Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

I. THE SOFTWARE TARPIT.

1. Wrestling with Dinosaurs.
2. Fool's Gold.
3. Cargo Cult Software Engineering.
4. Software Engineering, Not Computer Science.
5. Body of Knowledge.
6. Novum Organum.

II. INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONALISM.

7. Orphans Preferred.
8. Raising Your Software Consciousness.
9. Building the Community.
10. Architects and Carpenters.
11. Programmer Writing.

III. ORGANIZATIONAL PROFESSIONALISM.

12. Software Gold Rushes.
13. Business Case for Better Software Practices.
14. Ptolemaic Reasoning.
15. Quantifying Personnel Factors.
16. Construx's Professional Development Program.

IV. INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALISM.

17. Engineering a Profession.
18. Hard Knocks.
19. Stinking Badges.
20. The Professional's Code.
21. Alchemy.
Index.
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