Having been in process management in a software organization for over ten years, I’ve seen too many articles and books on the topic that worked better than Valium for putting me to sleep especially since they have no side effects. Joel Spolsky is known as one of the best (if not the best) writers on the topic of software. However, in this book he stands aside and lets others demonstrate that he isn’t the only one who can write about software in English and captivate you.
Joel on Software (his Web site slash blog) fans won’t be disappointed in the selection of authors as they deal with the concepts he writes about on his site. Some readers may be expecting a book solely on software development. Even Joel goes beyond this. Some folks might be disappointed that most of the articles, blog entries, speeches, and essays are available somewhere on the Web. I only recognize a few of the authors and their articles, so I would’ve never known about the others had I not found this book. [ Read the book review… ]
