After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering

  • Authors:
  • Steve M. McConnell

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1999

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From the Publisher:In this newest addition to Microsoft Press' acclaimed Best Practices series, award-winning author Steve McConnell offers candid reflections anda look ahead at the software engineering profession from one of the industry's most highly regarded practitioners. After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering is a collection of illuminating original essays on contemporary software development topics that highlight critical trends and call for a more rigorous andstandards-based profession. McConnell delivers a lively and sometimes provocative narrative that aims to help software developers step back fromthe day-to-day rush of their work and think about where their careers--and the industry they're helping to shape--are going. Lively and highly readable introspections on the software development industry that will appeal to both insiders and nontechnical readers alike Candid reflections and a look at the future of software engineering as a profession from one of the industry's most highly regarded practitioners Describes software development practices and trends in a readable and thought-provoking series of essaysProvides valuable insights that can help software developers plan their careersGives the nontechnical public an understanding of software engineering as it is today and as it could beThe esteemed editor of IEEE Software, author Steve McConnell has written three previous bestselling and award-winning Best Practices books