Steven C. McConnell is an author of

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textbooks such as '' Code Complete'', ''Rapid Development'', and ''Software Estimation''. He is cited as an expert in software engineering and project management.

Career

McConnell graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, minoring in computer science, at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and a master's degree in

from Seattle University. He then pursued a career in the desktop software industry, working at

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, the Russell Investment Group and several other Seattle area firms. At Microsoft, McConnell worked on

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as part of Windows 3.1. At Boeing, he worked on a Strategic Defense Initiative project. McConnell published his first book, '' Code Complete'', in 1993. From 1996 to 1998, he was the editor of the "Best Practices" column in the IEEE Software magazine. From 1998 to 2002, he served as the

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of the magazine. ''The New York Times'' has quoted McConnell stating that there are "15 to 50 defects per 1,000 lines of code in delivered software" on average.

References

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External links

Steve McConnell's websiteConstrux Software
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