Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering.
This book offers candid reflections and a look ahead at the software engineering profession from one of the industry's most highly regarded practitioners. The book comprises an illuminating series of interconnected, original essays on contemporary software development topics, highlighting critical trends and making the call for a more rigorous and standards-based profession. McConnell delivers a lively and sometimes provocative narrative that aims to help software developers step back from the day-to-day rush of their work and think about where their careers - and the industry they're helping to shape - are going.