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Gerald Weinberg Biography

Gerald Marvin (Jerry) Weinberg (born October 27, 1933) is an American computer scientist, author and teacher of the psychology and anthropology of computer software development. His most well-known books are The Psychology of Computer Programming and Introduction to General Systems Thinking.

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Experience doesn't necessarily teach anything.

Experience, Programming, Software, Teach

Newton was a genius, but not because of the superior computational power of his brain. Newton's genius was, on the contrary, his ability to simplify, idealize, and streamline the world so that it became, in some measure, tractable to the brains of perfectly ordinary men.

Brain, Learning, Men, Simplify, Tractable

No matter what the problem is, it's a people problem.

Matter, People, Problem

In 1905, when you went motoring, you took your mechanic. Twenty-five years later, mass production revolutionized the role of the automobile, but buying a Ford wouldn't have made sense if everyone still needed a mechanic on board. In 1955, when you used your computer, you took your programmer. Twenty-five years later, mass production revolutionized the role of the computer, but buying a micro wouldn't have made sense if everyone still needed a programmer.

1955, Board, Buying, Mass, Twenties, Years

If you don't care about quality, you can meet any other requirement.

Care, Meet, Quality, Requirement, Requirements

Consultancy can be too short; or too long.

Consultancy, Long, Short, Too Short

The Fundamental Regulator Paradox. . . The task of a regulator is to eliminate variation, but this variation is the ultimate source of information about the quality of its work. Therefore, the better the job a regulator does the less information it gets about how to improve.

Hard Work, Improve, Jobs, Regulator, Science, Task

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