Herbert Graf wrote:
>> I'm curious what companies do regarding books that their engineers and
>> programmers are _required_ to read. Is this something the engineers are
>> expected to do on their own time? How do companies make sure the material 
>> is
>> actually read -- quizzes/test (yuk), group discussions?
>
> I don't think I've ever been "required" to read something. Yes, I've
> been asked to read say the PCIE spec since that's what I was working on
> next, but I can't really think of why one would be "required" to read
> (as in, if you don't read this you're fired) a book, as an engineer.
>
> In my case, what I do need to read for purely work reasons I read during
> work hours.

Well, I've read a few articles that say "we liked this book so much that we 
made it required reading for every engineer [programmer, manager, etc]". I 
read a review on Amazon a while back (IIRC, on a "friendly UI" book), and 
the reviewer was saying something like "I loved this book, we made it 
required reading for all engineers"

So  I was curious if anyone had first-hand experience with this approach, 
and their feelings about it.

Vitaliy 

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