Books that changed my career as a software engineer
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Books that changed my career as a software engineer
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Re: Books that changed my career as a software engineer
#2Not a single one of these books is worth reading imo.
Re: Books that changed my career as a software engineer
#3Not a single one of these books is worth reading imo.
Anything you recommend instead?
Personally, I got a lot of value from Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann.
Re: Books that changed my career as a software engineer
#4Not a single one of these books is worth reading imo.
They do look lame. Spoiler: the 5 books are
* The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development
* The Pragmatic Programmer - your journey to mastery(20th Anniversary Edition)
* Unwritten Laws of Engineering - Second Edition
* Remote: Office Not Required
* Explain the Cloud Like I’m 10
Re: Books that changed my career as a software engineer
#5Not a single one of these books is worth reading imo.
I've read The Pragmatic Programmer and large chunks of the Unwritten Laws of Engineering.
They're excellent books, but they're targeted for early career developers and people struggling to figure out the office work life. It's fair to say that you're probably not the target audience, but they're really great books for their niche.
I'm also extremely interested in the idea of reading a book about remote work after reading the blog.
Maybe it's not Remote, but I should definitely read a book about working remotely, considering I do it for so much of my time.
Re: Books that changed my career as a software engineer
#6Not a single one of these books is worth reading imo.
They do look lame. Spoiler: the 5 books are * The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development * The Pragmatic Programmer - your journey to mastery(20th Anniversary Edition) * Unwritten Laws of Engineering - Second Edition * Remote: Office Not Required * Explain the Cloud Like I’m 10
I can't speak for the other books, but The Pragmatic Programmer is one of my favorites.
Re: Books that changed my career as a software engineer
#7Not a single one of these books is worth reading imo.
Anything you recommend instead? Personally, I got a lot of value from Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann.
Omitting “the mythical man-month” under maybe the assumption that everyone has read it is a mistake. And anyone who hasn’t read it probably should - I get stuff like my company’s c-suite and directors asking for things that make it clear they haven’t read it, I really have to fight the urge to gift them a copy of the book.
Re: Books that changed my career as a software engineer
#8Not a single one of these books is worth reading imo.
Anything you recommend instead? Personally, I got a lot of value from Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann.
Ask the collective: https://hackernewsbooks.com/
Re: Books that changed my career as a software engineer
#9Huh. Mine would be:
* The Mythical Man-Month, Brooks
* Rapid Development, McConnell
* Extreme Programming Explained, Beck, et al
* Test-Driven Development by Example, Beck
* Domain-Driven Design, Evans
And something that wasn't a book but made a huge impact was Eric Ries's blog, Startup Lessons Learned, circa 2009. He correctly spotted that things like Extreme Programming are generic software development processes, but that in specific domains you could take advantage of their flexibilty to enable new business practices, as in Blank's "Customer Development" process.
Re: Books that changed my career as a software engineer
#10Not a single one of these books is worth reading imo.
Anything you recommend instead? Personally, I got a lot of value from Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann.
* Mythical Man Month (Experience)
* Rapid Development (Profession)
* Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (You're not alone, we all share this.)
* The War of Art (At 9am, you are alone.)
* Competitive Advantage (Porter, a personal choice, it's not about the bytes.)