Title: McConnell is human after all
Review: McConnell's previous books Code Complete and Software Project Survival Guide are great books by an expert, and on his topic of expertise. I highly recommend them. But this book is more like a series of editorials by a non-expert (at least not on the subjects of business, economics and public policy).For example, McConnell recommends government licensing of software engineers without addressing the free-market alternatives or the important negative effects of government licensing in all other industries. He apparently thinks that the only objections come from adolescent anti-authority types, when in fact there are many important objections from genuine experts of business/economics/public policy.Most of McConnell's regulars who have not read more thorough books on these topics will of course not even know what is missing in McConnell's book. They might think the issues are as simple as McConnell implies. They are not.
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