What is :: Hackmode - Flow - The Zone
I've always been interested not only in the specifics of software itself, but also in the method of how software is created, and what surrounds it. That being teams, leadership, management, external factors, business constraints and likely most importantly the sociology and psychology of creation . More of a holistic systems view of the whole process I believe. My degree and area of interest is Software Engineering Management so some of the how as well as the what. I realised I've found myself explaining the same topic repeatedly to people in a business context (i.e. suits) who don't develop software, but who interact with people who do. So I thought it best to just write it up, then I can direct future people I encounter who ask or need to understand it to here. Also share my thoughts and hope to elicit ideas and experience from others, as this topic really interests me. The topic is that of the psychology of a developer, when operating a maximum capacity (relat