I really enjoyed it. The interviews were deep, and there was a nice balance between several common questions for all the interviewees, as well as many unique questions so that the interviews stayed fresh and were not overly repetitive. I think the selection of interviewees was nicely done, with some long time icons and some lesser-known (yet influential) younger programmers. There was great coverage of a wide timeline of computing history and broad coverage of a variety of computing technology.
There were some interesting general trends amongst this crowd, such as: Debug primarily via print statements, dislike of C++, dislike of design patterns and UML, and interest in functional programming. The one programming style item that I will probably change as a result of reading this book is better and more frequent use of assertions in code.
I wish that there was more consistant list of recommended books from each interviewee, instead of just a few of them.
There were some interesting general trends amongst this crowd, such as: Debug primarily via print statements, dislike of C++, dislike of design patterns and UML, and interest in functional programming. The one programming style item that I will probably change as a result of reading this book is better and more frequent use of assertions in code.
I wish that there was more consistant list of recommended books from each interviewee, instead of just a few of them.
Rating: 4/5 Stars.