“In  The Psychology of Software Teams , Cat Hicks has delivered an indispensable and long-overdue message that demystifies software team development. With touching compassion for software developers as people with individual needs and essential social connections, she brings research and insight to explode the tired debates about "developer productivity," and provide real answers and practical approaches for improvement. The Psychology of Software Teams  is essential reading for anyone engaged in building, supporting, or growing software teams.” Eli Israel ,  Managing Partner, Gartner Consulting “If you lead engineers and believe culture is ‘soft,’ this book will disabuse you of that notion quickly. Psychological safety, learning, and collaboration aren’t perks, they are infrastructure.…