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About ⅓ of the homepage is already directly about ChatGPT, please let's not have every other submission's comment section dominated by it too...
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Ask HN: Reading material on how to be a better software engineer?
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About ⅓ of the homepage is already directly about ChatGPT, please let's not have every other submission's comment section dominated by it too...
This mindset is unfortunately futile now. 90 % of what you see on HN, both posts and comments is eventually gonna be AI generated and largely indistinguishable from human made content in not very long time.
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#13A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout is good reading
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#14“The Effective Manager” by the people behind Manager Tools (a great podcast) is a really, really good view of this. Re: Communication, this book starts there and builds upon that foundation. It’s targeted at line managers, but anyone in a leadership position can and will benefit. For example, I don’t do one-on-one’s with my team. I do “Project Management 1:1’s” or “Weekly project status updates.” I don’t always give…
> how to structure emails or how to address a personal scent issue (which I’ve actually used)
How did that play out?
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#15SICP (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)
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#16Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track by Will Larson ( https://staffeng.com/book ) Peopleware
Also check out his guides which are freely available. We’ve been using these as a way to answer the question “what does a staff eng do?” at clearbit.
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#17Software Estimation: Demystifying the dark art is an under-appreciated book in this area.
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#19The two most useful books I have read: Code Complete by Steve McConnell - Really covers how to be good at the craft of writing programs and constructing software. https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Microsoft-Programming-Steve-... The Effective Engineer by Edmond Lau - Covers how to focus on what you work on based on the leverage it provides you. http://www.effectiveengineer.com/
> Code Complete by Steve McConnell
+1. Also, Rapid Development, by McConnell[0]. I would say that it's even better than Code Complete.
It would be considered "quaint," these days, but Writing Solid Code[1], by Steve Maguire, was a seminal book in my education. I still use many of the techniques he mentioned.
And I cannot say enough about The Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman[2]. That book changed my life. I would consider it required reading, for anyone that develops anything that will be used by other humans.
[0] https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/rapid-development-...
[1] https://writingsolidcode.com
[2] https://jnd.org/the-design-of-everyday-things-revised-and-ex...
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#20The Missing Readme” book seems right up your alley
https://nostarch.com/missing-readme
“The Missing README fills in that gap—a distillation of workplace lessons, best practices, and engineering fundamentals that the authors have taught rookie developers at top companies for more than a decade”
Get it just for the “Design Doc” template!