Here’s the first draft of a Reading List for the Fog Creek Software Management Training Program; Fog Creek is, of course, the software company of Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software fame.
I’m a sucker for booklists. If there were a local support group for out of control bibliophiles, I should probably join it (Hi, my name is Phil, and I’m a bookaholic…).
This list is interesting because it combines two of my favorite subjects: business and software. I have not read most of these, so I peruse a few of them in my local bookseller and try to decide if I want to expand my library with them.
Is anything missing? I have a couple ideas:
- Something by Tom Peters. If not In Search of Excellence, then perhaps something a little more recent.
- Dale Carnegie is a good choice, but I’d possibly throw Zig Ziglar in there too. For something motivational, Zig is hard to top.
- How We Got Here : A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets, by Andy Kessler. I’ve only read the first couple chapters so far, but it’s interesting; perhaps not essential, but a good history.
