Driving technical change
by Terrence Ryan · first published 2010
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…slow you down-- like writing unit tests, automating builds, creating bug databases, or whatever. This book may not exactly address the situation you're in, but you might have a look at Terrence Ryan's "Driving Technical Change", which talks about how to convince others on your team of the merits of different approaches you've adopted.
on “Ask HN: What have I missed?” ↗I would run through "Driving Technical Change" by Terrence Ryan for a few ideas. It's short and to the point: http://pragprog.com/book/trevan/driving-technical-change http://www.amazon.com/Driving-Technical-Change-Terrence-Ryan...
on “Ask HN: I'm considering insubordination at work, looking for some input. ” ↗also worth reading: http://www.amazon.com/Driving-Technical-Change-Terrence-Ryan...
on “Ask HN: How to Be a Good Technical Lead?” ↗Got this book in last year's sale. Still need to go back and finish it, but it's an amazing book from the ~half I read. Ended up picking up Driving Technical Change because it sounds useful in general, not JUST from a technical perspective.
on “The Pragmatic Bookshelf 40% Black Friday Sale” ↗…that they like fixing things from the inside. it takes a ton of emotional and psychological strength/aptitude though, so not everyone enjoys this approach. a good book that addresses some of this is Driving Technical Change. some people you will never change, and those you can ignore. if there are enough people that you can influence you have a chance to make a difference. as long as you're strong enough to not let the negativity…
on “Ask HN: I joined a big co, like the team, hate some policies, what should I do?” ↗Oh this is really cool, I never heard of Driving Technical Change. I could definitely use the tips because I've been instigating some technical changes at work recently: svn to git, php to rails, big product features to independent small focused apps, etc. EDIT: I…
on “The Pragmatic Bookshelf 40% Black Friday Sale” ↗Driving Technical Change sounds like an appropriate book. I have not read it, but it has been on my tech books wish-list for a while now: http://pragprog.com/book/trevan/driving-technical-change
on “Ask HN: Ideas on how to change the Culture at a big Corporate Bank” ↗