RE: The Mythical Man-Month: thankyou!

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Sarah Bouchier wrote:
 
> After all the discussion and recommendation of 'The Mythical 
> Man-Month'
> a couple of weeks back, I got curious, acquired a copy, and 
> have just finished reading it.  It blew me away; everything 
> made so much /sense/, and has been totally supported by my 
> experiences in several companies that plainly /hadn't/ read it!

Yeah, I should reread that -- I'm sure it's as relevant today as it was
mumblety years ago. 

One snippet that's always stuck in my mind: Manager asks engineer, "What
are you doing?" Engineer replies, "I'm thinking." Manager responds,
"Can't you do that on your own time?" 

Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
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303-223-5111
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