It's not often I review a book I haven't read or even review a review. <a href="http://arasatasaygin.com/pages/best-development-book-I-read-has-no-code-in-it.html">This review</a> has so many quotes I agree with and are therefore great that I need to link to it.
"Software development is composed of two primary activities: learning and communication."
It is not sitting at screens and typing. That is what other people do. I had a smart managerthat once told me to be scared of programmers who type all day.