Book description
In the course of their 20+-year engineering careers, authors Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman have picked up a treasure trove of wisdom and anecdotes about how successful teams work together. Their conclusion? Even among people who have spent decades learning the technical side of their jobs, most haven’t really focused on the human component. Learning to collaborate is just as important to success. If you invest in the "soft skills" of your job, you can have a much greater impact for the same amount of effort.
The authors share their insights on how to lead a team effectively, navigate an organization, and build a healthy relationship with the users of your software. This is valuable information from two respected software engineers whose popular series of talks—including "Working with Poisonous People"—has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers.
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Table of contents
- Mission Statement
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Introduction
- 1. The Myth of the Genius Programmer
- 2. Building an Awesome Team Culture
- 3. Every Boat Needs a Captain
- 4. Dealing with Poisonous People
- 5. The Art of Organizational Manipulation
- 6. Users Are People, Too
- A. Epilogue
- B. Further Reading
- Index
Product information
- Title: Debugging Teams
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2015
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781491932506
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