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Cover of The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks

The Mythical Man-Month

Fred Brooks · 1974
Mentioned 3 times across 2 podcasts · 2021–2026
Mention timeline3 mentions
20212026
Where it's mentioned
Martin Casado on Frontier Model Economics, AI's Slowdown, and the Cursor Deal - [Invest Like the Best, EP.498]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Nov 2026 · 37:52
“the mythical man month is a mythical man month for the reason ten years ago if i had five founders show up and they ask for a billion dollars and i gave it to them what would happen sits there or they would detonate right they would like hire a bunch of engineers then you're really ”
Bret Taylor - The Agent Era - [Invest Like the Best, EP.386]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Sep 2024 · 2:39
“so it's called mythical man month and it's essentially the myth that i think stereotypically a lot of folks who come from well say a business school background as opposed to computer science background have about software ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 15s
#179 Jeff Bezos
Founders · May 2021 · 62:33
“there's this book called the mythical man month and the guy that wrote it frederick brooks argued that adding manpower to complex projects actually delayed progress ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s