Deuce reviewed Skunk works by Ben R. Rich
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's …
Review of 'Skunk works' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
- not a great as Kelly's, lots of commentaries of other folks listed in no oder, total chaos in chapter organization, sometimes you get lost but I presume he wrote it over a long span of time so it is okayish;
also, some things are repeating over and over, over and over.
It could be shorter but still a very interesting read on 'agile' in its engineering meaning, MVPs, testing and building workable prototypes.
Great work!
p.s. reading some of his notes on bureaucracy makes you boil, I have experienced very similar cases on my watch in private companies, some people just can't let others do their work.
They will fuck up everything others' built just because they can't help it.
Miserable maggots.
Because of the conformists we don't have many things we deserve as a humanity.