Tsinghua University Publishing Society has published a Chinese translation of Gerald Weinberg's works. Wenberge's efforts in software have been well known internationally, and he has also become the first celebrity entering the US Computer Celebrity Museum. I have been fortunate to see the full picture of the series of books before it has not yet fully launched, combined with your efforts in products and management, I can't help but write these throwing bricks.
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We often say that now the domestic translation introduces foreign excellent works in three or five years. This is a real problem, but it is not necessarily a bad thing. Practice real knowledge, and good books also need time test. Winberge's book is easy to understand, thinking that it means that the most developed in the software industry is more than 20 years, which is very difficult to develop a rapid industry. What is the reason? The author believes that the biggest feature of Winberg's book is that it always communicates a thought to readers, that is, software is the idea of human own services. This kind of thought, until now, often bring the software practitioners to the feeling of 醍醐 醍醐. This is confirming a saying: "Technology Day is different, and the idea will never have time."
Winberg claims to be "Thinker", translating this word into "thinker" a bit. I taking the meaning of the master of the Master, which is roughly called some preliminary thinking about the field of software humanities. Human thinking is infinite, and individual thinking has a very limited perspective. Therefore, Mr. Winberg has not tried, is willing to consider some interesting questions with one with our equality. In Winberge's autobiography, he talked about that he started to try to figure out the thoughts of "Giant Brain" (at the time of computer), and learn more about people. Wenberg talked about two principles: Principle, people are almost all the roots of all problems; principle II, I am the root of most of me. In fact, we can say the third principle: thinking is the root of all success. At this point, Wenberger said softly: "I understand what I am doing."
A good "what you are doing"! The reader can know that some people know what they are doing?
X knows X sense
Two years ago, at a company sales and customer gathering, I laughed from the customer who purchased our software was "Prophet", and the customer who bought our software is "After knowing the post", and those pairs Our software is not interested in manufacturers, was named "unconscious". This "perceived" theory immediately became the siege of friends, meaning that I can't wait to regard my software as a customer company's salvation.
In fact, it is very suitable for this "consciousness" on our own life. The argument is very suitable. Through Mr. Winberge, we found that "perception" theory can also be used in software development.
dividing people into three categories, not what I invent, so I have experienced time test, yes. What I want here is that we now develop software companies and software projects into three categories, as for reasonable, require practical inspection and readers' contributions.
Making management friends will often encounter such problems: how many "wood" don't point to it; there are a few "pillars", you have explained it clearly after you explain it, or there is a handy " The ghost "only needs you to nod to" holy ". Then you find that "wood" backlogs in the warehouse, "Poly Liang" provokes the company's burden, and "Machine Ghost" will look at luck, some can make you relaxed, but some brought you endless trouble . What is said here is "unconsciousness" in the employee, "I learned" and "Prophet".
The prophets are always in the forefront of the times, and they are very sensitive to the experience and feelings of the outside world. They are largely able to predict the trends in the future world (natural, social, human beings, industries, software, etc.). In the eyes of ordinary people, they are prophets and genius. The prophet is very thin in this world, and they are the wise people of the times, they often bring a new direction. The risk theory tells us that the benefits are bigger, the higher the risk. In other words, the prophets are equivalent to the innovation, ideas, theories, methods, design, technology, etc. of our industry come from them, and the same setbacks are also uncommon. However, most of them get people's polar, looking at their back to see it or fall.
The genius needs to grow up, this soil is not thrown down, but a generation of revolutionary masses created. It is this group of people, I call them a later known person. They are the backcomes of the times and the industry, and their biggest advantage is that it can move forward on the basis of experience. They don't seem to be as keen and sharp as the first to know, but once they recognize the importance of the problem, they will occupy each position with an idealistic, but the mountain. In fact, most of the live people in this society belong to this class, they can clearly know that their own advantages and disadvantages, according to the current situation of the times and the industry, and their own experience and accumulation, steadily establishing the cornerstone of the cause .
Product knowledge
According to the principles, people are almost all the roots, companies and products are also, and we believe that companies and products have their "perception".
Enterprise's consciousness comes from the judgment of the decision-making layer for the market and trend, and because of the factors of decision-making personnel and corporate culture, it is more suitable for a single product (including tangible products, intangible services, corporate culture, etc.). The first-known product is generally a forecast of the market, and they claim that their service objects are people. In the software industry, the so-called prophet is mainly referred to as the operator can have very sensitive smells and insight, which can grasp the software needs of the next few years, thus the construction of the application, avant-garde experience concept. The direction of software products has no external civil promotion, industry applications and technology break through 3 parts. If you really understand the people, the people will accept your concepts in unknowingly; if you really grasp the needs and policies of the industry, the huge industry will return to you by 100 times; if you can break the technical barrier, design Advanced craftsmanship will always be known for one day.
However, some prophets are not relaxed, they are alone, saying that their thoughts belong to the future, belong to the 22nd century. Perhaps they can't understand the happiness of success in the traditional sense, but they will win the respect of the world. Other priorism is more fortunate, such as Bell's phone, Nobel's explosives, make it fame and fortune. In the software community, such as 10 years ago, the office software is a lot of business opportunities to Jinshan's WPS and Microsoft Office; for nearly two years of wireless technology, gestation Bluetooth and mobile IP, until recently in full swing Centrino technology is a model of priority. Especially in some areas that have not been discovered, the prophetic enterprises are greatly profitable, such as the earliest Windows 3.2 operating system, Netscape and Hotmail before 1998, as well as Google, which is going to focus.
Prophet's premier is the vanguard of the times and the industry, and the success is half a genius, half is luck. Then after knowing the person, their success of 99% came from learning and diligent time. That is, this group seems to be honest and unpredictable, they can develop, production and implementation according to the current situation and their own experience and their own experience and accumulation. They don't necessarily master the latest technology, but they understand what customers need now. They don't exclude new inventions, but they are more concerned about creating real value for society. In general, the capital and experience of the senses after the later, so that they keep the position of the flow in the rumor position in it can correctly realize the gap between themselves and the outside world, thereby adjusting the strategy, achieving advantage complementing.
The feeling of giving people a sense of people will always happen, which is especially obvious in the software industry. For example, IE 4.0 ~ 6.0 series, from Microsoft aware of the network era, use extraordinary perseverance to sharper Netscape from 1997 to 3.4%, which can be said with spectacular; Yongzhong Office It is a leader in the rise in the domestic office software. Through its localization awareness, Microsoft has made Microsoft to return in government procurement; other afterwards, there are also SQL Server and Kingdee ERP. Vulgar record.
Unconsciously, people always expect cheeses to never change, the reason they can't succeed is that they don't know what they are doing all day. Either inexplicably, I don't know how to write; or it is self-righteous, I don't know how the sky is thick; they come from all directions and fall toward the five lakes. There is also an excellent example in the software industry, the Windows CE operating system, Turbo Linux, Fanso website, etc. are here.
never know not to know
According to the principle, I am the root of my majority, we get it, you have to come out from "unconsciousness", the most important thing is to recognize your current situation.
From the quantity, the prophets did not exceed 0.01%, and they did not exceed 1% after knowing that they did not recognize 99% of their current situation. The probability of success is 50% of the priority, and 99% of the people after knowing, I don't know if I don't know about 0.01%.
We found that the company's perception does not necessarily be consistent, because each company will have its expertise and advantage, only when you recognize your current situation, you can make the right decisions. From Microsoft's performance, 20% of them are priority, 50% is the later known, and the remaining 30% is still unconscious.
It is not difficult to find that after the lack of knowledge will become the owner of the era, and never know that there is only one step between the post-names. That is, I understand what I am doing, I think that this society needs to do it yourself, then think about it, and the world is perfect.
Winberge believes that excellent professional programmers can be cultivated; I think, I don't know that it is possible to think that the transition is the same. As for how specifically, the change is slow, it is necessary to see personal compilation. But as long as you adhere to thinking, the original Tianzhu can also become a path.
After the lack of success, they did not care about a long time, and they value long-term success, and this success, it will never be one, this is also the beginning of this article, the introduction of foreign excellent works, sometimes after three or five years. The reason for bad things.
