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And they're all comp sci books. Someone has a very narrow view of what it means to be a programmer.


I would be interested to know how you would change the list to facilitate a broader view.


Here's a couple to give an idea of where I'm going. The main thing I would add to the OP's list are books on the squishier topics of emotional intelligence and working as a team.

A book on communicating designs (this helped me a ton even though I only use it where necessary which isn't too often) http://www.amazon.com/Applying-UML-Patterns-Introduction-Obj...

Also this was transformative for how I approach leadership: http://sivers.org/ff

Also the Lean Start Up was big in spite of the hype just for articulating how thinking strategically about what you're building and for who can lead you to success.

Hopefully that paints a picture of how I think this list could be better balanced.


Thank you for the reply. I think some (most?) of the issues that you raise could fall into the purview of book #6 "Software Development Management" -- although what you mention would require a better word on my part than "Management".




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