brian
Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman cover basic patterns and anti-patterns for
working with other people, teams, and users while trying to develop software. It’s
valuable information from two respected software engineers whose popular video
series, "Working with Poisonous People", has attracted hundreds of thousands of
viewers. You’ll learn how to deal with imperfect people—those irrational and
unpredictable beings—in the course of your work. And you’ll discover why playing
well with others is at least as important as having great technical skills. By
internalizing the techniques in this book, you’ll get more software written, be
more influential, be happier in your career.
