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.
In a perfect world, those who produce the best code are the most successful. But success also depends on how you work with people to get your job done. This book covers the basic patterns and anti-patterns for working with other people, teams, and users while trying to develop software. ... Writing software is a team sport, and human factors involved have as much influence on the outcome as technical factors. ...--From back cover.