[Baypiggies] BayPIGgies meeting Thursday August 27, 2009: NEW: Managing Software Developers

[Ned Deily]

In article <1251332895.9073.10.camel at jim-laptop>,
 jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
> There's a last minute change in the BayPIGgies meeting: Alex Martelli 
> will present his thoughts on managing a software development team. 

I'd like to throw out a big thanks to Alex for stepping in at the last 
minute prior to Thursday evening's meeting and presenting another 
(typically) compelling talk.  I found myself repeatedly nodding in 
agreement as so many of his observations jibed with my experiences on 
both sides of the management/leadership fence.  And his talk contains a 
boatload of references to books worth reading even if you won't agree 
with all of the authors' conclusions.

I hope Alex won't mind if I mention the URL for the presentation:

http://www.aleax.it/bayp_html.pdf

If you are at all interested in the topic, it's a very worthwhile read.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org