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The computer revolution brought with it new methods of getting work done?just look at today's news for reports of hard-driven, highly-motivated young software and online commerce developers who sacrifice evenings and weekends to meet impossible deadlines. Tracy Kidder got a preview of this world in the late 1970s when he observed the engineers of Data General design and build a new 32-bit minicomputer in just one year. His thoughtful, prescient book, The Soul of a New Machine, tells stories of 35-year-old "veteran" engineers hiring recent college graduates and encouraging them to work harder and faster on complex and difficult projects, exploiting the youngsters' ignorance of normal scheduling processes while engendering a new kind of work ethic.These days, we are used to the "total commitment" philosophy of managing technical creation, but Kidder was surprised and even a little alarmed at the obsessions and compulsions he found. From in-house political struggles to workers being Get Books in : https://site.wereader.us/?book=B005HG4W9W #POPULARBOOK, #AZW, #NICEBOOKS2020
The computer revolution brought with it new methods of getting work done?just look at today's news for reports of hard-driven, highly-motivated young software and online commerce developers who sacrifice evenings and weekends to meet impossible deadlines. Tracy Kidder got a preview of this world in the late 1970s when he observed the engineers of Data General design and build a new 32-bit minicomputer in just one year. His thoughtful, prescient book, The Soul of a New Machine, tells stories of 35-year-old "veteran" engineers hiring recent college graduates and encouraging them to work harder and faster on complex and difficult projects, exploiting the youngsters' ignorance of normal scheduling processes while engendering a new kind of work ethic.These days, we are used to the "total commitment" philosophy of managing technical creation, but Kidder was surprised and even a little alarmed at the obsessions and compulsions he found. From in-house political struggles to workers being
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The computer revolution brought with it new methods of
getting work done?just look at today's news for reports of
hard-driven, highly-motivated young software and online
commerce developers who sacrifice evenings and
weekends to meet impossible deadlines. Tracy Kidder got
a preview of this world in the late 1970s when he observed
the engineers of Data General design and build a new 32-
bit minicomputer in just one year. His thoughtful,
prescient book, The Soul of a New Machine, tells stories of
35-year-old "veteran" engineers hiring recent college
graduates and encouraging them to work harder and
faster on complex and difficult projects, exploiting the
youngsters' ignorance of normal scheduling processes
while engendering a new kind of work ethic.These days,
we are used to the "total commitment" philosophy of
managing technical creation, but Kidder was surprised
and even a little alarmed at the obsessions and
compulsions he found. From in-house political struggles
to workers being
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