An oldie, but good and still valid. An answer to the Pattern-sycophants. And it is funny as well, which makes it enjoyable.

They are having a technical streak, and attacks management practices that are not always the best (but they attack their programmer brethren as well). Funny thing is that the authors are old CORBA-people, which in itself is nowadays seen as one of the greatest Antipatterns...

Worth reading if you're into IT, otherwise, it will probably go over your head.