Cat HicksToday's book post is going to be short and joyful, because we've been learning a lot of science but it's time to ride into the weekend with some celebration.
I'd like to share some of the early reviews of The Psychology of Software Teams!! 🥹🥹🥹
“If you lead engineers and believe culture is ‘soft,’ this book will disabuse you of that notion quickly. Psychological safety, learning, and collaboration aren’t perks, they are infrastructure. Ignore them and your systems will fail, slowly or catastrophically.”
- Scott Hanselman, VP of Developer Community, Microsoft
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“The Psychology of Software Teams by Cat Hicks is a vital companion for any leader building a humane, high-performing organization. She skillfully dismantles the ‘Brains-in-Jars’ myth, proving that innovation is not a solitary act but the result of social learning. By introducing cognitive scaffolding and fostering thriving ecosystems, Hicks provides the missing link between organizational design and the individual human experience."
- Matthew Skelton, Team Topologies
“This book presents an empathic, evidence-based analysis of developer productivity, and provides practical guidance based on the author's own research for avoiding or fixing common traps. The result is the most important new perspective on software development in years.”
- Greg Wilson, third-bit.com
This one meant a lot to me Greg, sorry for the public shout-out which I know you might hate. Being able to finally send you my book after you so encouraged me to write was such a meaningful moment.
“In The Psychology of Software Teams, Cat Hicks has delivered an indispensable and long-overdue message that demystifies software team development. With touching compassion for software developers as people with individual needs and essential social connections, she brings research and insight to explode the tired debates about "developer productivity," and provide real answers and practical approaches for improvement."
- Eli Israel, Managing Partner, Gartner Consulting
Developers are people.
I have to admit to you I'm obsessed with this one. 😂🤠
“Dr. Cat Hicks is a category of one. If there are any other psychologists that have devoted their career to researching software practitioners, I am unaware of them"
- Charity Majors, cofounder & CTO at honeycomb.io
So honored to have these reviews and dialogue across so many parts of the technical world. Psychology matters everywhere, and now you don't just have to take my word for it ;)
tj usiyan@grimalkina Is there any hope of an ebook version without DRM? I’m excited to read it and I would prefer not to use Bookshelf, if possible :-) I might buy paperback in the meantime anyway but yea, ebook please!
@griotspeak yes there is!! and it should be up on the publisher site now!!
https://www.routledge.com/The-Psychology-of-Software-Teams/Hicks/p/book/9781032963389
The Psychology of Software Teams
To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful principles software teams can use to guard against failure and drive cultures of collaboration and prob
nebunez @grimalkina @griotspeak ahhh 4 more days to wait for preorder!
Do you know if the paperback version comes with an ebook copy, too?
May likes Toronto@grimalkina Extremely accurate. There's no one like you!
Lorgo NumputzIt's weird when I see people I'm acquainted with IRL quoted like that.
Charity is a no-shit person who doesn't praise lightly. You must have made quite an impression. 
Marsh Gardiner 🌱🐝@grimalkina "… a category of one” … so far! I'm kinda counting on you inspiring others to follow this trail you're blazing. 🙏
@earth2marsh I hope so! Proud of the research studies in the book which feature multiple co-authors who had never worked on psychology for software developers before :))
Greg Wilson@grimalkina I forgive you, but don't let it happen again :-)
Adam Shostack 
Matthew Skelton@adamshostack @grimalkina thanks both!
Jacques Chester@grimalkina yes!!! The solo genius myth has been recurring poison forever in this trade.
Sean 
@grimalkina already preordered. Congrats