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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
by David Thomas, Andrew Hunt
Ok, I am going to try to save you some time. This book, phew, its good, in fact, it’s very good. But, it’s also massively outdated. Unlike fine wine, this book didn’t age very well.
If you are an experienced (and good) programmer, you are better off reading other books because a lot of industry terms used in this book have disappeared from the contemporary programming lingo.
If you are a novice, dabbling into sea of programming, you should read other modern books because they are going to be more relevant to the modern programming ethos.
So who should read this book?
I know many brilliant programmers that have accumulated awful practices over the years because their bosses weren’t good (pragmatic) programmers. If you are one of those people that carry a lot of poor practice baggage from your previous employments, this book will help you identify your shortcomings and unlearn bad behaviors. Don’t know what could you doing wrong as a programmer? Read this book and you’ll know.
Another group that will benefit from this book are Software Development Managers. This book has some good tips about the software development practices, and how to build a team culture that is more productive, confident, and inclusive. Topics discussed in this book will help you and your team write better and scalable code that is easier to manage and build upon.
If you happen to code a time machine and find yourself in the 90s having lost your programming chops due the said time travel, this book will help you become not only a good programmer, but also a pragmatic, logical, data-driven, curious, and honest person.
If you are an experienced (and good) programmer, you are better off reading other books because a lot of industry terms used in this book have disappeared from the contemporary programming lingo.
If you are a novice, dabbling into sea of programming, you should read other modern books because they are going to be more relevant to the modern programming ethos.
So who should read this book?
I know many brilliant programmers that have accumulated awful practices over the years because their bosses weren’t good (pragmatic) programmers. If you are one of those people that carry a lot of poor practice baggage from your previous employments, this book will help you identify your shortcomings and unlearn bad behaviors. Don’t know what could you doing wrong as a programmer? Read this book and you’ll know.
Another group that will benefit from this book are Software Development Managers. This book has some good tips about the software development practices, and how to build a team culture that is more productive, confident, and inclusive. Topics discussed in this book will help you and your team write better and scalable code that is easier to manage and build upon.
If you happen to code a time machine and find yourself in the 90s having lost your programming chops due the said time travel, this book will help you become not only a good programmer, but also a pragmatic, logical, data-driven, curious, and honest person.