Reading material

Posted by David N. Welton Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:27:00 GMT

Via Ugo Cei I found this reading list: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FogCreekMBACurriculum.html, some of which looks to be interesting, but I'm not convinced that it's a selection where each book is a 9 or a 10. Books like the Mythical Man Month stand the test of time, and some of the books there are good ones by that measure, others look less convincing, at least judging by their contents (too focused on the 90ies, the bubble, a particular company), or some of the reviews on Amazon. Perhaps those aren't always worthwhile, but the real winners don't seem to have much flack thrown at them. I'd enjoy hearing why Joel et al. recommend them.

I've read these:

in addition to Microeconomics (6th Edition) as a textbook on Economics.

What are your recommendations?

All things considered, though, I have a hunch that it would be better to be out trying to *do* rather than reading books about doing...

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Yoav Shapira
about 6 hours later:

Wow, that list on "Joel on Software" has virtually every best-selling business book of the last decade. Like you, I don't really feel re-assured by it: it seems more like a "throw everything in there" collection. Two of my all-time fav business books are not on there. One is "Competitive Strategy" by Michael Porter: the book that defines, and is still the definitive writing on, the field of strategy. And "Barbarians at the Gate" by Burrough and Helyar. It's as much of a thriller as a business book, maybe more. I've read about half of the books on the other list. Innovator's Dilemma, Competing on Internet Time, the DEC book, Accidental Empires are all really good as well. So are some others, but I gotta run...
Mick
about 6 hours later:

Read some of Joel's eassys: http://joelonsoftware.com/Archive.html He usually speaks some sense (for someone who worked for and uses MS tech). >I have a hunch that it would be better to be out trying to *do* rather than reading books about doing.. No harm in doing both! ;)

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