From its preface: "This book has only one major purpose - to trigger the beginning of a new field of study: computer programming as a human activity, or, in short, the psychology of computer programming."

Still a worthy topic, still worth your time. As was mentioned about 'The Pragmatic Programmer', I think reading this works best once you have a few years of experience.

Sure, it was written in the '70s. It talks about punched cards and 24-hour turn around for program listings. On paper.

But programmers haven't changed much since then. You'll recognize all the weirdness in software work.