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Over time I’ve come to realization that the hardest part about software development is human psychology and sociology. That was the farthest thing from my mind when I was a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed newbie professional programmer (mumble) years ago. Maybe I’m just getting old, or maybe this is specific to software development inside enterprises, where the majority of my experience is.
In so many cases it seems the most frustrating parts are getting people to care — mostly to get developers to care about honing their craft and their own skills. But I could take it in many other directions — different sets of people, different things they should care about. Anyway, this puts me squarely behind Brian Marick’s position paper to the NSF on the science of design. I agree with his stance completely.
I hope this isn’t pushing me toward the path of … management !
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