Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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You wouldn't expect a 45-year-old book on programming to be relevant today, but Fred Brooks's "The Mythical Man-Month" contains many lessons about project management & design that should resonate with modern coders, problem-solvers, & creators.

- Links for the Curious-

"The Mythical Man-Month - Essays on Software Engineering" on Amazon - smile.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959/ref=sr_1_1?crid=C03NJFV4IG6K&keywords=the+mythical+man+month&qid=1582175747&sprefix=the+mythical+man%2Caps%2C218&sr=8-1

"The Mythical Man-Month" (exerpt) by Fred Brooks - https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~yfcai/CS451/RequiredReadings/MythicalManMonth.pdf

"Aristocracy, Democracy, & System Design" (exerpt) by Fred Brooks - http://docshare02.docshare.tips/files/10301/103016412.pdf

A high-level summary of TMMM - https://www.cs.usfca.edu/~parrt/course/601/lectures/man.month.html

InfoWorld Magazine, 1984-05-07 Issue - books.google.com/books?id=ti4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48&dq=vaporware&cd=1#v=onepage&q=bermuda&f=false