Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1 EAN: 9780321193674 ISBN: 0321193679 Label: Addison-Wesley Professional Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: July 10, 2003 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Sales Rank: 638552 Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional
Product DescriptionRenowned software expert Steve McConnell helps software students transition to the role of software professionals. Significant developments are afoot that will impact the future careers of student programmers, including initiatives in education, professional development, certification, and licensing. Some of these developments are well thought out and positive; others are being forced and need to be improved before they are standardized. Software development is changing, whether programmers recognize it or not. Programmers who are not paying attention could easily find themselves working as twenty-first century software janitors. This book describes the occupation of computer programming as it exists today and the profession of software engineering as it can exist in the future.
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Rating: - Excelente reference book
This is an excellent book for people that want straight facts about the software engineering profession and industry. It is also an excellent source for a plan to understand how to acquire knowledge in search of a better career as a software engineer.
For a long time I tried to find what was the real difference between computer scientists and software engineers because the general knowledge knowadays is that both professions are the same. This book finally gives a clear and straight ... Read More
Rating: - Not Quite What I Was Expecting
The main focus of this book in on the creation of a professional software development association or organization, similar to the ones of doctors and arquitects. The discussion is interesting, but not very useful if you have to deal with the problems and challenges of the day-to-day life in software development.
Rating: - middle brow
Steve McConnell knows a lot about organising resources to get things done, specifically he knows (probably more than 50,000 things) about getting software done. I appreciate this, and I have benefited greatly from two of his books, the software project survival guide and software estimation; I have also benefited measurably, if to a lesser extent, from another (Code Complete).
Getting things done is a species of management, and an honorable activity, but McConnell is not happy to be ... Read More
Rating: - McConnell Does it Again - This is the future of our industry
I graduated from a highly specialized program at Virginia Tech that focuses on Engineering Theory - Rocket Science & celestial mechanics (intermediate dynamics), 3 fluid mechanics, etc. with the goal of leading up to Biomechanics concentration. I programmed CAD software and joint-torque analysis physical therapy recommending software as part of my program.
Steve McConnell's association of Software Development to Engineering is a welcome (although at times, not faultlessly backed ... Read More
Rating: - High Hopes for Practical Solutions, Dashed on the Rocks of Pet Theories
This book is a respectable endeavor, to be sure...the title itself makes it sound as if it's going to somehow define a profession in a way that makes us all known quantities. Isn't that what we like to work with anyways? Known quantities? Measurable results?
Unfortunately, there's a critical piece missing: while McConnell throws us some useful practices regarding the definition of our craft and the further measurement of our knowledge, it all sounds like a heap of pet theories and practices ... Read More
- Excelente reference book
- Not Quite What I Was Expecting
- middle brow
