Name Steve McConnell | Role Author | |
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Education Seattle University, Whitman College Books Code Complete, Rapid development, Software Estimation, Software project survival g, Professional software development Similar People Andy Hunt, Fred Brooks, Robert Cecil Martin, Erich Gamma, Kent Beck | ||
Yom kippur by steve mcconnell
Steven C. McConnell is an author of software engineering textbooks such as Code Complete, Rapid Development, and Software Estimation. He is cited as an expert in software engineering and project management.
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- Yom kippur by steve mcconnell
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stranger than fiction case studies in software engineering judgment steve mcconnell
Career
McConnell graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, minoring in computer science, at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and a master's degree in software engineering from Seattle University. He then pursued a career in the desktop software industry, working at Microsoft, Boeing, the Russell Investment Group and several other Seattle area firms. At Microsoft, McConnell worked on TrueType as part of Windows 3.1. At Boeing, he worked on a Strategic Defense Initiative project.
McConnell published his first book, Code Complete, in 1993.
From 1996 to 1998, he was the editor of the "Best Practices" column in the IEEE Software magazine. From 1998 to 2002, he served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.