Re[2]: Books and a balance (was: What's up with C++ (books)?)
Bruce Hobbs <[email protected]> Mon, 30 May 2011 11:34:53 -0700
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At 5:08 PM -0600 on 5/27/11, Gregg Irwin wrote:
>"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to
>stop reading them." -- Ray Bradbury
>
Great quote! Don't recall the source, but the last I heard was that the
Harry Potter series has given an incredible boost to young adult reading
habits that had long been in a serious nose dive. I imagine the even more
current Hunger Games trilogy has also had a very positive impact. Although
none of these are technical books I can't think of a more important age
group for the long-term future of reading.
>The choir hears you. My guess is that people on this list have more
>books than the average developer (assuming McConnell's one book per
>year metric). And it's not just developers and programming books. It's
>also not reading for reading's sake, but reading things that are worth
>reading.
>
IIRC I heard that metric first mentioned by Tom DeMarco thirty years ago.
>More than once I've had people express surprise that I've read a book
>they mention in conversation. I once had someone say to me "Wow, you
>must read a lot" when I recommended a *few* books about software
>development.
>
While conducting employment interviews for clients many years ago I can
still recall the perplexed looks of candidates when we asked what technical
books or magazines they'd read or professional organizations they belonged
to. More than a few said they expected their employer to pay for all of
that.
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<p>At 5:08 PM -0600 on 5/27/11, Gregg Irwin wrote:<br>
<br>
>"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to<br>
>stop reading them." -- Ray Bradbury<br>
><br>
Great quote! Don't recall the source, but the last I heard was that the<br>
Harry Potter series has given an incredible boost to young adult reading<br>
habits that had long been in a serious nose dive. I imagine the even more<br>
current Hunger Games trilogy has also had a very positive impact. Although<br>
none of these are technical books I can't think of a more important age<br>
group for the long-term future of reading.<br>
<br>
>The choir hears you. My guess is that people on this list have more<br>
>books than the average developer (assuming McConnell's one book per<br>
>year metric). And it's not just developers and programming books. It's<br>
>also not reading for reading's sake, but reading things that are worth<br>
>reading.<br>
><br>
IIRC I heard that metric first mentioned by Tom DeMarco thirty years ago.<br>
<br>
>More than once I've had people express surprise that I've read a book<br>
>they mention in conversation. I once had someone say to me "Wow, you<br>
>must read a lot" when I recommended a *few* books about software<br>
>development.<br>
><br>
While conducting employment interviews for clients many years ago I can<br>
still recall the perplexed looks of candidates when we asked what technical<br>
books or magazines they'd read or professional organizations they belonged<br>
to. More than a few said they expected their employer to pay for all of<br>
that.<br>
-- <br>
"Computer Science--the only profession where you can make fifty billion<br>
dollars producing things that 'mostly' work."--Hal Burch<br>
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