Lord of the Files: Essays on the Social Aspects of Software Engineering

Software engineering is a social activity; forget that and your career is lost... Starting with the premise...
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Author: Russell Ovans
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Lord of the Files: Essays on the Social Aspects of Software Engineering by Ovans, Russell

Lord of the Files: Essays on the Social Aspects of Software Engineering

$42.33

Lord of the Files: Essays on the Social Aspects of Software Engineering

$42.33
Author: Russell Ovans
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Software engineering is a social activity; forget that and your career is lost...

Starting with the premise that a good software engineer is necessarily both a good programmer and a good person, this unique new book on the culture of programmers emphasizes the importance of empathy, introspection, and the acceptance of oneself and others on the journey to quality software.

Based on the author's extensive experience teaching software engineering, working as a computer programmer, and leading a social game startup from inception to acquisition, Lord of the Files is sensitive to the frailties of the human condition and full of innovative survival and success strategies for students, programmers, managers, and entrepreneurs.

Contents:

  1. I, Programmer
  2. The Software Engineer Life Cycle
  3. Your Favourite Methodology is eXtremely Gay
  4. White Trash Software Engineer
  5. What the Bleep Should We Know ?
  6. Nobody Ever Got Laid For Buying IBM Equipment
  7. All We Really Need To Know about Software Engineering Is in the Film Office Space
  8. A Seven-Layer Hierarchy of Careers in Computer Science
  9. What's Your Secret Sauce?
  10. Pandemonium Reigned


Author: Russell Ovans
Publisher: Thought Pilots
Published: 08/10/2011
Pages: 114
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d
ISBN: 9780986941801

About the Author
Russell Ovans was the founding CEO of Backstage Technologies, a social game company that pioneered the monetization of Facebook apps through the sale of virtual currency. Before that he led the development teams at two successful dot-com startups. Along the way Dr. Ovans received a Ph.D. in computer science from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, and taught software engineering at the University of Victoria and Camosun College.


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