An IT manager friend of mine tells me that one of the most interesting questions he asks when interviewing programmers and software engineers is: "Tell me three or four of the most recent computer books you've read, and what you thought of them." And if he's feeling ornery, he follows that with another question: "Tell me a few recent non-computer books you've read, and what you thought of them."
Advisor
The Programmer's Bookshelf
By Ed Yourdon
Posted July 7, 1998 | Leadership | Amplify | Amplify | Amplify | Amplify
About The Author
Ed Yourdon was cofounder, with Karen Coburn, of Cutter Consortium. Ed served as Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, and Founding Editor and Editor Emeritus of the Cutter IT Journal. He chaired Cutter's Summit for many years. Mr. Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s. He was a codeveloper of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented (OO) analysis/design and the… Read More
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