Software Engineering for Students A Programming Approach

Further reading 403
An extensive treatment of the issue of de-skilling is given in: P. Kraft, Programmers and
Managers: The Routinization of Computer Programmers in the United States,
Springer Verlag, 1984.
There have been several exciting accounts of the personal outlook and work methods of
programmers. They give insights into how programming is actually done. They also
contribute to the folklore of programming. The first, classic book is: G. Weinberg, The
Psychology of Computer Programming, Van Nostrand Reinhold, l971.
An example of a book on how programmers actually work. In the book, the author
reports on interviews with notable programmers: Susan Lammers, Programmers at
Work, Microsoft, 1986.
Steven Levy, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, Anchor Books, 1994.