Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers

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Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers is a comprehensive guidethink of it as a field manualto the management challenges of supervising and leading programmers. J. Hank Rainwater introduces new and not-so-new managers to concepts that will encourage them and help them become a strong leaders for their teams. Youll learn about the varieties of programmer personality traits and be able match personnel to projects for maximum productivity. Youll also learn how to manage your strengths and weaknesses as you improve your leadership skills, which will result in dramatic improvements to your teams success.

In this "how-to" manual thats both practical and thought-provoking, youll find several chapters devoted to administrative aspects of your job, such as managing meetings, hiring and firing, and principles of organizing your job for success. Rainwater also describes task management software he built that you can use to organize project assignments. (The source code for this software is available for download once you own the book.) The chapter on technical leadership, which highlights the importance of architecture, design, and code reviews, also illustrates practical applications of leadership and concrete methods useful to any workplace.

Rainwater shows why things can go wrong for a leader and how to correct career-derailing problems as they arise. One chapter is devoted to the working relationship that you as a manager have with your boss, and it guides you into the best way to respond to the pressures of software project deadlines. Numerous other topics are discussed that are a necessity for anyone seeking to manage the "peopleware" aspects of software development. Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers is the definitive guide to the challenges and obstacles facing anyone who manages programmers.

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Frenz has a broad background—as a programmer for 10-plus years, as a graduate student in biochemistry using artificial neural networks to model biological systems, and as a contributing editor to the journal . Here he addresses novice programmers, beginning with coverage of the Visual Basic development environment's characteristics, then progressing to detailed information about creating programs (the various data types and loop structures), in-depth coverage of mathematical modeling, a brief introduction to the field of bioinformatics, and discussion of how to code a scientific Web-based application. Throughout, he uses practical, nontrivial examples to illustrate tools and techniques. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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