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Essential illuminating books for software people
A Listmania! list by Natalie Hoffman

1. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen

The list author says:
	"Managers and rebels: How to do new risky things without bringing down the company, or getting fired."

�18.74 Used & New from: �8.03

(45 customer reviews)

2. Staroffice 6.0 Companion (Sun Microsystems Press) by Solveig Haugland

The list author says:
	"You knowStarOffice is the right choice, but it can slow going at first. This book is fun, has all the procedures, and is the yellow brick road to using StarOffice productively."

Used & New from: �0.01

(6 customer reviews)

3. What Color is Your Parachute? 2003: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career Changers by Richard N. Bolles

The list author says:
	"Are you happy in your current job? Really?????? Ever since the dot bomb crash, half the techie people I know are dying to be laid off but afraid of what to do next. This book rocks."

Used & New from: �0.01

(37 customer reviews)

4. Agile Software Development: Software Through People by Alistair Cockburn

The list author says:
	"Be smart about development, obtain better results with less project manager overhead and gant charts. This will change your products and work life for the better."

Used & New from: �7.80

(4 customer reviews)

5. The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

The list author says:
	"Spectacularly interesting book that really shows you how to design things well and beautifully. Uses example of bad faucet design from UK dorms!"