This goes for all seniors [SWE / Data Scientist / Data Engineer / Game Programmer / Low level gang / etc]
Posted by RangeDisastrous155@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 17 comments
Do you have 3-5 books that you would recommend anyone to read if they want to really get a deep understanding of some important aspect of your career?
If yes, then please list them on your comment.
I think that as a community we must always share our knowledge for the betterment of others, that's why I'm asking this so others can learn too from the bests of us
13--12@reddit
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
icpooreman@reddit
I think it's outdated, it's not a programming book, and I think Tim Ferriss is kind-of a not great guy to listen to almost all of the time. But I also think the 4 hour work week should be required reading for all software devs.
The 1 thing he gets right (don't read the book just learn it from this comment if you want)... Is that the thing you're optimizing for should be the stuff you're NOT going to do. What can be cut? What truly matters? Productivity is ALL about cutting rather than doing more / every single thing. And in software dev this is a challenge you will constantly face where everybody claims they want all things but they really don't and you have to decipher what's valuable.
Hard to recommend other books I've read cause I just think there are better ways to learn the concepts these days. You can take entire CS courses online for free. Most data structures will have a great YouTube explanation for free. Etc.
sxeli@reddit
At the mountain of madness
JandersOf86@reddit
My man.
RangeDisastrous155@reddit (OP)
Why are people downvoting this x.x
CheetosTorciditos@reddit
Hey! I upvoted this because I'd like an updated list of book recommendations, too. But the delivery was kinda weird. I'll tell you what crossed my mind the first time I read this.
Of course! This is the ExperiencedDevs sub, quite redundant.
Good question.
If people answered "yes" in their heads to the first question, they would share the book titles. So saying "list them" is kinda redundant and sounds like a command.
This is the ExperiencedDevs sub, we are always sharing knowledge. So quite redundant, too. And may even sound like you think we don't share knowledge often, in this sub
Doesn't matter why. Asking for book recommendations is always a good question. So, again, redundant.
People can learn from any other person, they don't need to be the best. Also, we may not even be the best, just experienced. This also kinda sounds like if you are not one of the best, then your book recommendations won't matter, so it may prevent some from commenting.
*best
Hope this helps
RangeDisastrous155@reddit (OP)
Thank you for the answer, I'll consider this way more when posting again on this sub, in my defense, I haven't participated a lot, this was my first post here I think, maybe the second 🤔
sourbyte_@reddit
Sounds like an AI training excercise
RangeDisastrous155@reddit (OP)
Man, look at my fucking profile, it was a sincere question XD
maybe my English is a bit weird, but that's because I'm from Argentina boi
JandersOf86@reddit
Used 'boi'.
Definitely a bot.
I kid.
RangeDisastrous155@reddit (OP)
Oi oi boi
zerofatorial@reddit
AI truly has ruined everything . We will never be able to know what is real and human and what is not again. Just look at the IsThisAI subÂ
Perfect-Campaign9551@reddit
Head First Design Patterns
CriticalOfBarns@reddit
The Art of War, The War of Art, Green Eggs and Ham, Software Architecture: The Hard Parts
Practical-Piglet-933@reddit
For SWE/DE, a solid core set:
clutchest_nugget@reddit
CSAPP
GlobalCurry@reddit
Designing Data Intensive Applications
Crossing the Chasm
probably a book on mentoring or business