I suggest "The Mythical Man-Month" for programmers working in the corporate machine, and for them to suggest to their managers.
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I suggest "The Mythical Man-Month" for programmers working in the corporate machine, and for them to suggest to their managers.
Seconded.
I usually recommend it along with DeMarco & Lister's "Peopleware" and Scott Adams "The Dilbert Principle" as a triumvirate that seems to install a vague clue as to how the real world actually works :-)