Technicat on Software
Technicat on Software
About the Book
Based on over two decades of professional software development by the author, Technicat on Software provides advice on software engineering topics including programming, management, system administration, startups, finding work, user interface design, and game development. These essays, such as "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Programmers", "What I Learned@MIT", and "It's the User Interface, Stupid", have attained popularity on the internet, featured on sites such as the MIT Entrepreneurial Review, and listed as required reading in college courses.
Reader Testimonials
Rick Umali
Amazon Review
Technicat on Software are the well-regarded musings and reflections of Phil Chu, a professional computer programmer. Instead of preaching or using overblown language to describe programming, his style is direct and candid. You can easily imagine yourself having a drink with him at some computer show or conference, and being struck by his blunt pronouncements. But over that drink or two, you'll come to find yourself agreeing with his style, because it's a results-oriented style...
Jeff Atwood
Coding Horror Review
Philip Chu's Seven Habits of Highly Effective Programmers is witty, eloquent, and peppered with illustrative real world anecdotes...
James Shore
Art of Agile Review
Phil Chu of Technicat has published Seven Habits of Highly Effective Programmers. Pragmatic and dead-on, it's one of those essays I wish I had written. Go read it.
ronin915
Amazon Review
This is a great compact read to learn more about the software industry from the perspective of an experienced professional computer/video game programmer...
Table of Contents
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Programmers
Management Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
Minimizing Meetings
It's the User Interface, Stupid
The Art of the Schedule
Get a Job
Have Contract, Will Travel
So You Want to Make a Game
Startup Without Falling Down
What I Learned@MIT
Agile Isn't
QA for Everyone
Work Hard, Play Hard
Back It Up: Safe IT Practices
I Miss Lisp
Chess Moves: Avoid Getting Checkmated in Your Project
Driving Lessons
Take a Whirl on the Nintendo GameCube
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