After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering
Steve McConnell · Microsoft Press eBooks · 1999
From the Publisher: In this newest addition to Microsoft Press' acclaimed Best Practices series, award-winning author Steve McConnell offers candid reflections and a 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 and standards-based profession. McConnell delivers a lively and sometimes provocative narrative that aims to help software developers step back from the 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 essays Provides valuable insights that can help software developers plan their careers Gives the nontechnical public an understanding of software engineering as it is today and as it could be The esteemed editor of IEEE Software, author Steve McConnell has written three previous bestselling and award-winning Best Practices books