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1) "How to Win Friends and Influence People"
2) "The War of Art"
3) "The Pragmatic Programmer"2. "The art of war" by Sun Tzu
3. "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius
2. sidebar from /r/theredpill
3. The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime
Book number 3 has probably the most 'click baity' and the most douchey title of all times. It sounds like one of those self help books or one of those get rich fast schemas but in fact, it's an eye opener and it encourages hard work.
"The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter" by Meg Jay
2. Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc, IEEE/Wiley, 2012 by Anthony J. Dos Reis
3. An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus by Greg Michaelson
I'm lazy now so just look on my previous comment:
1. Ego Is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday 2. sidebar from /r/theredpill 3. The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime Book number 3 has probably the most 'click baity' and the most douchey title of all times. It sounds like one of those self help books or one of those get rich fast schemas but in fact, it's an eye opener and it encourages hard work.
1. Ego Is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday 2. sidebar from /r/theredpill 3. The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime Book number 3 has probably the most 'click baity' and the most douchey title of all times. It sounds like one of those self help books or one of those get rich fast schemas but in fact, it's an eye opener and it encourages hard work.
2) C# in Depth by Jon Skeet: Buying and reading this book is what led me to continue down the deep rabbit hole of .NET development, and following the C# language from version 1 onwards via the book is a great way to appreciate the language, as well as use it. As someone that writes C# daily this is the main book I recommend to existing devs.
3) Introduction to Algorithms by CLRS: This is a bit of a cheat, because I've only glanced at various pages of this book. I have a degree in Computer Science, but my maths knowledge is lacking (to put it kindly), so despite my degree I have only a practical understanding of a lot of the algorithms talked about in the book. It's been my goal for years to build up my knowledge of maths to the point where I can read this book cover-to-cover and actually understand what's going on. I'm still not there, but hopefully one day I'll make it.
2. The Pragmatic Programmer -- a classic. Reminds me that I need to re-read it.
3. Effective Oracle by Design, by Tom Kyte -- Not that I use Oracle any more, thankfully, but really provided a lot of insight about how databases function and how it pays to deeply understand their internals when writing webapps.
Practical skills are easily acquired. Personal skills and greater self-awareness are what really fast-track you. 1) Scott Adams 'How to fail at almost everything' for life strategy. 2) Robert Glover's 'No more Mr Nice Guy' for assertiveness and being your authentic self no matter what. 3) As cliche as it is, 'The Power of Now' is a great source to return to in times of personal and professional woes. Good luck and Go…
I remember years ago complaining to someone that the manager of a project whose code I needed kept refusing to fix the showstopping bugs in it. His answer was "go over his head to his manager. No more Mr Nice Guy."
I thought it over and he was right: I'd tried being reasonable for as long as I could and this guy was preventing me from doing my job properly. I spoke to his manager (who I had a great relationship with BTW) and the problem was fixed literally within minutes.
Since then I've taken that approach to heart: either work with me or get the hell out of my way because I won't be held back.