--- title: The Psychology of Software Teams | daily.dev description: A book by psychological scientist Cat Hicks (PhD, UC San Diego) applying empirical psychology research to software teams. Drawing on evidence from top... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-psychology-of-software-teams-patwp1vhn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Psychology of Software Teams | daily.dev og:description: A book by psychological scientist Cat Hicks (PhD, UC San Diego) applying empirical psychology research to software teams. Drawing on evidence from top... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-psychology-of-software-teams-patwp1vhn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PAtWP1vHN.png og:image:alt: The Psychology of Software Teams og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Psychology of Software Teams **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A book by psychological scientist Cat Hicks (PhD, UC San Diego) applying empirical psychology research to software teams. Drawing on evidence from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers, it challenges the 'lone genius' myth and explores how psychological safety, social learning, and collaboration drive resilience and innovation. Endorsed by Scott Hanselman, Charity Majors, and Matthew Skelton, it offers practical frameworks for engineering leaders to build sustainable, high-performing team cultures. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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