Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers

Hank Rainwater leads programmers who build software for the insurance industry at Risk Sciences Group in Atlanta, Georgia. His career in science and engineering has spanned over three decades and has included writing Fortran programs on punch cards; teaching college mathematics; conducting research in radio astronomy, missile guidance systems, and remote sensing technologies; and managing the building of embedded digital control systems. As a software professional, Hank has served as a consultant, mentor, and teacher of programming languages and has led development teams in several industries.

Title: Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers

Author: Rainwater, Hank

ISBN: 9781590590171

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Publisher: APress

Publication Date: 2002-03-04

Number of Pages: 252

Weight: 0.2001 kg

From the reviews:

The book deals with the difficulties of making a number of independently minded programmers work together as a team - a task that has been likened to herding cats. ... This is a very readable textbook and touches on many aspects of management. Once you've read it you should feel better equipped to cope with all those cats ... . If you happen to hate cats, keep an open mind and just accept the phrase as the amusing analogy it is intended to be. (LINUX Magazine, Issue 21, 2002)