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Showstopper! by G. Pascal Zachary — WisdomDeck honest review
Honest review · Entrepreneurship

Showstopper!

by G. Pascal Zachary

The making of Windows NT under Dave Cutler: a brilliant, abrasive leader, years of delays and a product that defined Microsoft for decades. Honest about the human cost of big software.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Great software takes longer than anyone admits.
  2. Leaders set the tone, good and bad.
  3. Ship when it is ready, not when it is scheduled.

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Read the chapters on the final push.

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Big software, honestly.

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