The Mythical Man-Month, a good read

I finally finished reading the Mythical Man-Month this week and I gladly would recommend it to anyone with an Interest in Computer Science. At first, I found it hard to relate the first few essays to modern systems. Considering that the original edition was published 1975, the book has many references to old systems, namely the OS/360 operating system the author helped construct.

The book has offered some extra insight into things I’ve already learnt. Consider the final chapter which criticizes the Waterfall model, a development process I learned about and used in college. I will most likely make a start on Java next!